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On Mars, the photo of a human silhouette questions

A strange silhouette, observed by the Perseverance robot on Mars, agitates the canvas. In reality, this is just an optical illusion.

For the past ten days, a video of Scott Waring has been panicking social networks. The American ufologist claims to see an alien on Mars and claims that it is a “100% proof of intelligent life”. “Everyone here knows I love combing through NASA photos. Well, I came across something unique… something that is 100% proof of intelligent life. There is a person lying down watching the NASA Mars rover from a safe distance”he says in a video that has more than 523,000 views.

Sure of his fact, he continues by explaining that the alien measures approximately 30 centimeters and “is lying down, the top of her chest, her neck and her face are pink”. He adds that he “wears a dark suit, but has a gray object on one shoulder…looks like some kind of backpack”. And to conclude: “there are even footprints behind the person that lead to where [l’extra-terrestre] chose to lie down”. Detailed explanations to describe an alien lying on a Martian rock who would contemplate the universe from the red planet.

A simple distortion of the mind

In reality, we are a long way from a discovery that would turn the world upside down. This familiar figure is nothing like a Martian and more like an optical illusion. Specifically, the snapshot taken by Perseverance on Mars in April 2021 highlights a phenomenon known as pareidolia. “The mind will have this natural and cognitive tendency to give forms to things it does not know to try not to remain in an unknown or mystical dynamic”believes Victoria Aguilar, clinical psychologist, interviewed by BFMTV.

On the web, these phenomena are common and some tend to go viral. This is not the first time that Mars has given an example of pareidolia. In 1976, the Viking 1 probe had captured the “face of Mars” and social networks were not there yet. New images presented in the 2000s finally put an end to the myth. But as scientist and astronomer Carl Sagan said: “the universe is so vast, and we are so small, that if we were alone, it would be a waste of space”. In the meantime, Perseverance continues to search for traces of life on Mars.

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