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Yemenis Claim Ownership of Mars [July 24, 1997, The Associated Press]SAN`A, Yemen (AP) -- Three Yemeni men claiming ownership of Mars have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. space agency
NASA for invading the red planet, the weekly Al-Thawra reported Thursday. It said Adam Ismail, Mustafa Khalil and
Abdullah al-Umari presented documents to Yemen's prosecutor general which they said proved their claim.
``We inherited the planet from our ancestors who had lived on it 3,000 years ago,'' the Arabic-language paper quoted the men as saying in one of the documents.The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Pathfinder spacecraft landed on Mars July 4. Its Sojourner
rover has been exploring the planet and sending back photos and data for analysis.``Sojourner and Pathfinder, which are owned by the United States government, landed on Mars and began exploring it
without informing us or seeking our approval,'' the men said.The men demanded the immediate suspension of all operations on Mars until the disclosing any information pertaining to
Mars' atmosphere, surface or gravity before receiving approval from them or until a verdict is reached.
(My Lord! I actually found something from Richard C. Hoagland useful! Will wonders never cease? He was on Art Bell last night.)