Introduction and Disclaimer

Introduction

This page will trace an attempt at independent verification of the claims made by Richard C. Hoagland, Dr. Mark Carlotto and others concerning the presence of anomalous artificial structures on Earth's Moon. It is my position that such artificial structures do exist, based on the evidence submitted by Hoagland in May/June 1994. Specifically, I am satisfied that the "Tower" in Sinus Medii has been verified in at least 2 seperate photographic frames taken on different missions and with different camera equipment. Further, an independant team of scientists and engineers has confirmed Hoagland's findings regarding the "Tower". These two sets of data combine to corroborate the existance of the "Tower" as a real object on the lunar surface, and as such also argue it's artificiality by definition. It shall therefore be the position of the orginiators of this page that artificial lunar anomalies are present, and we are searching only to provide further evidence of this prior inhabitation of the Moon.

Disclaimer

The originators of this page are not affiliated with Richard C. Hoagland or the Enterprise Mission in any official capacity. Except where specifically noted, all images and data have been obtained independently. As much research as possible will be carried out independently without the participation of Enterprise Mission professional members. However, we reserve the right to call on any and all resources as needs arise. All attempts will be made to insure that the conclusions reached by this site will be verifiable by outside researchers

Objective, Scope, and Methodology

Objective

The objective of this investigation is to obtain supporting evidence that will either confirm or refute the claims made by Richard C. Hoagland, Dr. Mark Carlotto, the study group calling itself VGL, and others with regard to the apparent presence of ancient and presumably extraterrestrial artifacts on the Moon.

Scope

The scope of this investigation will be confined to five photographic frames taken on a variety of Lunar missions. The source of these frames is the book "Outpost on Apollo's Moon" by Eric Burgess. Mr. Burgess provided the original .PCX files which are displayed on this site. It will also cover data from Clementine and the 60's Lunar missions related to the craters Tycho, Copernicus and Plato. However, other data which is considered relevant from a contextual standpoint will be included and referenced, and may be displayed for comparison purposes.

Methodology

All photographic source materials will be on 8 x 10 or 8 x 8 inch negatives, obtained from the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) in Maryland. From these negatives, print positives will be made. They will be scanned using a high resolution (1600 dpi) scanner and enlarged, enhanced and analyzed using Corel Photo Paint version 6.0, or Adobe PhotoShop 4.0. As a control set, analog data sets will be developed using standard darkroom techniques to ensure integrity of the findings. No conclusions will be reached concerning any specific image unless the object in question appears on both digital and analog versions of the data. In addition, any corroborating positional or camera setting information will be posted along with the photograph. All findings concerning each of these frames will be posted to this site whether they confirm the presumptions of this paper or refute it.

Best Viewing Results

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The machine and monitor used to display the image can also play a role in altering the the image, since there are many different display modes and types of monitors. Each model of monitor has different levels of brightness and contrast, and few people will have theirs adjusted similarly. In some cases you might try adjusting the brightness and/or contrast for a particular image on your own monitor. Macintosh's and PC's will also show images differently, with Mac's tending to display images much brighter.

The above variables can have a negative effect on the already difficult task of interpreting these images. If you are interested in a particular image, or you are just not sure, many of these images are downloadable, and all are, with most web browsers. If you are using Netscape and some other browsers, you may download any image on a page by pressing down the mouse button while the mouse pointer is over the image. This will bring up a menu with the option to save the image to its own file on your computer. Then, you can use your own image-viewing software to look at the image and adjust its brightness and contrast.

When downloading, remember to turn off any image compression your browser might be using. This is to insure you will receive the image in its original form.

You can get Paint Shop Pro, and excellent shareware image viewing program, right here.