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   Matthew LoffhagenMonday, 15 January 2018 - 10:10AM   
      
   For decades, scientists have speculated about the history of the planet   
   Mars.   
      
   While for the most part, the Red Planet is currently merely a rocky, dusty   
   sphere (with some interesting underground frozen glaciers), many experts   
   theorize that, long ago, Mars had warm oceans that would have been perfect   
   for the development of early life.   
      
   Now, prolific UFO spotter Scott C Waring, operator of the blog UFO Daily,   
   has announced the discovery of evidence that proves that Mars once held   
   oceanic life. Scouring photos taken by the Curiosity Rover, Waring   
   believes that he's spotted a pair of seashells left abandoned on the   
   planet's desert surface.   
      
   This isn't the only thing that Waring has found recently—the blogger also   
   purports to have found ancient Sphinx-like statues and buildings upon the   
   planet's surface, all hidden in plain sight in Curiosity's photographs.   
      
   According to Waring, the rover almost ran over these valuable shells   
   without giving them a second thought:   
      
      
   Opening quote   
   "I found evidence of an ancient ocean today. The most resent [sic] load of   
   photos were uploaded from Mar [sic] Curiosity Rover today and I noticed   
   that there were two seashell-like objects within a meter of the rover."   
   Closing quote   
      
      
   Waring is of the belief that Mars has a lot more signs of life than the   
   governments of Earth would have us believe - previously, he has even   
   claimed that the planet once played host to an advanced sentient species   
   of aliens that were ultimately killed off during a terrifying war that   
   made use of medieval technology to strip away Mars' breathable atmosphere.   
      
   Whether or not Waring actually believes all of his own theories is   
   difficult to tell, especially considering that he has a vested interest in   
   finding new evidence of aliens regularly in order to live up to his blog's   
   name. Ultimately, there's not much evidence to support a lot of these   
   theories beyond the fact that some rocks on Mars look a little bit like   
   other things, which is inevitable when someone is scouring every   
   photograph from the Curiosity Rover in the hopes of finding something that   
   looks identifiably familiar.   
      
   It's likely that these seashells that Waring has spotted were probably   
   just oddly shaped rocks. In Waring's history of searching the Martian   
   surface, the vast majority of odd shapes have turned out to be the result   
   of random rock formations, coupled with human eagerness to spot patterns   
   and shapes.   
      
   Nevertheless, there is still a possibility that Mars holds some secrets,   
   and the world may well have once had deep oceans that could have contained   
   alien life. Based on fluctuating methane levels on the planet, it's   
   possible that creatures may still live on Mars, buried deep underground.   
      
   For now, though, this is purely speculation, and no amount of guesswork   
   can help us to draw closer to a definitive answer as to whether or not   
   shellfish have ever walked on the surface of the Red Planet.   
      
   Presumably, with modern plans for a permanent Mars base, it is only a   
   matter of time before sea creatures make it to the planet anyway.   
      
   If any site in the solar system needs a Red Lobster, it's Mars.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
   https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/17517-evidence-oceans-a   
   ien-sphinx-statues-spotted-mars-curiosity-rover   
      
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