April 17, 2001
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Subject: "Anomaly" discovered beneath ice in Antarctica
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WASHINGTON (AMP) - A spy satellite image of Antarctica reveals
an "anomaly" two miles beneath the ice that could be a man-made
structure, according to Congressional investigators who are demanding
release of the image from the Pentagon.
The explosive revelation about the anomaly, located at the epicenter
of recent seismic activity in East Antarctica, prompted an immediate
denial from the Defense Department and feverish speculation among
members of the international intelligence and archeological
communities.
"If it's something the U.S. military has constructed down there, then
they're violating the international Antarctic Treaty," said an aide
to Nicole Fontaine, the European Parliament's French president who in
the past has accused the U.S. of spying on European citizens. "If
not, then it's something that's at least 12,000 years old, which is
how long ice has covered Antarctica. That would make it the oldest
man-made structure on the planet. The Pentagon should heed the calls
of Congress and release whatever it's hiding."
The existence of the classified satellite image was reported this
week by an unidentified federal agent who infiltrated the Pentagon
last year during a General Accounting Office audit of lax security at
19 government installations. The highly publicized sting operation,
in which federal investigators carrying fake law enforcement
credentials penetrated the FBI, CIA and State Department, embarrassed
the Clinton Administration and prompted the hearings on Capitol Hill.
The image may have been captured by one of three missing U.S. spy
satellites that space observers suspect have been moved into secret
orbits over Antarctica to avoid detection.
But if history is any indicator, Congress will have to wait some time
to catch a glimpse of any images captured by the satellites. It was
only last September that former President Bill Clinton decided to
finally release Cold War spy satellite images of Antarctica to help
scientists gauge the effects of the depleted ozone layer and global
warming on the polar cap.
Visiting Christchurch, New Zealand, the main staging post for
Antarctic expeditions, Clinton announced that the U.S. National
Imagery and Mapping Agency was releasing seven previously classified
Cold War images of Antarctica. The digital images, taken in the mid-
1970s and early 1980s, provide detailed snapshots of the Dry Valleys
region, a vast terrain of about 7,500 square miles shrouded in
darkness for much of the year.
Clinton ignored questions about a secret American military
installation in Antarctica, making a plea for the world to grapple
with global warming and the fragility of the South Pole. "Unless we
change course, most scientists believe the seas will rise so high
they will swallow whole islands and coastal areas," he told several
hundred people at New Zealand's International Antarctic Centre.
AMP-DC-04-17-01 2125GMT
Originaly Web posted at 5:25 a.m. by:
@lantis Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved.
http://lantis.tv/monthly/profile_m.html
Subject: "Anomaly" discovered beneath ice in Antarctica
http://lantis.tv/release.html
WASHINGTON (AMP) - A spy satellite image of Antarctica reveals
an "anomaly" two miles beneath the ice that could be a man-made
structure, according to Congressional investigators who are demanding
release of the image from the Pentagon.
The explosive revelation about the anomaly, located at the epicenter
of recent seismic activity in East Antarctica, prompted an immediate
denial from the Defense Department and feverish speculation among
members of the international intelligence and archeological
communities.
"If it's something the U.S. military has constructed down there, then
they're violating the international Antarctic Treaty," said an aide
to Nicole Fontaine, the European Parliament's French president who in
the past has accused the U.S. of spying on European citizens. "If
not, then it's something that's at least 12,000 years old, which is
how long ice has covered Antarctica. That would make it the oldest
man-made structure on the planet. The Pentagon should heed the calls
of Congress and release whatever it's hiding."
The existence of the classified satellite image was reported this
week by an unidentified federal agent who infiltrated the Pentagon
last year during a General Accounting Office audit of lax security at
19 government installations. The highly publicized sting operation,
in which federal investigators carrying fake law enforcement
credentials penetrated the FBI, CIA and State Department, embarrassed
the Clinton Administration and prompted the hearings on Capitol Hill.
The image may have been captured by one of three missing U.S. spy
satellites that space observers suspect have been moved into secret
orbits over Antarctica to avoid detection.
But if history is any indicator, Congress will have to wait some time
to catch a glimpse of any images captured by the satellites. It was
only last September that former President Bill Clinton decided to
finally release Cold War spy satellite images of Antarctica to help
scientists gauge the effects of the depleted ozone layer and global
warming on the polar cap.
Visiting Christchurch, New Zealand, the main staging post for
Antarctic expeditions, Clinton announced that the U.S. National
Imagery and Mapping Agency was releasing seven previously classified
Cold War images of Antarctica. The digital images, taken in the mid-
1970s and early 1980s, provide detailed snapshots of the Dry Valleys
region, a vast terrain of about 7,500 square miles shrouded in
darkness for much of the year.
Clinton ignored questions about a secret American military
installation in Antarctica, making a plea for the world to grapple
with global warming and the fragility of the South Pole. "Unless we
change course, most scientists believe the seas will rise so high
they will swallow whole islands and coastal areas," he told several
hundred people at New Zealand's International Antarctic Centre.
AMP-DC-04-17-01 2125GMT