

This has led some people to seeing things like pyramids or Sphinxes on the surface of Mars. Stewart Elliott Guthrie in his book, "Faces in the Clouds: A New Theory of Religion" (Oxford University Press, 1993). So what do you see?Īt least one theory of religion has been created from this idea. More than that, some psychologists see it as a marker of creativity related to the constructive use of the imagination. Now of course, such anthropomorphisms are recognised as ways that human beings have created a sense of meaning in their world. This phenomenon known as "pareidolia" was once considered a form of mental illness - seeing random shapes in meaningful forms. The face of the beast on the left is confronting the horned creature on the right.

"We assume that every detail about Mars is 100 percent true, but.has the US government ever lied? Yes, of course they have," he wrote, without offering any specific evidence for the claim.It looks to me like two titans going at each other in the clouds. In a response to a request for comment from Newsweek, Waring called himself a "hard core researcher" that seeks "truth about existence of intelligent life." However, the space agency has collected an extensive list of alleged alien sightings on Mars in an article titled Space Oddities: NASA Sorts Fact From Fantasy and states that unusual shapes on the planet's surface are often the result of wind erosion. Neither of the NASA representatives Newsweek spoke to said what the shape on the rock seen in the photo actually is. Sometimes it is interpreted, used, or altered to create fan-made works shared online." "While it is conceivable that microscopic forms of life could exist, probably deep in the subsurface in areas where temperatures could be more moderate, the overlying rocks shield the environment from much of the radiation, and liquid water could exist, we have not found any evidence to date of extant life of any form on Mars," Schulte said.Īlana Johnson, senior communications specialist at NASA's Planetary Science Division, told Newsweek: "Space enthusiasts and other image processors are often excited about raw Mars imagery downlinked from NASA spacecraft. This would pose an issue for multicellular life, as it is understood on Earth, because it uses oxygen as a metabolic energy source. There are also only trace amounts of oxygen in Mars' atmosphere. Mitch Schulte, Mars 2020 program scientist at NASA's headquarters in Washington, D.C., told Newsweek that the main issues for potential life on Mars are the lack of liquid water, as well as high levels of radiation, and generally low temperatures and atmospheric pressure. There are many reasons why this is the case. However, scientists reiterate that the surface of Mars is completely inhospitable to life as we know it-even for microbial life, let alone for humanoid figures capable of walking.

The figure on the rock could be interpreted as someone lying down, though the image gets fuzzy and indistinct the closer one zooms in.

NASA has said there is no evidence yet for life as we know it on the planet. Newsweek has circled the area that UFO Sightings Daily claims shows a person on a rock. The blog post has since gained some news media attention and the photo has been shared widely on social media.Ī photo taken by the Perseverance rover on Mars on April 20, 2021. There are even footprints behind the person leading up to the location they chose to lay down at." 3 meters and is laying down, pinkish upper chest, neck and face, radish hair, wearing a dark suit, but has a grey object over one shoulder.looks like a backpack of some sort. The blog post reads: "There is a person laying down watching the NASA Mars rover from a safe distance away. Waring claims its shows a Martian rock with a person lying on top of it. The post includes a cropped version of a photo of the surface of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover in 2021. On February 4, Scott Waring of the blog UFO Sightings Daily, which publishes claims of UFO sightings, shared a blog post titled "Alien Figure Watching Mars Rover! 100% Proof of Life! UFO Sighting News." Fact Check: Did China Launch 'Artificial Sun' Into Space?.Fact Check: Did an Astronaut Smuggle a Gorilla Suit Into Space?.New Study Squashes Idea That Meteorite Represented Life on Mars.
