SPACE MAPPING MISSION OF ANTARCTICA ABORTED DUE TO NSA OVER-RIDE
In a brief announcment today, NASA and the JPL terminated all further study of Lake Vostok in S. Antarctica. In an apparent slip of confidentiality, spokeswoman Debra Shingteller alluded to "National Security Issues" allowing the NSA to assume full control of what had been an International effort to explore a huge, under-ice lake near the Russian Vostok research station. Ms. Shingteller was immediately led away from the podium, and an aid responded to the many further questions with the same answer: "the project has been halted due to environmental issues", and that no further releases were pending. The large crowd of press corp. were left clamoring as the officials left the stage. Ms. Shingteller has not responded to repeated attempts at contact.


The above is a report from an official JPL PR rep. who attended the announcement. The following is part of a letter written to an editor of Scientific American Magazine (who has requested anonimity). The linked photo at the end was released by NASA in Jan 2001 seemingly by mistake. It is no longer available from the official archive.


Approximately 300 miles from the South Pole there is a lake, a very large lake. It is Lake Vostok. It is also located over 3/4 mile beneath the Continental Ice Sheet. The best photos of Lk Vostok are from space, where the outline is clearly visible. Current ice-penetrating radar studies indicate that the water is up to 2000 ft deep in places, and has an over-arching dome up to 1/2 mile high. Estimates for filtered light at the lake surface indicate something like "continuous first morning light" during Antarctica's summer months. Thermograph imaging proposes an amazing 50-degree average water temperature with "hot spots" near 65 degrees. This can only be attributed to subsurface geothermal heat sources. At 300 miles long, and 50 miles wide, the encapsulated atmosphere should have the ability to cleanse itself through interaction with the lake, and possibly... plant life.
Also proposed as a possible route for atmospheric interaction with the lake's environment are what are being labeled "geothermal boils". These are thousands of bubbles in the ice sheet located in the some 200 sq. miles of "ice dunes" discovered by the late Russian scientist Ivan Toskovoi who was stationed at Vostok research base until his disappearance in March 2000. The surveyed bubbles range from a few to several hundred feet in diameter.
Quite possibly just as exciting as all of the data related so far, is the discovery through Magnetic Imaging that there is an extremely powerful source of magnetic energy located at the North end of the lake's shoreline. As of this writing, no one has suggested an explanation for the magnetic "anomaly".
As recently as February 2000, at least two international teams were planning separate probes of the lake. Both consisted of fairly similar robotic sensors that would have been lowered through shafts(to be drilled). The team based at Cambridge University, London were sponsored by the UK and US governments, and backed by NASA technology. For reasons not clear, both programs have been shelved indefinitely, with NASA going so far as to deny any involvement, and both governments citing "environmental concerns". An independent source that visited Norway's research base some 150 miles to the East stated that a large amount of new equipment and personnel have been arriving at Russia's Vostok Station over the last six months. This is interesting considering Russia's current financial situation.
A final note is a verified dispatch out of Casey Station(AU). The pair of women adventurers who were attempting to ski across the continent last month, and were extracted by plane during the last leg of their trip, did NOT request the intervention. Over the protests of the Australian crew at Casey, the two were airlifted via an extraordinary 48 hour flight by a USN Special Forces team out of American Samoa. According to the dispatch the women were insistent on reporting something unusual they had seen. The latest news reports have the pair resting in "seclusion".

is it possible a submarine reptillian society is there? doubt it but i'm facinated with the idea of scaly green things at the moment. i still think it's strange, such a great discovery going to be muddled by feddies once again

Not sure, but someone is obviously trying to hide something....

For anyone in the UK there was a large piece on Lake Vostock in Aprils issue of UFO magazine. Article draws on people seeing nuclear generators being put in place in the area, the case of the two australian skiers, a similiar experience by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Admiral Byrds trip down there after WWII, seems to link events down there to Nazis as well. The base down there seems to be called S8 as well, sound familiar? Very interesting piece.

