RINGMAKERS OF SATURN - WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
©2003 - 2004 Gordon Tibbles
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Right up front I'll state for the record: In my opinion, and supported by evidence detailed below, the image used in Ringmakers of Saturn is a composite image created from 4 separate Voyager I images, and used by NASA/JPL in a news release compaing Voyager I & II images.
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Back in March of 2001 material relating to NASA image P-23876C, came into my possession. It wasn't until recently that I was able to obtain the news release accompanying the image. The material related to images that were the foundation images used for a news release, dated Aug. 13, 1981, and image created by NASA/JPL, intended as a comparison of the Voyager I and II images, and to highlight changes apparent in Saturn's colour patterns. Upon examination, these B&W Voyager I frames appeared to suggest that images being used to demonstrate the presence of large spacecraft, or electromagnetic vehicles (EMVs) in the vicinity of Saturn were in fact composed of several frames, and not at all representative of a "single" Voyager 1 exposure. Back then, I believed there existed the possibility that what I had was manufactured evidence, and that the Ringmakers, as theorized by Dr. Norman Bergrun in his book "Ringmakers of Saturn" (published in 1986), were indeed extraterrestrial machinery. Therefore, after notifying interested parties of my initial findings, I shelved the material for later study. Instead, it was stored away and neglected for almost wo years, until recent new review demonstrated the validity of the composed NASA/JPL images in my possession.
At this point it is best you understand some technical facts. P-23876C (NASA/JPL News Release image) is the only image of record in the JPL library index which demonstrates the anomaly we have come to identify as P23870 (which transparency I purchased from Finley Holiday in 2001 and make reference to in this work, and which was used by Dr. Bergrun to demonstrate a second source of support for his Ringmakers hypothesis). There remains one conclusion only after considerable research: that the Finley Holiday image P23870 is in fact P-23876C. This has been verified by Finley Holiday in writing. At some point Finley Holiday labled NASA/JPL News Release image P-22876C as P23870 on their commerically available image. This clearly shows on the image in my possession, the same imaged used by Dr. Bergrun as additional evidential support for his Ringmaker hypothese. And also, I conclude, it is the same image used in Dr. Bergrun's book, Ringmakers of Saturn. (Note: The "C" on NASA transparencies indicates that the image has been coloured. Ironically, it could also denote a composed image). Therefore, for purposes of this writing, reference will be in reference to P-23876C only, as that is the sole JPL image referenced bearing the slightest resemblance to the atypical Saturn ring phenomena demonstrated, and referenced elsewhere as P23870.
At the request of the author Dr. Norman Bergrun, The Ringmakers of Saturn web pages, which included a labeled image by himself of P23870, are no longer available on the Anomalog web site but I have included a copy in this presentation copied from the purchased slide in my possession, as well as the original data file image of P23876 received from a company in Germany. As we proceed, I think you will find that the evidence speaks for itself. However, the crude reproduction of the same images using the NASA/JPL original B&W frames from Voyager 1 will give you some basic reference point. It is also interesting to note that P23876 precedes by 5 years the similar image appearing in Dr. Bergrun's work, Ringmakers of Saturn, published in 1986. I draw no conclusions from that fact, other than to note that no other image source has ever been made available to support the theory that the image used by Dr. Bergrun in his book is anything other than the composed image P23876 as published by NASA/JPL. The one attempt, previously published on Anomalog and removed at the author's request. at proving the existence of a separate source of supporting data for the Ringmaker hypothesis turned out to be bogus, a likely typo(?). This was written about by Dr. Bergrun as P23870 and used in support of the original Ringmakers of Saturn work. How it came to be misnomered I won't speculate on. P23870 does exist at NASA/JPL, but it is an artist's conception of the Voyager 1 spacecraft on its way to Saturn.
I had hoped the author of Ringmakers of Saturn would review and discuss this present work. But that has not occurred.
As previously indicated, P-23876C was generated in support of a published news release. This image is still available on the internet in a low resolution format (72 dpi) http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/saturn/gif/saturn82.gif . The hi-res digital file can be purchased directly from JPL, or any of their officially designated vendors. And, as stated above, a copy of the original news release and image dated August 13. 1981 is in my possession.
