Authors
include:
Wilmer
C. Faust
George
J. Haas
Keith
Laney
James
S. Miller
William
R. Saunders
Contributing
DVMs
Doctor
A. J. Cole
Doctor
Joseph M. Friedlander
May
24
Miller
receives a decision form the Journal of Scientific Exploration that they regret
they are unable to accept the paper for publication.
August
11
Miller
receives notice from NASA that the Mars Global Surveyor has acquired a new
image (S20-00165) of the Agryre Basin feature via his public request.
November
20
Haas
contacts avian specialist Dr. Susan Orosz about reviewing the avian formation.
2007
January 13
Dr. Orosz submits her analysis of the parrot
formation.
January 29
Haas sends a copy of the paper “Avian Formation on an S-Facing Slope Along the Northwest Rim of the
Argyre Basin”
to Eric J. Pyle, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at the
Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University for
review.
Within hours Haas receives a quick response from Dr. Pyle deeming the
formation natural.
March 3
Miller submits a revised edition of the paper “Avian
Formation on a South Facing Slope Along the Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basin”
with
additional material added by Dr. Orosz to the Journal of Scientific Exploration
(JSE) for publication.
Authors
include:
George
J. Haas
James
S. Miller
William
R. Saunders
Contributing
DVMs
Doctor
A. J. Cole
Doctor
Joseph M. Friedlander
Doctor
Susan Orosz
May 29
The Journal of Scientific Exploration rejects our
paper “Avian Formation on a South Facing Slope Along the Northwest Rim of the
Argyre Basin” for publication.
June 18
Haas send an appeal letter to the editors of JSE for reconsideration of their submitted paper “Avian Formation on an S-Facing Slope Along the Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basin”
on the grounds that the images suffered “posterization” during their conversion of the document to a PDF file, which is a distinct separation of light and gray areas into flat shapes.
June 19
The JSE rejects the appeal.
July 17
Haas,
Saunders and Miller begin revising the avian paper for submission to another
journal.
September
12
Haas,
Saunders and Mill complete the revised edition of the avian paper.
October 23
Haas sends copies of the “Avian Formation on an S-Facing Slope Along the Northwest Rim of the
Argyre Basin” to members of The Society for Planetary SETI
Research (SPSR) for review and comment.
Those members include: Erol Torun,
James Erjavec, Mac Tonnies, JP Levasseur, Greg Orme, and Dr. Horace Crater.
October 24
Haas sends copies of the “Avian Formation on an S-Facing Slope Along the Northwest Rim of the
Argyre Basinto” of the U.S.
Geological Survey for
review and comment.
Those members include: Ken Herkenhoff, Jim SkinnerMary, Randolph L. Kirk, Mary Genevieve
Chapman, and Larry Soderblom.
Saunders sends two petroleum geologists in Canada
named Jack and Dan a copy of the “Avian Formation on an
S-Facing Slope Along the
Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basinto”
for their review.
He receives no reply.
October 25
Saunders invites Dr. Hildebrand, professor at the
University of Calgary, to review the paper “Avian Formation on an
S-Facing Slope Along the
Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basin.”
Haas receives a response from Mary Genevieve
Chapman of the U.S.
Geological Survey. She deems the formation natural (without explanation).
2008
February 7
Miller submits the paper “Avian Formation on a South
Facing Slope Along the Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basin” to the
Journal of the
British Interplanetary Society (JBIS).
Authors
include:
George
J. Haas
James
S. Miller
William
R. Saunders
Contributing
DVMs
Doctor
A. J. Cole
Doctor
Joseph M. Friedlander
Doctor
Susan Orosz
March 12
Haas proposes the submission the paper “Avian Formation on an S-Facing Slope
Along the Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basin” to
The Mars Journal for publication.
Authors
include:
George
J. Haas
James
S. Miller
William
R. Saunders
Contributing
DVMs
Doctor
A. J. Cole
Doctor
Joseph M. Friedlander
Doctor
Susan Orosz
Just a few hours after his proposal, Haas
receives an E-Mail from The
Mars Journal notifying him that the paper is rejected,
without review.
April
8
The
Journal of the British Interplanetary Society rejects our paper “Avian
Formation on a South Facing Slope Along the Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basin”
for publication.
