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{{Infobox Person
| name = Richard Charles Hoagland
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|4|25}}
| residence = [[Placitas, New Mexico]], USA
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| known_for = Theories about extraterrestrial civilizations; accusations that NASA is a corrupt and mendacious agency
| partner = Robin Falkov
| website = http://www.enterprisemission.com http://www.darkmission.net
}}
'''Richard Charles Hoagland''',<ref>{{Cite episode |title= |episodelink= |url= |series=[[Coast to Coast AM]] |serieslink= |credits= |network= |station= |city= |airdate=17 June 1997 |began= |ended= |season= |seriesno= |number= |minutes= |transcript= |transcripturl= |quote=}}</ref> most commonly known as '''Richard C. Hoagland''', (born April 25, 1945) is an American author and a proponent of various [[conspiracy theories]] about NASA, lost alien civilizations on the [[Moon]] and on [[Mars]] and other related topics. Claims from his personal biography<ref>[http://www.enterprisemission.com/hoagland.html Website biographical information]</ref> and publication<ref>Introduction of Dark Mission</ref> include having been curator for a science museum in Springfield Massachusetts at age 19 in the mid-60s.<ref name="hoag_bio"/> Hoagland does not have any scientific training.
'''Richard Charles Hoagland''',<ref>{{Cite episode |title= |episodelink= |url= |series=[[Coast to Coast AM]] |serieslink= |credits= |network= |station= |city= |airdate=17 June 1997 |began= |ended= |season= |seriesno= |number= |minutes= |transcript= |transcripturl= |quote=}}</ref> most commonly known as '''Richard C. Hoagland''', (born April 25, 1945) is an American author and a proponent of various [[conspiracy theories]] about NASA, lost alien civilizations on the [[Moon]] and on [[Mars]] and other related topics. Claims from his personal biography<ref>[http://www.enterprisemission.com/hoagland.html Website biographical information]</ref> and publication<ref>Introduction of Dark Mission</ref> include having been curator for a science museum in Springfield Massachusetts at age 19 in the mid-60s.<ref name="hoag_bio"/> Hoagland does not have any scientific training.


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Richard Charles Hoagland,[1] most commonly known as Richard C. Hoagland, (born April 25, 1945) is an American author and a proponent of various conspiracy theories about NASA, lost alien civilizations on the Moon and on Mars and other related topics. Claims from his personal biography[2] and publication[3] include having been curator for a science museum in Springfield Massachusetts at age 19 in the mid-60s.[4] Hoagland does not have any scientific training.

His writings claim that advanced civilizations exist or once existed on the moon, Mars and on some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and that NASA and the United States government have conspired to keep these facts secret. He has advocated his ideas in two published books, several videotapes,[5][6][7] lectures,[8] interviews,[9][10] and press conferences.[11] His views have never been published in peer-reviewed journals[12]. Hoagland has been labeled by James Oberg of The Space Review and Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy as a conspiracy theorist and fringe thinker.[13][14]

Background

Hoagland claims that he served as a curator of astronomy & space science[15] at the Springfield Science Museum, located at The Quadrangle in Springfield, Massachusetts, and claims that he was a consultant to CBS News during the Apollo program.[4] Walter Cronkite has since called Hoagland's views "hocus pocus nonsense."[16] Hoagland appears regularly as a Science Adviser[17] on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Hoagland has also appeared on the BBC programs UFO Evidence & Conspiracy, and Mysteries in Space. Hoagland co-produced[4] a radio program on WTIC (AM) of Hartford, Connecticut, The Night of the Encounter, which covered the July 14, 1965, Mariner 4 flyby of the planet Mars.[note 1] Hoagland authored the book The Monuments of Mars: A City on the Edge of Forever, and co-authored the book Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA,[18] which was ranked 21st on the New York Times Best Seller list for Paperback Nonfiction for one week on November 18, 2007.[19]

Hoagland operates a website, Enterprise Mission, which he terms "an independent NASA watchdog and research group attempting to figure out how much of what NASA has found in the solar system over the past 50 years has actually been silently filed out of sight as classified material". In late 2007, Hoagland released the recording[7] of a National Press Club press conference held on October 30, 2007[20] in which Hoagland and whistleblower Ken Johnston announced that Johnston was ordered to destroy Apollo lunar images and data 40 years ago. Johnston states that he secretly preserved these Apollo images in a private album of "about 1000 old NASA photos and other memorabilia" from his time at NASA,[21] and some of these images were printed and discussed along with Johnston's story in the Dark Mission book.[22] In December 2007, Project Camelot released a 3-part ~3 hour interview with Hoagland[10] where he talks about "the secret history of NASA", he shows lunar images and elaborates on his various claims about the moon, and he talks about a variety of topics such as "hyperdimensional physics", ancient monuments, the Vatican, consciousness, and the year 2012.

In 1997, Hoagland received the Ig Nobel Award for Astronomy.[23] In November 2006, Conscious Media Network interviewed Hoagland.[24] In November 2009, Hoagland spoke at the Secrets! 2009 Conference.[25] Hoagland spoke about his "Hyperdimensional Physics", how "4D-hyperspace" governs cohesion in seemingly random 3D-physical reality events. Hoagland has made numerous claims about the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life, supported by digitally reprocessed photographic evidence from planetary exploration and testimonials by former government and military officials. During guest appearances on Coast to Coast AM With George Noory, Hoagland references longstanding friendships with scientists from NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who, according to Hoagland, provide him with inside information. However, on the 21 and 22 August 2008 radio show he stated "we do not depend on sources, when I say so-and-so source told me, I have additional confirmation from another mechanism, usually the physics and terms of numbers that backs up with what our source or sources have told us."

