Product Details

• Format: Color, Special Edition, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Ufocity.Com
• VHS Release Date: October 31, 2000
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303082211
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #329,019 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

In the 1970s, NASA's Viking orbiters photographed the surface of Mars, and out of the thousands of pictures taken, several became highly controversial when it appeared a statue of a huge humanlike face had been carved on the Martian surface. To most scientists, the "face on Mars" was an oddity, an illusion caused by light and shadow falling upon natural rock formations in the desert region known as Cydonia. But to the true believers, including former science journalist Richard C. Hoagland, the "face" and the rock features adjacent to it were a complex mathematical code left on Mars by higher beings seeking to signal the Earth. This tape contains lectures Hoagland gave to a group of NASA scientists in 1988 in which he laid out his theory, as well as other segments of Hoagland speaking in a studio. As Hoagland tells it, not only are the rocks on Mars gigantic statues carved by intelligent beings, but they are also keys to finding an energy source far more potent than anything humans have yet encountered. Those with an open mind (make that a very open mind) may find Hoagland's presentation entertaining and interesting, while others will no doubt scoff at some of his reasoning. It should be noted that subsequent to Hoagland's presentation of his theory about the "face" on Mars, another NASA orbiter took photos of the same region; when NASA's newer photos indicated that the "face" is simply a natural rock formation, there were, as might be expected, accusations that NASA's scientists were covering up the truth. --Robert J. McNamara

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and Provocative, or Simply Ridiculous, June 21, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Hoagland's Mars 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The ongoing controversy surrounding this video does a disservice to those wanting to look into, and understand the claims made about the Face on Mars. This video is a great starting point for newcomers, as well as for those who might think themselves more informed on the topic. For some folks, no amount of physical or circumstancial evidence is enough. The face on Mars is a trick of light and shadow. These are people who refuse to make decisions for themselves, but require an official stamp of factuality from the mainstream scientific community before believing anything. These are the people who would have scoffed at any notion that smoking, irradiation, or pesticides could cause cancer. Or that flight was possible or human embryoes could be grown in test tubes. For these people, there are no conspiracies, only gullible believers. Of course, we are all familiar with the 'flip side'; they are the "New Agers," those loopy people who will become fast believers of any notion that seems cool or falls outside the mainstream of thought.

Neither of these groups (skeptics or agers) are critical thinkers. One dismisses information without even looking into the claims or being open to possibilities. The other seems willing to accept anything with absolutely no evidence or even understanding of what it is they are believing.

But if you are open-minded, and a critical thinker, Hoagland's video will be both interesting and provocative. The basis of Hoagland's findings is mathematical, looking into redundant ratios and measurements within the placement of structures in the Cydonia region on Mars. He relies upon statistical analysis to demonstrate significance and show how unlikely it is that all of this could simply be the result of random, natural forces.

What he uncovers is a relatively new science, based upon tetrahedonal geometry. Without giving away the plot, here's the basics: if you place a three-sided equalatoral pyramid inside of a sphere so that all corners are touching the surface of the sphere, and assign one point as 0 degrees latitude, it just so happens that the other three points will line up at exactly 19.5 degrees latitude. What's the point? Well, angles of 19.5 degrees appear repeatedly within structures and in the distances between various structures. And it so happens that Cydonia is located at 19.5 degrees on Mars. It got Hoagland looking for anomylous structures at 19.5 degrees here on Earth --and he found them. So he looked at other planets --and found them, essentially vortices that appear as large fozen swirls. He hypothesized that when planets are still swirling masses of molten liquid, their motion creates energy vortices (not unlike the whirlpool in the center of liquid in a blender), and that these vortices appear at 21.5 degrees. And whether the vortex is at north latitude or south latitude depends upon whether the vortex is swirling clockwise or counterclockwise. His prediction that Pluto would have a vortex at 19.5 degrees south latitude has been verified by photos from Hubble.

Hoagland only starts to sound somewhat loopy when he starts hypothesizing about possible connections between the structures on Mars and ones on Earth (and crop circles, which is another debunked phenomenom that needs the debunkers to be debunked). Surely, he's looking for meaning in his findings, and because any theory is going to be very tenuous, such theorizing does lead one to think, "Please, stop while you're ahead." Thinking aloud doesn't tend to win over those people who are already trying to digest everything that's already been presented with mathematical models.

The one glitch for me is, when they were making their measurements, drawing lines between objects and measuring angles; if they had been off by just a half a degree, they wouldn't have come up with such fascinating equations, numerical
constants, and redundancy. I only wish he'd have tempered his certainty somewhat for those of us who don't and cannot share his self-assuredness.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent intro to the Face on Mars, December 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hoagland's Mars 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This NASA briefing is the precursor to a vast knowledge base since developed by Hoagland and a large community of exceptional scientists which you can find through enterprisemission.com. Geometric and Astrological alignments similar to those at Gizeh tell us that the face is no "accident". This is a must see, especially if you do not have access to the more detailed "Hoagland's Mars Vol. II United Nations Briefing"

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first of a great series, October 30, 1999

By 

John Joseph Mercieca - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hoagland's Mars 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

While low on special effects, the material presented in this video is stunning. Richard Hoagland has a great way of presenting the "Case for the Face" and although Hoagland's Mars Vol 2 and Vol 3 are better because they include the latest (up to their release) information and are more expertly produced, the first in the series is not to be missed. As a "primer" on the Mars Face this video is excellent.