A detailed discussion of these observations is beyond the scope of
this inquiry. However, the authors feel they would be remiss if they
did not conclude by at least mentioning two additional areas where
future observations could greatly increase our confidence in the
reality of this phenomenon -- if not our understanding of its
nature.
In view of apparent solar conformance with "circumscribed tetrahedral
geometry," one area for further research seems immediately apparent:
"exotic stars."
In addition to "flare stars" and other highly-variable
stellar objects with surface phenomenon thought to be similar to
solar processes, we feel that, if the Cydonia mathematics
are attempting to describe not only energy "flow" but somehow
"energy generation" -- then the ability to test these ideas via
radio astronomy should be the highest in terms of one class of
exotic objects in particular: pulsars.
The common link connecting all the objects for which the
Cydonia "embedded tetrahedral model" seems to work -- from
the planets to the Sun -- seems at this stage to be based on one
significant association: angular momentum and magnetic fields.
Before the adoption of the present, complex "self-excited dynamo
theory" (with internal, circulating, conducting "fluids" as the
mechanism for general planetary and stellar magnetism), another --
strictly empirical -- hypothesis was proposed: a strikingly simple
relationship between the observed total angular momentum of the
object, and a resulting dipole.
Termed "Schuster's Hypothesis" (Schuster, 1912),
it has been successful in predicting magnetic field strengths (Blackett,
1947; Warwick, 1971) ranging from the earth's, to the sun's,
to Jupiter's vast field (20,000 times the terrestrial dipole moment)
-- a prediction made over sixty years prior to the 1973-74 Pioneers'
10 and 11 close-up confirmations (Warwick, 1976).
(It should be pointed out, ground-based radio astronomy had
successfully deduced Jupiter's magnetic field strength --
thus its conformance with "Schuster's Hypothesis" -- some
twenty years before the Pioneer magnetometer observations
confirmed the radio data and Schuster -- who's very name and
empirical discovery is, inexplicably, completely missing from all
NASA
literature on planetary magnetism.)
Commented Warwick on the remarkably predictive power of "Schuster's
Hypothesis," even in 1971:
"Dynamo theory has not
yet successfully predicted any cosmical fields. It's use today rests
on the ASSUMPTION that no alternative theory corresponds more
closely to observations [original emphasis]."
Taking Schuster's
1912 proposal, the authors have plotted contemporary parameters for
angular momentum versus observed the magnetic dipole moment (for all
planetary objects now visited by spacecraft with magnetometers), and
find Schuster's Hypothesis amazingly confirmed (see
Fig. 8)
-- with the exception of Mars (for which we have
extremely poor data -- no American spacecraft since Mariner 4,
including Viking, has carried a magnetometer to Mars!), and
Uranus (discussed below).
It is tempting to propose that what we have observed in terms of the "Cydonia
equations" -- a remarkable correlation between external,
localized energy emission and a planetary spin-axis, somehow
modulated by the orientation (if not the intrinsic value) of the
magnetic field -- may be trying to tell us about the physical
process underlying "Schuster's Hypothesis": how
magnetic fields in spinning bodies form . . . if not how their
formation may be associated with internal energy generation.
In terms of an observable, visible connection between these two
parameters -- planetary magnetism and planetary surface features --
it is interesting that Warwick in 1976 already had observed:
"It seems likely that,
corresponding to atmospheric belts and zones as seen in Jupiter's
cloud top level, there is a belt-like structure in the magnetic
field not strong enough to alter the dipole structure radically
[thus not mappable by spacecraft' instruments -- unless in very
close-in orbits] but still sufficient to play a role in
magnetospheric diffusion as Neil Brice suggested some years
ago. This magnetic fine structure also must play a role in
decametric [radio emission] phenomenonology . . .[which], especially
[as exhibited in] longitude patterns throughout the Jupiter year, is
strictly reproducible over the two decades of radio observations.
The conclusion I draw from this fact is that the magnetic fine
structure near the [cloud top] surface of Jupiter has
remained constant over the same time interval. In support of this
conclusion is the more or less constant belt and zone structure of
Jupiter since 1950 . . . Such a correlation, which is
ultimately [in this theory, associated] with magnetic fine
structure, would tend to confirm the existence of
magnetohydro-dynamic turbulence near the surface of Jupiter."