Responses by scientists

Many scientists have responded to Hoagland's claims and assertions. Professional astronomer Phil Plait described Hoagland as a "pseudoscientist" and his claims as "ridiculous."[26] In 2002, Ralph Greenberg, Professor of Mathematics at University of Washington, Seattle, wrote a paper asserting that the logic of Hoagland's deductions from the geometry of Cydonia Mensae is flawed.[27] The claim that the crashing of the Galileo Probe into Jupiter caused a "mysterious black spot" on the planet has since been disputed by both NASA and Dr. Plait. There is photographic evidence that a similar "black spot" was present in imagery of Jupiter taken in 1998. A second image referenced by Dr. Plait shows a dark ring which looks similar to the spot Hoagland cited.[28] In 1995 Malin Space Science Systems, NASA prime contractor for planetary imaging, published a paper critiquing claims that the 'city' at Cydonia is artificial, the claimed mathematical relationships, and — very specifically — denying any claims about concealing questionable data from the public.[29]

Publications

  • Hoagland, Richard C. (2002). The Monuments of Mars: A City on the Edge of Forever. Frog, Ltd. 5th ed. ISBN 978-1-583940-54-9.
  • Hoagland, Richard C. (2007). Dark Mission - The Secret History of NASA. Feral House. ISBN 978-1-932595-26-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Hoagland, Richard C. (October 2009). Dark Mission - The Secret History of NASA, Revised and Expanded Edition. Feral House. ISBN 978-1-932595-48-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

References

Notes

  1. ^ The radio program was submitted for a Peabody Award by the producers, but did not win. The résumé referenced in this paragraph states that the program was nominated(sic) for this award. The submission process [1] is a matter of filling out an entry form and paying an administrative fee. There is no valid analogy with a nomination for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Oscars, which is an honor in itself. The entry form (51-65R) for A Night of Encounter lists only Charles Renaud as the producer of the program. Paul W. Morency, president of Broadcast-Plaza, Inc., submitted the entry form. The entry form, along with an archival 7" 45 rpm gramophone audio recording of the program, is currently being held at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia Libraries in Athens, Georgia. WTIC announcer Dick Bertel hosted the program and interviewed Hoagland, and the program also featured a conversation between Hoagland and astronomer Dr. Robert S. Richardson, associate director of the Griffith Observatory.

Citations

  1. ^ Coast to Coast AM. 17 June 1997. {{cite episode}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |began=, |episodelink=, |city=, |serieslink=, |ended=, |transcripturl=, and |seriesno= (help)
  2. ^ Website biographical information
  3. ^ Introduction of Dark Mission
  4. ^ a b c Hoagland biography from Enterprise Mission website[better source needed]
  5. ^ Hoagland's Mars 6hr 13min, categorized as Science Fiction, Film Baby. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
  6. ^ The Hyperdimensional Election of Barack Obama and 2012, late 2008 space exploration video based on his proposed Hyperdimensional Physics, 3hrs, watch part1 and part2.
  7. ^ a b Enterprise Mission National Press Club NASA Briefing, October 30th 2007 video capture.
  8. ^ Hoagland at the Los Angeles Hilton, November 4, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
  9. ^ He regularly appears as a "Science Adviser" on Coast to Coast AM. For example http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2007/10/09.html NASA's Deceptions, broadcast October 9, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
  10. ^ a b Project Camelot Interview, December 2007, about 2hr 45min.
  11. ^ National Press Club, 10/22/07
    Gaithersburg, Maryland, 04/16/04 http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/X-Conference2004/press_releases.htm
    Washington DC, 03/21/96 http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/hoagnews.html
  12. ^ OMB Peer Review: Public Comment Concerning NASA, cites "Efrain Palermo and Richard Hoagland for their previous research which was submitted as peer reviewed material concerning the feature of water streaks on Mars and the possibility of water actually being able to collect on the surface.". On his web site, Efrain Palermo writes: "I am not a scientist or a geologist. I am a layman astronomer and an artist."
  13. ^ James Oberg The dark side of space disaster theories, The Space Review, January 21, 2008
  14. ^ Richard Hoagland's Nonsense, Bad Astronomy, ©2008 Phil Plait
  15. ^ "In My Absence ..." from Enterprise Mission website
  16. ^ Coast to Coast AM Radio Show, Episode: Astral Projection Techniques, Host George Noory, Original broadcast: 04-25-05, Listen to audio of "Walter Cronkite" Calls Hoagland
  17. ^ space.com, war of the words
  18. ^ http://www.darkmission.net Dark Mission website
  19. ^ Dark Mission on NY Times Bestseller List
  20. ^ National Press Club event information, Enterprise Mission article,NPC press conference, October 2007 (excerpt)
  21. ^ Dark Mission, p.145
  22. ^ Dark Mission: "The Ken Johnston collection", ch.4, p.144-164
  23. ^ Winners of the Ig Nobel Prize
  24. ^ Conscious Media Network interview
  25. ^ Secrets 2009 Official Program
  26. ^ "Richard Hoagland's Nonsense".
  27. ^ "THE D&M PYRAMID ON MARS AND RICHARD HOAGLAND'S THEORIES ABOUT CYDONIA
  28. ^ "PIA01496: Jovian Dark Spot". NASA. Retrieved 2006-06-28.
  29. ^ Malin, Michael C.; "Observations of the 'Face on Mars' and similar features by the Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter Camera"; msss.com; 1995
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