Alternative 3: Evidence that we Landed on Mars in 1962

"Alternative 3" was the final documentary doneof responsibility-convinced me that I had
by the well respected "Science Report" of AngliaACCIDENTALLY trespassed into a range of
Television in England on April 1st 1977. Within antop-secret truths.
hour of broadcasting the television station issued aDocumentary evidence provided by many of
hurried statement stating that the show was athese correspondents decided me to write a
hoax.serious and COMPLETELY NON-FICTION sequel.
We believe that the film is 95% fake but that 5%Unfortunately, a chest containing the bulk of the
of it is the most important footage of the 20thletters was among the items which were
Century and totally accurate. That is the NASAmysteriously LOST IN TRANSIT some four years
footage of people on Mars. We believe that muchwhen I moved from London, England, to Sydney,
of the story is also the truth.Australia, before I moved on to settle in New
Besides filming the show on April 1st, theZealand.
producers later said that the show was fake. ItFor some time after Alternative 3 was originally
was quite evident at the end of the movie thatpublished, I have reason to suppose that my
something was fake because almost every singlehome telephone was being tapped and my
person filmed on the show was an actor, notcontacts who were experienced in such matters
genuine footage. It's a huge let-down when the listwere convinced that certain intelligence agencies
of credits role at the end, and a source of majorconsidered that I probably knew too much.
confusion if you are expecting that this wholeSo, summing up, the book is FICTION BASED ON
thing is real. We believe that there is no way thatFACT. But I now feel that I inadvertently got
a respected documentary would be explicit that itVERY CLOSE TO A SECRET TRUTH. I hope this
was produced on April 1st unless it was decidedis of some help to you and I look forward to
beforehand that that was what they wanted tohearing from you again.
do.With best wishes, Leslie Watkins
The people who created this show risked a HUGECaptain Bill Robertson in a Lecture he gave in
amount. They risked that people would never1990 made these comments on the NASA
again trust that anything on TV or portrayed byfootage which comes at the end of the
science is the truth. However, we believe thatAlternative 3 show. It would appear that Captain
somebody felt that this risk was worth takingBill believes the whole video to be true, but his
because they needed to DISCREDIT THE NASAcomments are of interest never-the-less. (Source:
TAPE OF MARS and the story that went with it,
before somebody got it out to the public.And you are going to see it and are going to see
Remember, in the times we are in,and analyze what it really means.
"DISCERNMENT " is a KEY ABILITY. Learn toThis is the supposed landing on Mars 1962 by the
trust your intuition, your gut feelings, yourAmericans. That's the tape.
"knowingness" while at the same time being asNow the thing he said at the last, he says - Boy,
rational as Sherlock Holmes.when they take the wraps off this, it'll be the
The TV Show "Alternative 3" starts off as anbiggest day in history. 22nd May 1962, we're on
investigation of the "Brain Drain" of England whereMars and we have life.
hundreds of top scientists were leaving theNow, we're gonna watch this - I'll show you
country. Then it turns out that 24 of thesesomething interesting. OK let's pause. All right, here
scientists just vanished, never to be heard fromyou go. Look; let's first of all examine the
again.possibility that this was made in Hollywood. If they
The name "Alternative 3" comes from the thirddid make it in Hollywood what would be the point
of three different propositions to save the humanof making it so secret that they had to kill people
species from extinction in the event that humansto keep it from being known? Would they just be
are wiped off from planet earth by globaldoing it to...Why would they keep it a secret, if
warming, catastrophes etc.they made it in Hollywood? They would want
One man mailed a reel of video tape to an editoreveryone to know about it and say - Look we
at a newspaper whom he was friends with. Helanded on Mars! and they never said that. So what
then drives to meet with this editor but is killed inwould they want it for as a fake, and how could
a car crash before he gets there. The Sciencethis professor have recorded it coming from
Report TV Show gets hold of the tape but thereouter space, this tape, if they made it in
is only static on the tape.Hollywood, you see. So let's take their word for it
Later another man who has connections withis true. They did kill enough people, they
NASA gives to the Science Report a decoderthreatened the radio station with closing the
circuit board from NASA which makes the tapelicense - I mean the television with closing the
viewable.license of the program, they did fire the people
What you will see on this tape may do for youwho worked on it. And when the book came out
what it did for me - my hair stood on end (Ithey banned it in America. So knowing all those
believe this is an indication of the truth). It showsindicators of a secret conspiracy going on, let's
the view through a window of some kind of flyingtake it as a true tape, but let's analyze it as to
vehicle that is flying over the surface of Mars.what is the real truth.
You see a blue sky and you can hear AmericanLook at that porthole they are taking the pictures
and Russians in the background cheer that theyout of. That is not from an earth type spacecraft.
have found life on Mars, when they see a smallThat has a square, curved outer hull surface, and
burrowing animal on the ground.it's very thin as you can see. There's no bolts,
The 'bad guys' have a spiritual law that they haveyou understand, and all that stuff they have on
to tell you what is going on, it's just that theyAmerican and Russian spacecrafts. Right, it's very
don't have to portray the truth in any particularbig. You remember the first spaceships that went
way. Hence there is much truth in many movies.up. They had little tiny holes in them like that with
We believe that the movie "Total Recall" hasbolts, like on a ship. That's the first point I want
elements of truth in it also. Al Bielek, survivor ofyou to see. Now I want you to see something
the Philadelphia Experiment, said that heelse here. There, you see the curves? Aha, you
remembers being taken to Mars and seeingsee this - stand by to scan, that's what he said.
ancient machines like those on Total Recall, andNow watch this, watch what happens to the
that these machines were used to recreate anpicture. See how slowly it's moving? America and
atmosphere there, which had been locked up inRussia never had any spaceships that are landing
the soil.on the Moon, landing on any other planet that
Interestingly, they mentioned this same theory incould slow down and do this. Watch this: the ship
Alternative 3 - that the atmosphere had beenis rotating, slowly. Then it stops - Stand by to
locked up in the soil.move on. Watch... see there, now they're back on
After the show, a book came out calledthe landing pattern.