Interested in this magnetic anomaly mentioned in the piece above, it seems most stories coming out about this mention it.

There does seem to be a hell of a lot of stuff about this at the mo, once again though questions will remain unanswered.



[Edited on 14-4-2003 by cassini]

If you have ever done any research on Admiral Byrd and Operation HighJump, it becomes clear that WWII did NOT end with VJ day.

Admiral Byrds expedition to Antarctica was nothing more than an advanced recon mission.

Something not well publicized is that the Germans spent a LOT of money and time exploring Antarctica in the 1930s. The German Thule Society injected a lot of money and influence into these expeditions, and this is also where later Deputy fuhrer Rudolf Hess can to noteriety as leader of 2 missions to antarctica on behalf of Thule.

Just a couple of questions:

Operation HighJump was comprised of 3 fully equipped naval taskforces, with 5000 fully combat equipped marines. Were they expecting to meet highly agressive polar bears and penguins?

As has been suggested, the US was interested in establishing an Antarctic base in advance of Russian advances there. If so, why did we do so in 1946 when Russia was still pulling itself together to feed itself? If so, why did we promptly abandon it after just a couple of months.

There are rumors of massive casualties associated with Operation HighJump, upwards of 1000 dead, although I have a hard time finding any official information on this. Although I can see an odd man dying of frostbite/exposure, I have a hard time seeing 1000+ men dying, in the midst of a well equipped expedition, from anything other than a combat environment. If so, who were we fighting?

but what they fought. i doubt an old german force was there. if there are indeed reptillians there, they most likely have adapted to the cold over the eons, and haven't the weakness of not being able to survive long in cold like us. i doubt i giant epidemic of freexin their arses off happened. too much is hidden from the people

Is there a link for where you got the article dragonrider?

"Although I can see an odd man dying of frostbite/exposure, I have a hard time seeing 1000+ men dying, in the midst of a well equipped expedition, from anything other than a combat environment. If so, who were we fighting?"

Well if the figures of 1000+ men dying are true it does leave the question who were we fighting? The report on this I have seen mentions that *several ships and aircraft were lost" . This account appartently comes from chilean observers.

The following is what Admiral Byrd is alleged to have said to reporters after the expidition, "it was necessary for America to take defensive action against enemy air fighters which came from the polar region", Byrd also said that in the event of a new war the US risked being attacked by fighters able to fly from one pole to the other at incredible speeds.

Aliens, Atlanteans or Nazis???

Is there a link for where you got the article dragonrider? Posted by William One Sac

Actually, that came from my archives, and is at least a year or more old, so no, I dont have a link to it (sorry about that!)

I dont know how true or defensible the original article is, although I had *not* seen it on rense. But, it does jive at least in part with other more accepted articles regarding activity in antarctica and other Operation HighJump information.

If anyone does have solid information confirming or denying this article, please do post.

This would be an interesting story to see verified...

Was doing a little poking around on whether I could locate a "drilling schedule" or such in relation to the seismic activity in Antarctica being discussed right now on the WWS thread.

Found this on another message board. Note that allegedly there was to be some type of meeting this month between the "parties of interest" concerning who would do what and how. Could the recent upstart of the drilling signature on the seismic record be an indication that this meeting has taken place and an agreement reached?

Also, note the comments about reported illness in some of the people present. Thought I'd throw that in in case some one can find any information to support it.

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Something VERY weird is happening in Antarctica
I've been getting some very strange news from the south pole...
at Lake Vostok(a fresh water volcanic lake that's been under 2 miles of ice for millions of years), they were doing some core drilling to get samples....
then there were stories of people getting sick....
now there's absolutely zero news coming out of there
my usual russian and british contacts down there are suddenly uncharacteristically silent...
something is going on...
has anybody else heard anything?

