Posted on 03/29/2019 12:16:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Waring's claims are not backed up by scientific evidence – space boffins have not found any clues that there is, or ever was, intelligent life on Mars.
Alien expert Nigel Watson, author of 'UFOs of the First World War, said Waring's claims were little more than fairy tale.
"It is a stretch of the imagination to see this rock as representing the head of Socrates," Watson told The Sun.
"Certainly Mars has not been habitable for human existence for a very long time, so it is impossible that he could have lived there or had a statue made of him a few thousand years ago.
"As a philosopher he might have liked Waring's 'thinking outside the box', but he would have posed plenty of questions about the logic of this argument."
Waring's finds are likely the result of pareidolia, a bizarre effect which causes the brain to see shapes, structures and patterns where they do not exist.
According to Nasa: "Pareidolia is the psychological phenomenon where people see recognisable shapes in clouds, rock formations, or otherwise unrelated objects or data.
"There are many examples of this phenomenon on Earth and in space."
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Frazetta cover!
Hell to the yeah! Frank, Boris, the Hildebrandt brothers, Kelly and Mouse, Roger Dean with his “Yes” covers - we are so privileged to live in this time period.
And don't forget the "sword and sorcery" paintjobs on custom vans in the 1970s. All those have vanished, I'm sure.
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