Since
2002 when the MGS camera acquired an image of the Argyre basin the parrot
geoglyph has been an ongoing topic of interest. Much research was done with the
area and many contributed. There are numerous discussion forums that examined
the parrot and my site in particular, Anomalyhunters.com (now archived) undertook
the effort to compile an ongoing discussion into a group presentation. That
presentation is undergoing editing and will be added here soon.
Oddly
enough, Wil did not directly discover the Parrot. He was attracted to the
symmetrical layout of the entire area. He recounted to me how he was sitting at
his computer, and his own parrot upon its’ perch was making a great amount of
noise. “He was really squawking…” Wil told me. “I kept looking at him and
asking what was wrong.” “He kept bobbing
his head at the monitor and finally I saw what he saw… a Parrot.” So the parrot
is not immediately obvious to everyone, but once recognized it is so complete
and striking in its’ appearance that it gives one reason to ask questions.
Wil Faust passed away before realizing his goals with regards to the Argyre
Basin, that being a study of the city plan that presents itself in the image,
the effects of the movement of water that was evident in the MOLA data from
NASA and of the geometry that would be present in any intelligently designed
area. This web site was established a short time after Wil passed away on June
26, 2005. I purchased the domain name and built the index page within the first
month. Since then the site has remained untouched, as there were several goals
to achieve before bringing the site to life.
Main to those goals was the publishing of a scientific paper on the parrot
formation, which was to be the highlight of this web site and would spark
interest in the area and fuel a discussion forum. The publication date for
“Avian Formation on a S-Facing Slope of the Argyre Basin was October 2011 in the
Journal of Scientific Exploration. I want to credit George Haas of the Cydonia
Institute for shepherding the paper through the process. Thanks also to William
Saunders for picking up the mechanics of filing. I went through the filing
process as well but we determined that credentials would help with publication,
I don’t have them and Bill does. Thanks also to all the other authors and
contributors that saw a Parrot in the images and were able to lend their
expertise to the paper.
It should be noted that there was a public request fulfilled by NASA utilizing
the MGS camera only a few months before that orbiter fell silent forever. That
request was filed by myself and established a basis of comparison for the area
under differing conditions. This was very important as even the vaunted Face on
Mars did not look the same in subsequent images compiled by NASA over the
course of the MGS and the ESA missions. The parrot holds up in every aspect
under extremely differing camera conditions. The posting to the internet by
MSSS was on August 11, 2006. Finally just prior to our last attempt at
submitting the paper Keith Laney posted an even newer version of the area. This
image was spectacular and showed that the parrot did indeed persist. This image
also showed more of the right side of the area, revealing the tail, heretofore
hidden. That final image was the tipping point of scientific proof and the
paper was accepted.
One observation that I believe is important, the Anomalyhunters.com research
group always operated under the motto of 'preponderance of evidence' what this
means is simply one cannot look at things like the face and parrot in a vacuum. These various
objects occur together on a distant planet and warrant explanation. Natural
phenomenon just doesn't provide the answers for all. When one delves
deeper into the history of other objects found on Mars such as the King Face of
Greg Orme or the D&M pyramid and dozens of other unnatural formations one
has to stop and take stock of the situation. Is nature that creative or is
there an intelligent hand at work? We will of course never know until we
set foot on the surface of Mars itself but we must ask the questions not ignore
them.Each one individually has its' flaws and can be debunked, but together there is a preponderance of evidence.
