Angry Ma on Mars

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 494, 25 October 1928, Page 9

Angry Ma on Mars

“NONSENSE,” SAYS PSYCHIC'S WIFE

Experimenter Afraid to Go Home

(United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) llecd. 1.20 p.ru. LONDON, Wednesday. DR. MANSFIELD ROBINSON, the psychic investigator, got a lot of publicity, even if he got no reply from Mars. This was chiefly provided by an angry Ma’s message to London newspapers.

“I do not know what my husband was doing. Messages cannot be sent to Mars. It is nonsense.” Mrs. Robinson, obviously annoyed, paused for breath, then added: “I do not know whether a message was sent and I do not care. I don’t know where my husband is nor do I care. I don’t know whether he got a reply and I don’t care. There will be no more nonsense in this house.” Whereupon she slammed the door. Dr. Robinson was more startled by this message than by anything he could have- received from the other Mars. ‘•ALL VERY UPSETTING” “I dare not go home,” he said. “My wife disapproves of my experiments. This affair has upset her. Perhaps she will telephone me. It is all very upsetting.” Dr. Robinson said that the Martians would also be very annoyed because signals did not come. They had been sitting up for hours to receive them. They would be laughing at our scientists because they (the Martians) have got rid of atmospherics and we haven’t.” Officials at the G.P.O. said: “We sent Dr. Robinson’s message and also sent an official report. What happened we cannot divulge, because it is official.” Professor A. M. Low said, nervously: “I hope that it is perfectly clear that all I did was to observe the experiment. Nevertheless I disagree

that the experiment was foolish. It would be foolish to miss the opportunity of observing such an attempt to communicate with Mars.” AT 1s 6d A WORD In the small hours of this morning Dr. Mansfield Robinson, psychic investigator, paid Is 6d a word for the transmission from the Rugby wireless station of his message to Mars. This was: “Dove from the earth to Mars. God is love.” Dr. Robinson wanted the message sent on a 30,000 metres wave-length, which he said he thought necessary to penetrate to Mars, but the Post Office officials said it must be 18,000 metres or nothing. HoweveT, Dr. Robinson listened for a reply on a 30,000 metres, sevenvalve set. He claims to have received certain signals, but says they must be decoded. Professor A. M. Low witnessed the experiment and describes it as a failure. He says funny noises and quaint signals were heard, but it could not be suggested that they were from Mars.