John Ball's $100,000 Challenge:
This letter was sent to John Ball's home address as listed by the Internet
Yellow Pages. It was returned by Canada Post, marked "Moved, Address unknown."
An identical copy of this letter was also sent to the post office box
listed on John Ball's Air Photo
Evidence Summary webpage. It was also returned by Canada Post, marked "Moved,
Address unknown."
Humanities Centre 3-5,
Mr. John Ball,
Re: Aerial Photographs and Offer of Reward
Dear Mr. Ball,
I have recently come across your webpage at
http://www.air-photo.com/summary.html
which, at the date of this letter, contains the following offer:
$100,000 Reward
To Have Three Air Photo Experts Agree That:
1. The 3D Maps are not accurate copies of the air photos; or
NOTE: Each expert has to submit a written report with conclusions.
The three experts each need to state that one of the above two
statements are true. The air photo expert's qualifications need approval
by those seeking the reward, and by the author.
Please consider this letter a tentative acceptance of your challenge.
As the first of the three experts whom I shall seek, I would like to
nominate Dr. Nevin Bryant, supervisor of cartographic applications and
image processing applications at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena, California.
Final acceptance of this challenge is contingent upon a mutually
satisfactory understanding between us on the following questions:
First, what are the minimum credentials or accreditation that you would
accept for someone to qualify as an "air photo expert"?
Second, is it absolutely necessary that the experts be aerial
photography experts? If the question is whether the August 25, 1944
photograph has been tampered with, I would suggest that any qualified
photographic analyst would serve to verify whether there had been
tampering.
Lastly, what assurances are you prepared to give that you will pay
the reward? Will the reward be held in escrow once three nominees have
been accepted? I am certain that you can appreciate that substantial
expenses will be incurred in having three aerial photography analysts
travel to Washington to examine the original photographs, reels, and
plates, not to mention the expense of their accommodation and fees. One would like
some assurance that at least the costs entailed by there [sic] search can
be recovered should you prove to be wrong either in your
assertions or in your 3D renderings.
In conclusion, please accept my sincere apologies for sending this
letter both to your home and to your PO Box. Unfortunately, my first
request for clarification was returned to me by Canada Post as
unclaimed.
In closing, I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest
convenience, and I remain,
Yours truly,
JM/--
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Where is John Ball?
Part 3 of 3
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta,
T6G 3E5,
May 9, 1997
Nordel Box 33007,
Delta, BC,
V4C 8E6
2. Marks were not drawn on August 25, 1944 Auschwitz air photos, as
shown in Evidence of Air Photo Tampering.
[signature]
John Morris,
University of Alberta