Warwick's
inferences regarding the role of magnetism and fluid physics, in
possibly generating the patterns long-observed in radio astronomy's
"decametric observations," would seem to lend support to our own
tentative proposals:
- That the
Cydonia "embedded tetrahedral model" (merely, if
we're correct, an equivalent geometrical expression of the far more
complex mathematics associated with a "vorticular fluid-flow") is in
fact predicting the latitudes and sizes of the Great Red Spots on
Jupiter (and now on Neptune!), and
the largest volcanic centers of emission on "terrestrial planets,"
through deep-seated, vorticular magnetohydrodynamic processes --
operating in the highly conducting mantles of these bodies. A
similar mechanism probably underlies the Sun's
conformance to "tetrahedral geometry" as well.
- That each "upwelling" (at least in the atmospheres of these
two giant planets), seems scaled strictly in terms of the respective
size of each respective body, provides further elegant support for
an internally-determined "fluid" model.
- The fascinating, observed correlation between angular
momentum and magnetic dipole moment -- if not field polarity,
evidenced by the selective hemispheric appearance of energy emission
at 19.5 N. or S. -- has made us wonder, however, about
more fundamental correlations
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We suspect that the puzzling and periodic "field-reversals" of the
terrestrial geomagnetic field are another indication of the "Cydonia
embedded tetrahedral model" -- modulated by the constant
gravitational "tidal kneading" of the Moon. If this
process is involved in periodically "flipping" the entire magnetic
field (and the resulting "hot spots"), then the precise physical
mechanism should raise provocative questions involving
electromagnetism, mass, inertia . . . and possibly gravity itself.
Sirag, in observing this same remarkable correlation between
angular momentum and electromagnetism (1979), raised similar
considerations.
- If the Cydonia mathematics are attempting to
direct us to energy generation and subsequent energy transfer inside
astronomical objects, involving a hitherto unknown relationship
between two of the four basic forces of the Universe -- gravity and
electromagnetism: i.e. a "UnifiedField" -- this process in
our opinion cannot help but manifest itself more clearly in
astrophysical environments where both parameters have reached
extraordinary values--
Which brings us once again
to pulsars.
Even the "average" spinning neutron star (the favored "pulsar model")
possesses surface gravitational accelerations, angular momentum, and
magnetic field strengths billions of times more intense than similar
quantities in any solar system object. Moreover, since
Schuster's Hypothesis strikingly succeeds in its prediction of
even these extraordinary magnetic dipole moments
(see
Fig. 8),
we cannot help but wonder at what rich new confirmations of the "Cydonia
mathematics" may lie hidden in existing -- and currently
mystifying -- pulsar observations . . .
If in the "Cydonia tetrahedral mathematics" we are truly
seeing the deliberate communication of demonstrable astrophysical
effects of a long-sought "Unified Field Theory," this
in itself would be remarkable confirmation of current efforts to
discover such fundamental mathematical connections between Nature's
elemental forces. For, most provocative: one leading mathematical
approach to successfully modeling such connections is essentially
based on a tetrahedral model, and a resulting mathematical expansion
into "higher-dimensional, n-space relationships" (recently
discovered) between the five Platonic solids (Sirag,
1989). In particular, these studies relate tetrahedral geometry as
being topologically equivalent to three-toruses -- tori extending
into "one more dimension than our familiar three." [Many
current efforts in pursuit of "unified field models," such as the
much-acclaimed "super-string theory," routinely involve up to ten
mathematical dimensions. Some more recent theories are exploring
twenty-six
(Sirag, ibid).]
Phrased in simple terms:
The routine mathematical
representation of vorticular flow in more than three dimensions
-- a three-torus -- by means of three-dimensional tetrahedral
models, opens up the possibility that the demonstrable geophysical
effects of the "Cydonia tetrahedral message" are
attempting to communicate the reality of additional dimensions (as
opposed to mere mathematical abstractions) -- and the observable
reality of vorticular energy flow between adjoining "n-spaces."
Such totally unexpected
(to non-specialists) and remarkable mathematical correlations --
between as yet unpublished theoretical work into Unified Field
Models, and the specific tetrahedral geometry apparently
intended at Cydonia -- gives added confidence that
such a linkage was in fact intended. If so, there may be an
additional confirmation of a such a radical "Cydonia Unified
Field Model".
Careful observation of the outer planets over the last two centuries
has revealed that "the motions of Uranus and
Neptune cannot be adequately represented within the present
gravitational model of the solar system" (Harrington, 1988). While
gravitational perturbations originally ascribed to Pluto
(Tombaugh and Moore, 1980) have now definitely been eliminated as of
adequate magnitude to explain these astrometric deviations
(Harrington, op cit), "the suspicion of the existence of a
tenth planet" has resulted in renewed efforts (Seidelmann
and
Harrington, 1988) to search for another unseen object which
could gravitationally account for the persistent residuals of
Uranus and Neptune.
