| In 1531, a native Mexican peasant called Juan Diego | | | | roses had been wrapped was impressed with a |
| claimed to have seen a 'beautiful lady' who made | | | | beautiful image of the lady surrounded by various signs |
| various requests of him including the building of a | | | | and symbols. |
| Church on the spot where she appeared to him. Her | | | | NASA scientists have examined this cloak in great |
| requests required the cooperation of the local bishop | | | | detail. They cannot explain some of its characteristics. |
| but Juan Diego had difficulty in gaining access to such | | | | It is made of cactus fibres. Cactus fibres normally |
| an important man. When he reported this to the lady, | | | | disintegrate after a maximum of 30 years and usually |
| she said that she would provide him with proof that his | | | | less but this one has survived fully intact for over 470 |
| requests were from heaven and enable him to reach | | | | years. But this was the LEAST of the mysteries that |
| the bishop. | | | | confronted the NASA scientists. |
| He was told to look nearby for a rose bush that had | | | | The signs and symbols on the cloak were initially |
| bloomed, although it was mid-winter. He looked where | | | | regarded as mere decoration but it was discovered |
| he was told and found them. He wrapped the blooms | | | | that they are much more than that, they include coded |
| in his cloak. When he finally managed to get access to | | | | messages to the native Mexican people who |
| the bishop, he opened the cloak to show him the sign | | | | converted to Christianity in tens of thousands within |
| of the roses, but something much more impressive | | | | weeks of these events. The cloak is exposed to this |
| appeared before their eyes. The cloak in which the | | | | day for veneration in Mexico City. |