A DEMONSTRATION OF THE DATA
The following images were captured from the NASA Voyagers To The Outer Planets (Voyager I - Saturn Encounter) CD ROM Volume ID: VG_0027 Version 1, 1995. NASAVIEW was used to retrieve and save the images in gif format. Paint Shop Pro 7 (Anniversary Edition) was then utilized for the assemblage. As the images are viewed, you will clearly note the lack of professionalism, most particularly in the coloration, and also in the image layering. No claims are made as to the author's artistic abilities, but he does stand voraciously behind the conclusions formulated during the analysis.
This first animation shows several images shot by Voyager I, and are representative of the spacecraft's movements during a brief period of time. As you will note, Voyager I is demonstrating quite erratic movement (which is demonstrated by the environmental log below Voyager I Image Log). Of particular note is that there is one only point of light visible at any one time during this cycle.
The following layered image is a montage of the four Voyager I images that JPL/NASA claim P-23876C was derived.
As is clearly demonstrated, the images of Saturn do not align. However, clearly the four separate "points of light" sources, noted in the brief animation at the beginning of this article, are resolved in one place. This is interpreted as conclusive evidence that the Voyager spacecraft has changed imaging position with each frame. A check of the Longitudinal notations for each of the four shots: 269.61, 270.53, 271.45, & 338.70.` demonstrates this movement. It is important to clearly understand that the "solitary point of light" DOES NOT appear in four SEPARATE LOCATIONS in relation to Saturn, but is resolved in one place. This proves dramatically that all four occurrences of "light points" in P-23876C, in relation to the atypical ring structure, to be the same anomaly. Further, that it is not a point in space as is Saturn, but rather, it is attached to the camera, probably a dust spot, or perhaps damage to the narrow angle lens, its protective coating, or any protective filter that may form part of the camera mounting. This conclusion is further concluded by establishing that the "artifact" is evident in the same location on all of the studied Voyager I images utilizing the narrow angle camera.
This writer has viewed several hundreds of Voyager I images, and this same artifact shows in all of them, and in the same relative location. Nowhere in the NASA Voyager I data base is it possible to find the particular "satellite" arrangement evident in P-23876C. To believe that the evidence has been in some way manipulated for the express purpose of disproving the existence of the Ringmakers would be a stretch of the imagination, even for those inclined to demonstrate fiction as truth. I personally am aware of no reasonable manner in which the Voyager I transmitted data could have been changed without an army of technicians working overtime to accomplish that feat.
Every Voyager I narrow angle camera raw data image would have required alteration in order to allow for the "artifact" reproduced in P-23876C". If the cut-off ring data is true phenomena covering a span of time, the raw data also would require editing to remove collaborating data demonstrating sustained cut-off ring pattern anomaly. There would most certainly exist coincidental data to either side of P-23876C, if it were an "original" exposure. Nor can it easily be claimed, as a couple of persons have suggested, that this was a "staged" demonstration of EMV power. No reasonable person would suggest that creation of the Saturn rings, or their discontinuation for specific purpose, could be accomplished literally within minutes, leaving no ancillary evidence of its happening.
These following series images are jpg files of the original news release images, and a comparison to the NASA /JPL image used in "Ringmakers of Saturn" by Dr. Norman Bergrun. Following the images is the actual news release as published by NASA in 1981. No comment need be made regarding them, as they pretty well speak for themselves, demonstrating the composed nature of the material.
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PHOTO CAPTION (TOP) Aug. 13, 1981
P-23876C
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Photographs taken by NASA's Voyager 1 (left) and Voyager 2 (right)
show how features in Saturn's northern hemisphere and the brightness
of its rings have changed in nine months between encounters by
the two spacecraft. Both photos are composed from images taken
through ultraviolet, violet and green filters. The unique blue
band just north of the equatorial region in the Voyager 1 image
is believed to be strip of deeper atmosphere unobscured by the
high level haze that hides lower atmosphere activity beneath
surrounding belts and zones. But in the recent Voyager 2 image,
the same band is now whitish, suggesting that high clouds or aerosola
have formed over this area. The broad temperate latitude above
the blue band in Voyager 1's photograph contains two distinct bands
(yellow and purplish-brown); Voyager 2 sees the same area as a
single, broader bluish-orange band showing more highly defined
bright features. The sun-angle on Saturn's rings has obviously
become higher since Voyager 1's encounter, as seen in the bright
appearance of the rings in the second image. The Voyager 1
picture was taken Oct. 18, 1980 from a distance of 34 million
kilometers (21 million miles). The Voyager 2 image was taken
July 12, 1981. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Nasa/JPL News Release Image P-23876C
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Finley Holiday image P23870 as used by Dr. Bergrun
COMPARISON OF P23876c TO IMAGE IN RINGMAKERS OF SATURN
We can now demonstrate that the NASA/JPL image published in 1981 is the image found on Page 15, of Ringmakers of Saturn by Dr. Norman Bergrun. The several points of convergence leave little room for doubt that this is true. This is dramatically evidenced when measuring the ring distortion caused by data loss (E&F) on one of the four original Voyager 1 images, when measured and compared show the same degree of angular offset.
