"Time wasting science-fiction nerd and tinfoil-hat conspiracy-theory nonsense" is what Brigadier General "Whopper" Creedon, SPEARHEAD Assistant Commander for Intelligence and Information denounced the latest claims from the "lunatic fringe of Internet trawlers".
The General was describing new claims that have surfaced online concerning the latest Mars Curiosity photos which show a 'Space Crab' or 'Alien Face-Hugger' crawling out of a crevice and another shows a 'Dark Clothed woman' standing on a perch looking out over the sea of sand on the red planet.
The Dark Woman, whom some have even claimed is holding a weapon! |
The Director of the SETI research centre Seth Shostak puts these
claims down to cases of pareidolia, a form of apophenia, which is when
people see patterns in random stimuli like faces in clouds. "Recognising
a crab in a landscape filled with wind-weathered rocks is no more
surprising - nor more significant - than seeing a winking face in a
semi-colon followed by a parenthesis. ;)" he said.
It's coming to get you!!! |
Scott C Waring, editor of UFO Sightings Daily, said: "It may be a crab-like animal, or it also may be a plant. "It really doesn't matter. The significance of this is that it shows signs that it is alive."
"If you stare at my face long enough you'll probably believe I'm some kind of godamn alien freak too" added General Creedon diplomatically in a telephone interview. "We don't have time for this, these nutballs see all sorts of crazy shit in the photos, eggs, squrrels, numbers, pyramids and my personal favourite 'fake sand' - yes you heard me - a claim that someone put fake sand on Mars" before he hung up.
Source: NASA, The Daily Mail