ANNA was a geodetic research satellite with the primary missions of measuring the strength and direction of the Earth's gravitational field, locating the centre of the Earth's mass and marking off positions on the Earth.

“Let us examine the strange behaviors of the geodetic sphere ANNA and the communications satellite TELSTAR II.

ANNA was a geodetic research satellite with the primary missions of measuring the strength and direction of the Earth’s gravitational field, locating the centre of the Earth’s mass and marking off locations on the Earth.

Let’s examine the strange behavior of the geodetic satellite ANNA and the communications satellite TELSTAR II. ANNA, which was put in orbit in October 1962, was equipped with four powerful flashing lights with were employed to photograph stars and to calculate the exact dimensions and shape of the Earth.

After it had fullfilled its task, ANNA, which was also called Firefly, ceased functioning. Convinced that it was at the end of its time, the Air Force lost interest and its technicians went on to other projects.

The first television picture relayed from earth to space and back occurred on July 10, 1962. The transmission, which showed the American flag waving in front of the Earth Station in Andover, Maine, was made possible when NASA launched AT&T's Telstar, the world's first active communications satellite, at four thirty-five that morning.

On August 1963, however, after seven months of silence, Firefly suddenly starting functioning again and the astonished Air Force technicians began their observations again.

The first television picture relayed from earth to space and back occurred on July 10, 1962. The transmission, which showed the American flag waving in front of the Earth Station in Andover, Maine, was made possible when NASA launched AT&T’s Telstar, the world’s first active communications satellite, at four thirty-five that morning.

Then there was TELSTAR II. This satellite was launched with great fanfare on May 7, 1963, and it functioned perfectly until July 16, 1963, the date on which it abruptly fell silent until August 12, when it suddenly came to life again.

Confusion among scientists was understandable. The two satellites had functioned perfectly and had not showed any sign of failure before mysteriously breaking down; then, after remaining silent for weeks or months, both began functioning again within three days of each other, also for reasons unknown.

The manufacturer of Firefly, Richard Kerschmeroff, of Johns Hopkins University, stated to journalists, “It is incredible! We have no explanation for how these lights could recover function.”

The manufacturer of TELSTAR II, Doren Mitchell, of Bell laboratories, stated, “We do not have any information on the cause of the breakdown, but it could have been a meteorite.”

This statement leaves two questions unanswered. Firstly, if these satellites were damaged by meteorites, how was the damage repaired? Secondly, and it is a question which officials refused to discuss: Did something or somebody examine the satellites while they were broken down?

“In 1964, four of our satellites mysteriously ceased functioning, then without apparent reason came back online ...” (From “Flying Saucers, Serious Business,” by Franck Edwards, ed. Robert Laffont, October 1969, pages 190 -191.)

And here, from the “International Herald Journal” of 06/01/1976, also published in “Ufologia” no. 5 (1976), p.21: ” Mystery in Cosmos… . The ‘great galactic vampire’ has just struck again, destroying one of the instruments that the uninhabited probe Viking would have used to search for possible signs of life on the planet Mars. The probe lost one of its three ground-sampling sensors, which became non-functional when the vessel reached the zone christened ‘the cave of the great galactic vampire.’ ‘It is strange. The “vampire” always seems to know when we arrive in his sector,’ joked John Casani of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California where they have been aware of this special place since 1969, after the explosion of one of the batteries of Mariner 7. On the w hole, seven probes have been the victims of damage in the zone of the ‘great vampire.’ Both American and Soviet probes have been attacked indiscriminately! Specialists are astonished by these continuing coincidences in an area which is practically free of cosmic dust.”

Additional information drawn from the review, “Mysteries,” from December, 1994, no. 17, page 64: (“it” refers to NASA): “Mars Observer, the probe that it had launched in September 1992, had the mission, among other things, to again photograph the surface, this time with instruments offering a resolution fifty times higher than those which Viking 1 had carried sixteen years earlier.”

We know what happened to the Mars Observer. On August 24, 1993, nearly one year after its launch, the probe suddenly ceased transmitting as it approached the outer reaches of Mars. Four years earlier, two Soviet Phobos probes had suffered the same fate. Coincidence? Hoagland does not believe it. For him, there are secrets on the red planet such that, for one reason or another, “someone ... prevents us from approaching.”

The newspaper, “France-Evening,” of Monday, July 26, 1976, morning edition, printed information about Viking 1, the American probe sent to explore the planet Mars. It reported the mysterious breakdown and re-starting of the radio transmitter aboard Viking 1.

“Ufologia” no. 6 (1976), page 22, also reported the resumption of transmissions from Viking 1.

From AP/DPA, July 26, 1976: “Letters and a Number on the Planet Mars. Pasadena: The mysterious character of the planet Mars is confirmed today… Indeed, the US probe Viking 1 transmitted the image of a Martian rock on which were discerned the letters B, G, and the number 2.” Of course, the experts at Pasadena did not ascribe these images to intelligent Martian creatures. “The human eye is accustomed to seeing certain things and it always tends to interpret what is new in a familiar context…” (Note D.C.R./Ufologia).

In addition, “The American technicians were perhaps not forthright in releasing images only in black and white instead of color transmissions! Also, the images seemed taken through a filter …”

In connection with those mysterious inscriptions - the number 2 and the letters B and G (or perhaps G or 8) – this appeared in the newspaper, “Humanity,” Monday July 26, 1976: “And that would they have meant? That gravity on Mars is equal to terrestrial gravity - G - divided by 2.8? That would be roughly true…”

Now here is information concerning the second American probe Viking 2, which appeared in the newspaper “Le Monde” on Thursday, August 19, 1976: “After the discovery of strange stripes, the landing site of Viking 2 on Mars was changed … The photographs taken by Viking 2 showed the presence of very many craters, but also a series of mysterious stripes which geologists could not identify. The striped zones resembled a field which had just been plowed, and the regularity of the furrows is at the moment unexplained. Those in charge of the mission decided to change the landing site…”

And let us not forget the strange face photographed on the planet Mars nor the mysterious pyramids of the site of Cydonia Mensae!!!

Similar to the mysterious breakdown and re-starting of the radio transmitter of Viking 1 (see “France-Evening” of Monday July 26, 1976), an identical p henomenon occurred on the Moon during this same year ... 1976!!!

From the “New Republic” of March 5, 1976, reprinted by “Ufologia” no. 5 (1976), p.21: [Note by Christian Macé: This refers to the Apollo 14 mission. Crew: Shepard, Roosa and Mitchell. Mission of January 31 to February 9, 1971. Site: the Ocean of Storms, close to crater FRA-Mauro. Shepard and Mitchell placed there an ALSEP, an automatic scientific station with a nuclear generator of 63 W, which converts the heat released by plutonium 238 into electricity.]

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