"Alternative 3" by Leslie Watkins. Here is whatIf you analyze this from an aeronautical point of
Leslie Watkins had to say:view, you have the ship coming in. All of a sudden
Placed in the public domain from the VANGARDit stops, rotates around like this stand by to
SCIENCES archives on October 28 1989. PO BOXgo-ahead, resume landing. Does that remind you
1031, Mesquite, TX 75150. Voice phone (Jerryof anything? It reminds you of the stories of
214-324-8741...Ron 214-484-3189 KeelyNet (214)"flying saucers". They go, they stop, they move
324-3501around a little bit, they go. All right. What's that? (I
The Truth about Alternative 3 from its author,never saw that one before.) OK, we go on with
Leslie Watkinsthe analysis.
(This article is taken from the WindwordsThat, see this? Every time they change mode
newsletter) address not availablethere's interference on the transmission, or
In our June issue, we told you about thethey've stopped the transmission and started it
controversial book Alternative 3, by British authoragain. This interference with any radio
Leslie Watkins. In out attempt to find out if thetransmission frequency is caused by a high
shocking theories in the book were true, we calledintensity electromagnetic field. Also this is in the
Avon Books, the American publisher; they saidstories of UFO reports where people's car radios
the book was out of print in the states.stop and the pilots, their compass goes around
We called Penguin Books in London and found thatlike this. There are also stories written how,
it was listed on their NON-FICTION list.obviously, UFO's are controlled by high intensity
A senior editor there told us that it was officiallyelectromagnetic fields. And if you were
classified as FICTION BASED ON FACT.broadcasting from there back to Earth you would
The author's agent told us it was most definitelyexpect the broadcast to be interfered with every
fiction.time they had to change the controls, altitude or
We wrote to the author himself to try to get thepath of the flying saucer, and it does!
real story, and here is the letter he sent us.And now... watch again. Now look how slowly it's
Dear Ms. Dittrich: Thank you for your letter, whichgoing. Temperature 4 degrees Celsius, 21 km/h
reached me today. Naturally, I am delighted bywind. 707,7 Mb air pressure. 760 (is normal), no
your interest in Alternative 3 and by the fact that1013 Mb. This is only 7/10 as much as Earth. OK,
you plan to sell it in the Windwords bookstore. Inext. I want you to observe this place they're
will certainly cooperate in any way I can.coming toward. You didn't notice that, did you?
The correct description of Alternative 3 wasThere's a tower, like a control tower. And there
given to you by the representative from Penguinare 1, 2, 3 pads to land on, but they are only
Books. The book is based on fact, but uses thatround ones, and they look like they are a hundred
fact as a launchpad for a HIGH DIVE INTOor so feet in diameter, 30-40 meter or more. 1,
FICTION. In answer to your specific questions:2, 3 and they're round. Now what could you land
1) There is no astronaut named Grodin. 2) Therethere if you have never been there before? Could
is no Sceptre Television and the reported Bensonthey have built a landing base, if they had never
is also fictional. 3) There is no Dr. Gerstein. 4) Yes,been there before? Now watch this when they
a "documentary" was televised in June 1977 onland: They get to static again, because they have
Anglia Television, which went out to the entireto put in the electromagnetic field. So you don't
national network in Britain. It was called Alternativesee them actually landing there, but you can
3 and was written by David Ambrose andbelieve they are going to land on this one or one
produced by Christopher Miles (whose namesof these. Right. Watch that closely. You see that?
were on the book for contractual reasons).There it is, there it comes. Stand by for landing.
This original TV version, which I EXPANDEDLet's do it again, so you can see it. There are: 1,
IMMENSELY for the book, was ACTUALLY A2, and 3. There's the building. Now they are
HOAX which had been scheduled for transmissionobviously sitting on one of the pads looking out
on April Fools' Day. Because of certain problems inaway from the building. And now they see the
finding the right network slot, the transmissionbrown very closely. Americans... some kind of
was delayed. The TV program did cause amole, a mole. OK, now.
tremendous uproar because viewers refused toWhat the cover-up was, what the secret of
believe it was fiction.Alternative 3 was, which is still a secret, is that
I initially took the view that the basic premise wasthe Americans did get to Mars in 1962 with a
so way-out, particularly the way I aimed toradio and television camera, but they didn't make
present it in the book, that no one would regard itthe ship. That was an alien flying saucer. You
as non-fiction. Immediately after publication, Iwanna see it again? This is the big secret. That's
realized I was totally wrong.what they didn't want anyone to know. They
In fact, the amazing mountains of letters fromwere just passengers. Imagine it.... on a flying
virtually all parts of the world- including vastsaucer, you see it? The base, the little pads. OK.
numbers from highly intelligent people in positions