The only observable difference is in the processing of the Ringmakers of Saturn image for publication, it being darker in the book than the comparison image, which has been lightened to bring out specific detail.
We have now convincingly established the existing physical evidence does not support the existence of Ringmakers as has been theorized in Ringmakers of Saturn. That there are many wonders awaiting discovery within the universe is undeniable, it just hasn't been proven in Dr. Norman Bergrun's book. One can only speculate as to why a "bogus" or "compiled" Voyager 1 image was used as the basis of this book. One could say that at the time of writing technology didn't allow easy access to information. However one thing is clear, a trained scientist with access to NASA/JPL imagery should have know the source of the image. A simple reference to NASA/JPL Voyager I news release image catalogue would have sufficed. And that is the only place Dr. Bergrun could have legally obtained the image used in his book.
NASA VOYAGER I DATA PERTINENT TO THE FOUR IMAGES USED IN THE COMPILATION OF P-23876C.
Recap:
3419143: Green Filter: Latitude = 10.94 Longitude = 269.61 Date = 1980-10-18 T21:55:46Z Transmitted 1980-10-19
3419145: UV Filter, Latitude = 10.91, Longitude = 270.53 Date = 1980-10-18 T21:57:22Z Transmitted 1980-10-19
3419147: Violet Filter, Latitude = 10.80, Longitude = 271.45 Date = 1980-10-18 T21:58:58Z Transmitted 1980-10-19
3419413: Blue Filter, Latitude = 8.48, Longitude = 338.70 Date = 1980-10-18 T23:55:46Z Transmitted 1980-10-19
Complete Data from the Voyager I image log"
"VOYAGER_1","SATURN_ENCOUNTER ","SATURN ","1667S1-026",34191.43,"1980-10-18T21:55:46Z","1980-10-19T16:36:12Z","NARROW_ANGLE_CAMERA","1:1 ","NAONLY ","LOW ","1:1 ","GREEN ", 5, 1.9200," ","11111111","NONE ","VG_0027 ","[SATURN.C3419XXX]C3419143.IMQ","VG_0027 ","[BROWSE.SATURN.C3419XXX]C3419143.IBG
"VOYAGER_1","SATURN_ENCOUNTER ","SATURN ","1669S1-026",34191.45,"1980-10-18T21:57:22Z","1980-10-19T16:40:41Z","NARROW_ANGLE_CAMERA","1:1 ","NAONLY ","LOW ","1:1 ","UV ", 7,15.3600,"","11111111","NONE ","VG_0027 ","[SATURN.C3419XXX]C3419145.IM","VG_0027 ","[BROWSE.SATURN.C3419XXX]C3419145.IBG
"VOYAGER_1","SATURN_ENCOUNTER ","SATURN ","1671S1-026",34191.47,"1980-10-18T21:58:58Z","1980-10-19T16:45:08Z","NARROW_ANGLE_CAMERA","1:1 ","NAONLY ","LOW ","1:1 ","VIOLET ", 1, 1.9200," ","11111111","NONE ","VG_0027 ","[SATURN.C3419XXX]C3419147.IMQ","VG_0027 ","[BROWSE.SATURN.C3419XXX]C3419147.IBG
"VOYAGER_1","SATURN_ENCOUNTER ","SATURN ","0017S1-025",34194.13,"1980-10-18T23:55:46Z","1980-10-19T16:54:01Z","NARROW_ANGLE_CAMERA","1:1 ","NAONLY ","LOW ","1:1 ","BLUE ", 2, 1.4400," ","11111111","NONE ","VG_0027 ","[SATURN.C3419XXX]C3419413.IMQ","VG_0027 ","[BROWSE.SATURN.C3419XXX]C3419413.IBG