However, other experts in celestial mechanics are open to the
possibility that (as opposed to a new planet) a fundamental
modification to gravitational theory itself may in fact be
necessary, in order to adequately model the puzzling outer planet
motions (Anderson, 1989) -- which, curiously, are most
"anomalous" for Uranus.
As a direct consequence of the apparently successful application of
the "Cydonia predictions" to Uranus and
Neptune, and because of a probable fundamental link this
has revealed between angular momentum (rotating mass) and
electromagnetism, we suggest a third alternative should be
considered:
A derivative "anomalous
gravitational effect," somehow created by these interactions.
Such an admittedly radical
proposal must of course be subject to some stringent observational
tests; we believe that Voyager's own 1986 Encounter has fortuitously
supplied us with just such an opportunity, in the form of
"anomalous" Voyager 2 X-band range-rate residuals, acquired during
the fly-by of Uranus itself.
For over a month prior and subsequent to the January, 1986 Encounter,
calibrated ranging signals were transmitted to and from the
Voyager 2 spacecraft. Examination of five days of ranging
data, centered on the timeof Closest Approach, reveals a series of
curious, systematic "range errors" -- seen only around the time of
periapsis of Voyager to Uranus
(see
Fig. 9);
at this time, the spacecraft exhibited a range error of up to 100
meters (an order of magnitude larger than instrumentation-limited
range uncertainties of approx. 9 meters, introduced by the
Voyager/DSN radio ranging system itself.) These systematic errors
were also inexplicably centered symmetrically on periapsis (Anderson,
et al., 1988).
Explanations which would attribute this effect to "group delay of the
ranging modulation by free electrons between Earth and Voyager 2"
remain unconvincing, when the data are compared to similar residuals
(Fig.
9)
recorded during Voyager
2's Encounter of Saturn (Campbell, et al,
1989). The latter, by comparison, are "flat" (as opposed to the
systematic increase and decrease observed at Uranus): reflecting no
similar "symmetrically-centered curve," mirrored around the moment
of Closest Approach to Saturn.
We believe therefore that these demonstrably unique, and highly
suggestive ranging observations are interpretable as potentially
direct evidence of the modification of the Uranian gravitational
metric, by some additional "space-time effect" associated with the
Cydonia "embedded tetrahedral model". We further suspect
that the highly anomalous Uranian magnetic
field-geometry Voyager observed with respect to the planetary spin
axis (>60 degrees) -- if not the significant departure of the
planet's overall magnetic dipole moment from "Schuster's Hypothesis"
(see
Fig. 8)
-- may somehow be involved.
One important reason for raising this possibility now is the imminent
Voyager 2 Encounter with Neptune.
Uranus and Neptune -- essentially "twins"
in terms of mass, angular momentum and (probably) composition --
provide important constraints on several fundamental predictions of
the Cydonia mathematics. The great difference in
internal energy balance between the two planets (1.14 for Uranus;
2.7 for Neptune), coupled with the unique configuration of the
Uranian magnetic field, leads us to propose that the field
orientation with respect to the planetary spin axis is an important
element in determining in what form the internally-generated energy
appears: in Uranus, with an almost 90-degree field orientation,
little energy appears as heat. In consonance with conservation of
energy, we suggest it may be "appearing" in some other form --
possibly as a change in the local "space-time metric."
The authors, based on this energy discrepancy, and the conformance of
Neptune's "Great Red Spot" with the "embedded tetrahedral
mathematics," feel a prediction of the Neptune
field polarity (opposite the earth's), an estimate of its specific
orientation with respect to the planetary spin axis (within 20
degrees), and its overall intensity (approximately one-tenth
Saturn's) is now possible -- before the Voyager August 25,
1989 Encounter.
The relevance of these predictions to the question of "anomalous solar
system motions" of these respective planets is fundamental: in
Uranus, the energy not dissipated as internal heat (in
comparison with Neptune) may be appearing as an
associated distortion of the "overall metric" connecting the planet
with the Sun, resulting in its anomalous motions with
respect to current gravitational model for the solar system.
If similar metric distortions are underlying Neptune's
(smaller though equally-puzzling) astrometric residuals, we predict
that Voyager should experience a smaller (when
corrected for the difference in periapsis radii) though significant
set of "range residuals" -- when compared to its Encounter at
Uranus; in addition, its instruments should verify our predictions
of the magnetic field parameters.