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Re: Something VERY weird is happening in Antarctica
Drilling has been going on Lake Vostok since 1996. Since the water in the lake has been isolated from the rest of the world for over 1 million years, scientists believe that life could have taken a different evolution path, hence they want to study the kind of organisms they find in that lake. So far, they had not reached to the bottom of the lake, and had stopped drilling around 100 metres before the lake. Last I know, they were still deciding on the type of equipment to use so that they do not contaminate the water in the lake, and who gets to study the water (apparantly, some political games between the countries involved in the drilling - US, Britain, Russians, France, et al). There is supposed to be a meeting between these countries sometime in July in Beijing (China) where they are going to decide on the who and how.

Why they are doing this? Because, the lake provides the similar environment as seen on different moons and planets - eg, the frozen ice on Mars and the lakes under frozen ice in Europa (one of the moons of Jupiter). So, studying life-forms that do not require photosynthesis, and thrive under extreme conditions such as very high temperatures (through volcanic vents under the sea), or very low temperatures such as Lake Vostok, would give the scientists some clue on extra-terrestrial life.

SkelMonkey, do keep us posted whenever you hear from any of your sources. The only source of information I get is thru the URLs - NASA, BBC, etc., and they don't publish much until they really want the public to know about things.


[Edited on 28-7-2003 by Valhall]

Very good info Val, thanks!!!!

I would just like to interject what I mentioned on the seismic thread... I spent 2 years working on a geotechnical exploratory drill rig, and granted that this expedition may well warrant larger equipment, I CANNOT IMAGINE ANY EXPLORATORY DRILL RIG CREATING THIS KIND OF SIGNATURE.

Even a full blown oil production well would not create the kinds of seismic signatures that are coming through the USGS, and it appears that the drilling goes on for between 14-24 hours continuously without break.

My guess is a completely subterranian drilling machine similar to what was used to excavate the English Channel Tunnel (Chunnel).

Considering the extreme expense of such enterprises, and the vastly added expense of running such operations in ANTARCTICA, the question raises, exactly what would they want to expend that kind of money???

I would like to go a little further with this. It is MOST DEFINITELY NOT an ice coring signature. Ice coring would be done in EXTREMELY small segments (20, maybe 40 feet at a time) and then the string would have to be pulled.

So, I might have missed your theories on what they would be "chunneling" for, but what is your theory???

I would agree that this is NOT an exploratory operation. When I worked on geotechnical investigations, we extracted rock cores in 5 or 10 foot sections, and I never worked on a job that exceeded 100 feet depth. (Our rigs tapped out at 150 feet depth)

I just posted in seismic, I have NO idea why in the hell someone would go to the effort and expense to excavate some kind of underground facility in antarctica. It is the coldest, most hostile, and most isolated environment on the planet. In addition, it is protectected by international treaty in terms of exploiting any and all natural resources (It is currently illegal to explore for oil and gas reserves in antarctica per international law).

I would say, based on the seismic signatures, that whatever is going on, they are now drilling/tunnelling through soild bedrock and NOT ice. I say this because it is far easier to use thermal techniques (essentially melting a tunnel) in solid ice, and this would leave no seismic signature. So, I would say based on the siesmic information, they have since penetrated the 2+ km of ice and are now tunnelling through the bedrock.

Still have no idea what this would do for anyone... unless they know something we dont....

I've got a clue what it would reveal. Same thing found in Siberia along the polar circle...evidence that the continent of Antarctica wasn't a big block of ice, but a nice fertile landscape...and then all of a sudden POW! things got real cold real fast.

BUT, what benefit is it to finding that out? Could it possibly be that they are doing this just for the sake of knowledge??? And when it flies in the face of current scientific geologic theories of "noncataclysmic events"...hmmm. It gets weirder.

p.s. For anybody even considering that I don't know Siberia is on the NORTHERN polar circle...forget it. If the northern polar circle was not at the environmental conditions it is now, it stands to reason neither was the southern.

[Edited on 29-7-2003 by Valhall]

Well if conditions are so good at that lake...we could perhaps turn it into a shelter for world leaders and scientists assuming something terrible was about to happen.

It seems better protected than many deep level bunkers. And it has a water source to sustain thousands of people.

I'm brainstorming now