February 13, 2002: New Face on Mars - Michael C. Luckman
February 13, 2002: New Face on Mars - Michael C. Luckman  
Podcast: The Art Bell Archive
Published On: Mon Mar 03 2025
Description: Art Bell opens with a tribute to Waylon Jennings, who passed away that day, before welcoming Michael C. Luckman, founder of the New York Center for UFO Research and director of CosmicMajority.com. Luckman presents a newly discovered face on the Martian surface found by amateur astronomer Greg Ormay in the Cerberus Major region, roughly 3,000 miles from Cydonia, announced at a New York press conference alongside Tom Van Flandern and Brian O'Leary.Art directs listeners to view the NASA image online, describing it as unmistakably human with clearly defined eyes, nose, mouth, and a crown-like feature. Unlike the original Cydonia face, this formation bears no ambiguity. Art and Luckman debate whether the face supports the theory that humans originated on Mars, with Luckman citing Zechariah Sitchin's work suggesting Mars served as a way station between a distant planet and Earth. Adjacent image strips reveal building-like objects near the face, strengthening the case for artificial construction.The discussion broadens to include the UFO cover-up, the Disclosure Project, and whether extraterrestrials monitor human conflicts. Luckman proposes a mass psychic outreach to alien civilizations, but Art declines, citing his cautious approach to mass-mind experiments and uncertainty about whether such contact would attract benevolent or hostile entities.