George Haas & William Saunders: The Ruins of Mars, Part 2

Earth Ancients

Cliff Dunning

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🗓️ 18 October 2025

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Journal of Astrobiology, 16, 2025
JournalOfAstrobiology.com 52 Square-Shaped Structure Mars
Mars: Geological Formation or Archaeology? Square-shaped Structure Within
an Arabia Terra Crater?
George J. Haas1 , William R. Saunders2 , and Robert M. Schoch3
1The Cydonia Institute, PO Box 102, Purcellville, VA, USA; [email protected]
2412 – 3311 Wilson St. Penticton, B.C., Canada; [email protected]
3Boston University, College of General Studies, Boston, MA, USA; [email protected]

ABSTRACT
An examination of a square-shaped structure within a crater in the Arabia Terra region of Mars is
undertaken. Supportive images are provided by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Global
Surveyor and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecrafts. The images reveal the remains of a set of possible linear walls with 90-degree angles (as best as can be determined) at their corners that exhibit a high level of symmetry. The hypothesis of artificial design is presented based on an examination of possible artificial and natural mechanisms that could contribute to the structure of the features observed.

Terrestrial comparisons of geological structures and geometrical designs are investigated. Further study and additional imaging of the structural components of this enigmatic feature are encouraged.
Keywords: Mars; Arabia Terra; square; walls; foundation; mounds; Mars Global Surveyor; Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter; Masada; White City; life on Mars; Anomalous Formations on Mars

1. Introduction
A Mars Global Surveyor image depicting a square-shaped structure (also referred to in the popular
press as a “square-shaped formation”) was brought to the attention of the first two authors in 2001 by independent researcher Richard C. Hoagland via his Enterprise Mission website (https://
www.enterprisemission.org/). This square structure has generated a high level of interest and has been featured in numerous online news programs; however no serious scientific assessment has been offered until now.
2. The Square-shaped Structure (Mars Global Surveyor)
In November 2001 NASA released an image acquired by the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
camera E10/00462. The image was taken in the winter, during the early morning hours with a resolution
of 6.3 meters per pixel (Mars Viewer, MGS, 2001). The original orientation of the image was inverted,
with south toward the top; it shows exposed material within a crater that includes a feature that appears to
be square-shaped structure (Figure 1). The square-shape is offset with opposite corners aligned in a north
south direction. The northern corner of the formation consists of an L-shaped wall-like structure that is
partially buried by debris. The western and southern corners are visible, while the eastern corner appears
to be covered by fine-grained deposits in this image; the western corner also appears to be covered to
some extent with fine-grained deposits (note that “fine-grained” is a relative term in this context, given
the resolution of 6.3 meters per pixel). A detail of the area is provided in figure 2, showing the outline of
the square-shaped walls and linear impression.

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0:00.0	We're returning to the planet Marr
0:08.0	We're returning to the planet Mars this week in a part two of our archaeological discoveries and anomalies on the planet.
0:30.7	And I will mention this that a couple weeks ago, Joe Rogan featured many of the artifacts that we're going to present today on our show and really
0:40.3	question NASA JPL's reasons for not being more forthright on the details.
0:46.6	Hey, this is Cliff, your host of Earth ancients.
0:49.1	And this week, we take a closer look at the red planet and just what is showing itself in photographs by the
0:56.6	high-rise satellite camera and details that it seems are obvious, is obvious to the point where
1:05.2	professionals, PhDs, scientists are saying, what's going on here? Now, if you've followed Earth
1:11.7	Ancient for the last few years, you know we feature the best of the best when it comes to
1:17.9	Mars, including Dr. John Brannenberg and Mark Carlotto, George Haas, William Saunders. And today,
1:26.7	would you believe our own Dr. Robert Schock, who's a professor of geology at Boston University,
1:35.1	will present to us details on a new series of photographs and images that are profound.
1:43.2	And when I say profound, there's no question that they are the ruins of
1:47.9	a race of beings that we have no clue about. We do know that from our most recent guests,
1:54.9	including Gene War, that the new estimates are that the planet was hit with a devastation over 20,000 years ago.
2:04.5	When we spoke with John Brannberg, his dates were more like a million years ago.
2:10.7	And I'm on the fence on this one because I think that it has had a couple of different catastrophic events.
2:17.7	And of course, we know from John Branenberg, the residue in the atmosphere
2:23.0	suggests a nuclear catastrophe of some kind to the point where the atmosphere was destroyed.
2:31.8	And more to the point, you know, what are the remains? Now, there are various
2:38.0	rover images. There's complete Facebook pages devoted to image reconnaissance of rovers on the planet.
2:48.9	And for a number of years,
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