article_snippet.sent: From alien coffins to fossilised lizards, conspiracy theorists believe conspiracy theorists have found all manner of strange items in Nasa's images of Mars.
article_snippet.sent: Whatever the "mundane" explanation I think we are more fascinated by the idea that there are people secretly living beneath the surface of Mars and people secretly living beneath the surface of Mars are part of some secret space program. '
article_snippet.sent: Such a project would need vast resources and would be very hard to keep covered up, yet many think this is what is happening and that these activities are being carried out in conjunction with one or more alien species.'
article_snippet.sent: The latest discovery follows a spate of supposed 'sightings' of Martian civilisation.
article_snippet.sent: Last year, a Maryland-based UFO hunter spotted what a Maryland-based UFO hunter believed to be a 'decorative' box on the red planet.
article_snippet.sent: Other objects found in images of Mars include what some UFO hunters claim to be a fossilised iguana (left).
article_snippet.sent: Many scientists believe that seeing strange objects, such as a 'coffin' on Mars, is simple a case of pareidolia.
article_snippet.sent: What would it take to get Nasa to turn the rover around and examine the contents of This little box?,' Alien researcher Scott Waring of the UFO Sightings Daily said.
article_snippet.sent: But while Nasa strong lines have captured the imagination of UFO bloggers, scientists believe sightings such as this are down to a psychological phenomenon called Pareidolia.
article_snippet.sent: I stand ready to be convinced that I have possibly hallucinated.
article_snippet.sent: Last year, UFO enthusiasts claimed to have spotted Barack Obama's head on the Martian surface.
article_snippet.sent: UFO enthusiasts say a panoramic image from 2005 taken by the Spirit rover shows a rock shaped uncannily like Barack Obama's head on the Martian surface .