2009
August 22
Keith Laney reveals a third, previously
unknown "higher resolution" image of the avian formation (S13-01480) on his Hidden Mission
discussion board.
September 1
Haas and Saunders discuss adding the new
parrot image to the avian paper and re-submitting it to a science journal.
Saunders sends Haas his colorized version of
the new avian image.
September 5
Haas notifies members of the Society for
Planetary SETI Research, via e-mail, about the release of a third image of the
parrot formation (S13-01480).
Those members include: Dr. Mark Carlotto,
Greg Orme, Dr. Randolfo Pozos, Dr. Horace Crater, Lan Fleming, John Levasseur,
and Mac Tonnies.
September 9
Haas sends Saunders and Miller the first
draft of the revised avian paper with the new image, for their review.
October 23
Saunders sends Haas and Miller the first
draft of the revised avian paper, with his analysis of the newly released third
parrot image (S13-01480).
November 24
Saunders
sends Haas and Miller the second draft of the avian paper, with his complete
analysis of the third parrot image (S13-01480).
2010
July 7
Keith Laney reveals a forth, previously
unknown image of the avian formation (P18_008062_1289_XN_51S054W) on his
Hidden Mission discussion board.
September 9
Haas,
Saunders and Miller complete the revised edition of “Avian Formation on an
South Facing Slope Along the Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basin.”
September 11
Haas
sends a copy of the revised edition of the “Avian Formation on an South Facing
Slope Along the Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basin” paper to Dr. Horace Crater
for review.
October 30
After reading our revised avian paper Dr. Horace Crater offers to be named as a potential referee during our submission process with the Journal of Scientific Exploration.
November 4
Keith Laney provides Haas with permission to use his images in the avian paper.
November 5
Haas adds Laney’s images to the avian paper and adjust text.
November 8
The submission of the avian paper is put on hold, due to Saunders job schedule. He will be gone for 2-3 weeks.
November 29
Haas sends Saunders and e-mail with Laney’s images and the adjusted text for review.
December 7
Saunders submits a revised edition of the paper “Avian Formation on a South Facing Slope Along the Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basin” to The Journal of Scientific Exploration (JSE) for review.
Authors
include:
George
J. Haas
James
S. Miller
William
R. Saunders
Contributing
DVMs
Doctor
A. J. Cole
Doctor
Joseph M. Friedlander
Doctor
Susan Orosz
2011
January
2
The
Journal of Scientific Exploration files the paper for review.
March
17
Saunders
receives a review of our paper “Avian Formation on a South Facing Slope Along
the Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basin” from the editor of The Journal of
Scientific Exploration, Kathleen Erickson. She informs the authors to revise
the geology section of the paper and adding a geologist before being
reconsidered for publication.
March
20
Haas
contacts Michael Dale, a geologist he met on facebook in March 2010. Haas
invites Dale to participate in the analysis of the avian feature on Mars and
contribute his comments to the revised paper to be submitted to The Journal of
Scientific Exploration. Dale accepts.
April
10
Michael Dale submits his geological review of
the avian paper.
April 11
Over the next few days, Haas and Saunders
make the finial adjustments to the avian paper.
April 14
The
managing editor of The Journal of Scientific Exploration, Kathleen Erickson, is
notified that the revised edition of our paper is complete and we are ready to
submit our paper “Avian Feature on a South Facing Slope along the Northwest
Rim of the Argyre Basin” to The Journal of Scientific Exploration.
April
15
Saunders sends the revised avian paper to The Journal of Scientific Exploration. Due to the size of the paper it is sent on CD by mail.
June 10
The managing editor of The Journal of Scientific Exploration, Kathleen Erickson notifies Saunders that the paper “Avian Feature on a South Facing Slope along the Northwest Rim of the Argyre Basin”
is accepted for publication.
July 9
Kathleen Erickson notifies Saunders that the paper is scheduled for the Winter 2011 issue of the Journal of Scientific Exploration, however it might possibly be moved up to the Fall issue.
August 17
Kathleen
Erickson notifies Saunders that paper has been moved up to the Fall issue of
the JSE, and he was also sent a proof of the paper to approve.
August
23
Haas
is notified by Kathleen Erickson that the fall issue of the JSE will be
released on September 15, 2011.
2012
February 14