In terms of those, one complicating factor is the orbit of
Neptune's largest natural satellite: Triton. The
essentially circular (though retrograde) orbit, indicates
significant internal tidal dissipation of Triton's
kinetic energy within Neptune -- and thus a
significant source of internal heating, in addition to possible
radiogenic and other ("embedded tetrahedral?") sources; Triton's
retrograde "drag" on Neptune's interior must also have
some (currently unknown) effect on any process that couples overall
planetary angular momentum with the creation of a magnetic dipole
moment.
Thus, predictions of internal heating, or "exotic
gravitational/electromagnetic interactions," indicated by
the success of the "Cydonia equations" on the other
planets, are at this point somewhat ambiguous when applied to
Neptune; the only positive indication so far that this unknown
process is somehow effectively operating in the Neptune interior, is
the discovery of Neptune's "Great Red Spot" --
precisely where "embedded tetrahedral mathematics"
would predict.
Thus, whatever is discovered during Voyager's Encounter
of Neptune, in our opinion, cannot help but provide
important additional constraints on the nature and applicability of
the "Cydonia equations."
[We also suggest that all the giant outer planets, by virtue of their
vastly larger angular momentum and magnetic dipole moments --
compared to the "terrestrial planets" -- exhibit to a greater or
lesser degree these effects exhibited by Uranus and
Neptune
-- including internal energy release and small (but perhaps
measurable) distortions of the "local" gravitational metric;
however, other mechanisms dominate at Jupiter and
Saturn, relegating these potential "tetrahedral model
contributions" to a minor role, if any, in comparison to other
sources (primordial energy release, and helium/hydrogen
gravitational separation).
[Beyond the Voyager Neptune Encounter, the imminent
(mid-1990's) insertion into Jovian orbit of the Galileo Orbiter
may provide the only solar system opportunity for some time to come
for long-term tests of certain subtle aspects of these suggestions.]
The true astronomical tests of these extraordinary possibilities --
apart from a manned landing at Cydonia, and discovery
of additional records specifically supporting these suggestions --
will come, in our opinion, only with redundant astrophysical
observations of objects far beyond the solar system, and over
a far longer span of time. In particular, we suggest that radio
astronomy observations of peculiar binary pulsar systems (such as
newly-discovered PSR 1957 + 20 -- Fruchter, et al., 1988) --
where, once again, conditions should be uniquely maximized for key
observational effects created by "non-relativistic,
gravitational distortions" -- could provide enlightening
confirmation.
If these observations do lead to substantiation of this (admittedly,
most speculative) aspect of the "Cydonia equations" --
an inextricable link between gravity and electromagnetism -- in our
opinion this would certainly represent the ultimate manifestation
of a Unified Field Model, if not verification of
the true intent of the "Cydonia Message" itself.
Conclusion
In terms of the overall reality of such a "Message at Cydonia,"
the authors feel the observable geophysical phenomena photographed
all across the solar system, and cited in this paper, now
substantially demonstrate the likelihood of such a "deliberate,
technical communication." The full extent of its predictions, beyond
these initial observations however, is currently unknown -- as must
be the answer to the Ultimate Question:
"What was their intent?"
Common sense dictates
that, whatever the origin and culture of the "senders," their
purpose clearly would have been to communicate something "of
fundamental significance." This has been a common theme in
discussions involving "radio messages" that someday might be
successfully intercepted and decoded, as part of "Communication with
Extraterrestrial Intelligence" [CETI - (Sagan,
op cit)]. The existence of a "Unified Field" message -- potentially
capable of demonstrating an intrinsic connection between gravity and
electromagnetism, and already yielding a range of other, observable
astrophysical effects -- would certainly in our opinion qualify as
"fundamental."
Particularly . . . if it leads to near-term technological control and
application (Holt, 1980).
It will be left to future studies to decide if this is indeed "the
Message of Cydonia."
A set of remarkable "anomalous objects" on Mars,
when examined by two investigators using a "geometric relationship
model," has yielded specific, mathematical predictions which have
been subsequently verified across the solar system. The discovery of
a redundant "tetrahedral geometry," encoded at the
Martian site known as "Cydonia," has led the authors
to the discovery that every major energy center -- on the sun, and
on most of the planets and their active satellites -- emerges at the
surface in conformance with predictions of an "embedded
tetrahedral model":
primarily at either 19.5 degrees north or south latitude.
