Anomaly In Guyot Near Lobachevsky?

AS16-121-19407(H)

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Controversey around this crater began when American researcher, Steven Wingate, discovered this NASA image sometime prior to the SIGHTINGS post which was sometime in 1997. The mystery crater was referred to as Guyot. I had seen the image before and recognized it as being a part of Lobachevski, which is a crater on the Lunar farside. Farouk El-Baz had discussed it, but had not mentioned anything unusual. The investigation was very interesting and turned up even more anomalies or items of interest than the one Dr. Fiebag spent so much time on. Although I don't think there are missiles poised on the Moon's backside (in this photo, at least), there are items worth researching here.

For further information on this image, and possible future updates, please click on the links below.

Francis L. Ridge
Coordinator,
The Lunascan Project
 
 
 

Erronous "SIGHTINGS" Report (Dr. Fiebag) On AS16/10075825
Website Paper & Image Provided By The Lunascan Project & anomalousimages.com
Farside Anomaly: The Email controversey

This is what Farouk El-Baz had to say about this image:

An oblique view looking northwest at part of the wall of the crater Lobachevsky on the lunar far side. It shows a small crater on Lobachevsky's wall with unusual streaks of dark material that appear to have originated from the lower rim of the structure and to have moved down toward the floor of Lobachevsky. This feature was first noticed by T. K. Mattingly, the Apollo 16 CMP, who described the darker streaks as probable lava flows (Mattingly, El-Baz, and Laidley, 1972). However, the streaks can also be explained by the downslope movement of dark fragmental debris excavated from Lobachevsky's wall by the small crater. Closer to the lower border of the photograph is a bright area extending across Lobachevsky's rim. This area and other sinuous light-colored markings in the upper half of the photograph are on the periphery of an enormous field of light-colored swirls in this part of the far side (El-Baz, 1972a). The origin of the swirls is not well understood. -F. El-Baz.