NASA Says A Thigh Bone Was Not Found on Mars

Weather.com ^ | August 24, 2014 | Laura Dattaro

[CivilWarBrewing]

An image from the Curiosity rover that some people thought showed a “thigh bone” on Mars is just a photo of a weathered rock, according to NASA. The photo shows the dirt-covered surface of Mars littered with bits of rock, one of which is elongated in a shape similar to a leg bone.

The image was first picked up on a UFO blog, Space.com reports, purporting to show evidence of past alien life on the planet. The claim got so much attention that NASA released the photo with an official explanation — saying the object did look like a thigh bone, but it most definitely is not.

“No bones about it! Seen by Mars rover Curiosity using its MastCam, this Mars rock may look like a femur thigh bone,” the site reads. “Mission science team members think its shape is likely sculpted by erosion, either wind or water.”

[driftdiver]

“I might have believed the thing was a natural rock formation, but when I saw that perfect red circle around it, I was convinced there’s something strange going on.
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Well it is the RED planet.

[driftdiver]

[Magnum44]

In other news, General Francisco Franco is still dead...

[cripplecreek]

And lets not forget that NASA like all federal agencies has a long history of lying to keep their funding at minimal levels.

[Inyo-Mono]

There is no doubt that is a thigh bone, not a rock. And as other posters have noted, there is a foot print on top of it and an arrowhead next to it. We know our government lies to us.

[Smokin' Joe]

Is that regolith on top of it?

It looks like the rover moved it. Is this an attempted cover--up?

LOL!

If you look at enough rocks, sooner or later you will find one in virtually every shape.

A Rock?

Iraq?

No, it is shaped more like Italy.

[NormsRevenge]

they sure flushed the images of trilobites and fauna quick too..

[TaMoDee]

I’ve seen this combination of bone and stone spear point in many museums and the archeologists that found them all got their Phds.

[jazusamo]

There you go, you’ve solved the mystery and SJL will be ecstatic. :-)

[driftdiver]

Well its about the only way they can get someone to look at these pictures.

[Focault's Pendulum]

I might have believed the thing was a natural rock formation, but when I saw that perfect red circle around it, I was convinced there’s something strange going on.

It was the <------- that convinced me.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Have you seen the iguana too?

[driftdiver]

My first thought was this.

[GraceG]

I see two iguanas...

[mabarker1]

Really THICK Swamp Gas!

[UCANSEE2]

"NASA stated that the object is not a thigh bone. They would send Rover back to get another picture, but they said Rover is stuck in the sand."

[Rockpile]

My damn dog is always leaving his finds laying around.

Actually it really does look like a bone with a spearhead next to it. We might hope that the rover could move them and get some better pics of these rocks.

[EEGator]

[Bratch]

Martian marital aid?

[JPG]

where that thigh bone? is it near the flag? I be still lookin'