Anyone who expects his absurd "research paper" proving life on Mars to be taken seriously is either a crank or (as in the case of Basiago) a disinfo agent recruited by Cointelpro to discredit belief in time travel, the Philadelphia Experiment, the Montak Project, etc.

Do some background investigation of Basiago and you will find he was once a lawyer for a well-known computer games company that created a video game about the adventures of a time traveler.

Need I say any more......?