July
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/ 2019
In September 2012, a photograph snapped by NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity caught the attention of Internet sleuths everywhere. This picture appears to show a large rat hiding among some Martian rocks, and after its release it quickly went viral. The image of what looks like a camouflaged rodent was spotted by a UFO enthusiast inspecting a panoramic shot taken at the “Rocknest” site. “It’s a cute rodent on Mars,” wrote ufologist Scott Waring, on his UFO Sightings Daily website. “Note its lighter-color upper and lower eyelids, its nose and cheek areas, its ear, its front leg and stomach.” Over the next several years, Waring continued to spot artifacts in imagery captured by NASA landers, which he believed had been left