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The implications are significant: from identification of a potential
new source of energy and laws governing its transfer within stars
and planets, to possible discovery of a long-sought fundamental link
between gravity and electromagnetism itself. At the least -- besides
confirmation that there is a "message at Cydonia" --
these discoveries could hold out the prospect for eventual human
utilization of a new energy resource (Smith, W. B.,
1950). Learning to control the associated
electromagnetic/gravitational forces (if any), could however result
in a near-term, dramatic breakthrough in fundamental space
propulsion technology (Holt, ibid) -- with obvious
implications for space exploration and eventual settlement.
In the opinion of the authors, these possible "breakthrough
applications," of a currently unexplained but demonstrable physical
phenomenon in operation throughout the solar system, are an urgent
reason for immediate verification of the "Message of Cydonia"
-- not least, through additional high-resolution imaging by Mars
Observer in 1993, and ultimately,
with
a manned landing at Cydonia itself.
[Because of the
inherent limitations of pictorial data viewed via computer, the
GRAPHICS and computer-enhanced Viking photographic half-tone figures
for this paper are not included in this file -- but are available
through THE MARS MISSION (P.O. Box 981, Wytheville, VA. 24382), or
by downloading "RESOURCES" in THE MARS MISSION BBS (703) 228-7822]
The authors would like to acknowledge the following people for their
support of our continuing research into the reality and meaning of
Cydonia, as well others for their specific help in the
preparation of this paper:
- Dr. Mark
Carlotto (The Analytic Science Corporation; Mars Mission Imaging
Consultant), for continued Cydonia imaging enhancements and
three-dimensional modeling of Viking data;
- Mr. Merton
Davies (the RAND Corporation), for up-dating his "1982 Mars
Control Network" as applied specifically to the problem of accurate
Cydonia control points;
- Dr. John
Anderson (JPL; Voyager Celestial Mechanics), for providing
detailed Voyager Saturn and Uranus tracking data, and historical
Uranus and Neptune astrometric information;
- Dr. J. C.
Pearl (Goddard Space Flight Center; member, Voyager IR
Experiment), for furnishing the latest Voyager IR Team Uranus
conclusions;
- Dr. James
Warwick (University of Colorado, Boulder; Principal
Investigator, Voyager Planetary Radio Astronomy Experiment), for
introducing us to "Schuster's Hypothesis," and its potentially
unique application to this problem;
- Mr. Saul-Paul
Sirag, for furnishing important references linking tetrahedral
mathematics with "two and three-torus topologies," and for providing
examples from his own research of not only Schuster's Hypothesis as
potentially applicable to a Unified Field Model --but for
specifically referencing tetrahedral mathematical topology and the
Platonic Solids as directly applicable; and finally,
- Mr. Stan
Tenen (The Meru Foundation), for introducing us to Saul-Paul
Sirag, for furnishing examples of his own research into the
historical importance of the Platonic Solids (tetrahedra, in
particular), and for valued general discussion of some of the more
controversial aspects of our work. - - All opinions and
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Table I
Planetary
Latitudes of Emergent Energy Phenomena |
Object |
Feature |
Latitude |
Comment |
Earth |
Hawaiian Caldera |
19.6 N. |
Largest shield
volcano |
Moon |
Tsiolkovskii |
19.6 S. |
Unique Farside
"mare-like" lava extrusion |
Venus |
Alta Regio |
19.5 N. |
Current volcanic
region |
|
Beta Regio |
25.0 S |
Current volcanic
region |
|
|
|
|
Mars |
Olympus Mons |
19.3 N. |
Largest shield
volcano |
Jupiter |
Great Red Spot |
22.0 S. |
Vast atmospheric
"vorticular upwelling" |
Io |
Loki (2) |
19.0 N. |
(Voyager 1 & 2
volcanic plumes) Presumably driven by intense Jovian tidal
forces and/or Jovian magnetic field |
|
Maui (6) |
19.0 N. |
|
Pele (1) |
19.0 S. |
|
Volund (4) |
22.0 N. |
Saturn |
North Equatorial
Belt |
20.0 N. |
Region of "storms"
observed from Earth |
|
South Equatorial
Belt |
20.0 S. |
Same as above
|
Uranus
(Voyager 2 IR
Observations) |
Northern IR 1-2 K
"dip" |
20.N. |
Presumably, deep
"upwellings" creating high-altitude clouds |
|
Southern IR 1-2 K
"dip" |
20.0 S. |
Same as above
|
Neptune
(Voyager 2 Imagery) |
"Neptune Great Red
Spot" |
20.0 S. |
Presumably same as
Jovian counterpart |
|
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Source: NASA and
U.S. Geological Survey |
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