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Mysterious structure in NASA's Mars photo sparks theories of a long-lost civilization on the ...

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A NASA Mars photo has UFO Sightings Daily claiming a clay-stucco structure proves a lost civilization — but is it a ruin or just a rock?

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Theory Briefing

  • Scott C Waring of UFO Sightings Daily argues a feature in a NASA Mars photo is made from a clay stucco-type material, suggesting artificial construction.
  • The claim follows a long pattern of Mars anomaly hunting, where unusual shapes in rover or orbital images are read as signs of ancient intelligent life.
  • NASA images are high-resolution enough to produce countless ambiguous shapes, making it easy for the human brain to find familiar forms in random geology.
  • No independent scientific body has corroborated Waring's interpretation of the feature as a manufactured structure.