We live in the most mysterious time. The time, when the knowledge and rapid progress of our civilization makes us believe that we know everything, that we can do anything, that we are gods.

We believe that the Universe was born into existence out of nothing in a single event we call the Big Bang. We believe that homo sapiens is a result of natural evolution. We believe that the Earth is the only planet in the Solar System that harbors life. And we believe that gods do not exist. But do we really know?

In time when mankind can create life, construct artificial mountains half mile high, send probes to other planets we rely on scientific theories to ascertain our beliefs. And what we learn from these theories we presume to know and even take this 'knowledge' for granted. But we forget that our theories may be wrong and that the real knowledge comes experience and observation.

So, are we alone? Where do we come from and where are we going? How did life on Earth really begin? I do not presume to know answers to these questions, but I do know that there is a lot more to the world than we think. And the academia is too preoccupied with the issues of personal prestige, careers and financing to even admit that the theories that have been advanced for the past 100 years may not be entirely correct... I still feel a mixture of disdain and disbelief about the amount of subjectivism in science (which I have experienced firsthand). Emotions and personal interest aside, science is supposed to be objective! But do not take my word for it - read the Seeing Red book by Halton Arp (Max Planck Institute) for a very illuminating account of how (and why) modern science deals with observations that do not fit the accepted theories.

Life on Mars

What I believe (based on years of research and personal experiences) is that there is in all probability life on Mars. Strong (yet inconclusive) evidence comes from fossilized bacteria found in Martian meteorite, unexpected correlation between water and methane found on Martian surface, and most persuasively from MGS images of apparent vegetation on the surface of Mars (see below).

Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)  images of possible vegetation on Mars.

Intelligent Life On Mars

The eternal question 'is there life on Mars?' is often paraphrased  'is there intelligent life on Mars?' The truth is that we do not know, but we cannot refute the possibility for sure. In fact, the amount of evidence gathered so far tends to support the possibility. If you still think that the famous 'face' on Mars is just a rock - think again. Higher resolution images obtained with MGS satellite revealed such unexpected features as eyebrows and even nostrils. In fact a whole new 'crowned face' has been found (see images below). Why then we do not hear more often about these most unusual and certainly artificial structures on the surface of another planet? Simply because it is a policy of all major peer reviewed journals including Science and Nature not to publish anything that deals with intelligent life on mars in general and with the 'face' on Mars in particular. Just like that! For more details please read Tom van Flandern's account at MetaResearch. The truth is that the surface of the Red Planet is literally covered with fascinating artifacts many of which do not look like those of natural origin at all. We definitely must go the Red Planet and find out ourselves. Something is definitely out there.

Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)  images of possible vegetation on Mars.
'Face' on Mars: unprocessed MGS image (left) and computer enhanced for optimal lighting (right).	'Crowned Face' on Mars, MGS image.

Olden Gods and the Origin of Mankind

If you think that the humanity knows its history you are mistaken. Accepted theories provide more questions than answers, and scholars are grappling with the origins and meaning of numerous legends, the most ancient of which are those written on clay tablets of Sumer (copied by Babylonians and Assyrians). What if ancient legends are not fiction but instead correspond to accurate depiction of historic events? This is precisely the opinion of renowned linguist and historian Zacharia Sitchin. Capable of reading cuneiform and majority of ancient scripts Sitchin analyzed and compared numerous ancient texts confirming the established opinion that all biblical and classical tales and myths originate in Sumerian texts. Even more fascinating is the fact that when translated literally and taken at face value Sumerian texts make more sense than in there interpretation as mere legends. The clay tablets refer to gods as 'those who came down from heaven to Earth' and are replete with astonishing details accompanied by revealing images concerning fiery chambers for celestial travel, descent and ascent vehicles as well as numerous scientific endeavors of the gods. Sitchin have meticulously documented and cross-referenced his findings in vividly detailed Earth Chronicles series; the first book of the series - The Twelfth Planet is a must read. The bottom line is that incomprehensible scientific knowledge of Sumerian civilization and mind boggling architectural installations around the world are far easier to understand when there existence is attributed to the those who came down from heaven to Earth'. According to ancient tablets gods engineered man by mixing the blood of prehistoric hominoid with there own blood (see images below). Mankind was born to bear the yoke of heavy labor, as a 'primitive worker' in a servitude to the gods. So read the Twelfth Planet and make your own judgment. To me one thing is certain: there is no way ancient civilizations could have figured out precession of the Earth axis (which period is 26,000 years!) and casually employed 100 and 200-ton precisely shaped megaliths for construction in the high peaks of Andes.

Sumerian clay tablets tell the story of creation of man using the clay of Earth and the blood of the gods who came down to Earth from heaven. The gods, who traveled heaven in celestial boats and descended to Earth in fiery chambers.

Sumerian symbol for medicine - two interweaved snakes - is all too similar to the double-helix of DNA, which our contemporary medicine is ought to  use for its symbol.