MARTIAN NEWS - DATE 11971.1127
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EARTH CRAFT CRASH LANDS ON MARTIAN SURFACE

Our isolation from Earth has finally been broken - one of the two Earth spacecraft currently orbiting our planet has ejected a probe which crash landed on our soil today.

There has been a hot debate amongst our highest ranking officials these last few days on whether to allow these two craft to land once their mission became clear. In this event no action was necessary, as the lander was clearly out of control when it plummeted down onto the Martian surface, and was destroyed upon contact. However, the second craft which is identical to the first will be monitored closely as it is assumed that it will also despatch a probe to the surface shortly.

A third craft that arrived a few days ago is similar in design to the three previous craft from years 11964 and 11969, and like them shows no signs of landing or sending any kind of probe. It is currently orbiting at a safe distance and making visual recordings of the surface and our two natural satellites. It has already been classed as harmless and will not be interfered with.

Translated from original Martian by Elwood Herring
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© P. Williams 2004

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