'Mars is the most interesting object in the heavens for your scientists, because it is the one and only world where they appear to have found direct evidence of life and because some astronomers have held the opinion that it provides evidence for the existence on it of intelligent beings.'[2] 'Our planet revolves in an orbit, that is outside the orbit of the earth, its mean distance from the sun being a little more than one and one-half times that of the earth.'[3] 'The distance of Mars from the sun varies by more than twenty-six million miles. It requires a period of a little short of two years for Mars to complete one revolution in its orbit.'[4] 'The diameter of Mars is about 4,215 miles, only a little more than half that of the earth. Its weight is rather more than one-tenth of the weight of the earth.'[5] 'The rotation period is about twenty-four hours, thirty-seven and one-half minutes.'[6] 'Length of the Martian year is 687 days.'[7] 'Our seasons are nearly twice as long as yours.' 'They found that the vast extent of our continent was furrowed upon every side by a network of numerous lines or fine stripes.'[8] 'That traversed the planet for long distances in regular lines and extended for thousands of miles; the breadth of some may be as great as one or two hundred miles; of others, not more than twenty miles.'[9] 'The channels intersected one another at all possible angles:[10] and these channels were truly great furrows or depressions in the surface of the Planet, destined for the passage of water.[11] Some of these channels run straight and double paralleling others with absolute geometrical precision, as if they were the work of rule or compass.'[12] 'They found that many of the canals converged to dusky patches at their junctions, the so-called oasis, and passed from one oasis to another in an absolutely unswerving direction,[13] proving that they have pumping systems, on a scale far surpassing any of the works of man, and this in itself, presupposes an advanced type of intelligence.'[14] "This is a description of our planet; you will see for yourselves that your astronomers were right in their surmise. "Since you Earth people discovered radio, we receive your world space echo waves within three minutes. Our thought reading and our remote reading faculty control and our television are so powerful that we can see and read from here, your books, newspapers and periodicals. We know what is in your concrete and steel safes. We pierce through your earth's surface within your deepest caves and mines. To our consternation we see a terrible picture of Earth man's treatment of his fellow human beings. Frequently his selfishness and ruthless brutality lead to pestilence, famine and destruction. He seems to be heading toward the extinction of the little civilization he has gained.