Eagle - eyed Mars viewer trawling through images of the Martian surface have unearthed a motion-picture show that ’ll no doubt spark off the imaginativeness of those curious about extraterrestrial spirit on our planetary neighbour .

Thisimagewas taken by NASA ’s Curiosity Mars bird of passage on May 7 , 2022 . It appear to show a slit into the rocky hillside , which have a bun in the oven a solid resemblance to a purposely constructed entrance . OK , fine , it seem like an ingress to a pyramid .

It was share by Annie Jacobsen , an fact-finding journalist whose work ( among other affair ) has look into the unexplained going - on at Area 51 . “ This image guide 5.7.22 by NASA on Mars + news of House hearings on UFOs are trusted to spawn a few new theories , ” shetweeted . Yes , the first publicCongressional hearing on UFOs in 50 yearsis happening next week , and you may ascertain it live .

Others have pored over the range of a function and conclude the geological feature is a doorway to an hole-and-corner temple . Some have even suggested a build and its shadower can be see hide in the entrance .

However , as you ’ve hopefully guessed , this interesting picture is very unlikely to be hard proof of an extraterrestrial civilization living it up on the Red Planet . Many have point out that plenty of images of Mars have show standardised geologic features that are clearly not the doorway to a expansive Martian synagogue . It ’s also extremely knotty to make out the scale leaf of this feature .

You may remember thecase of the “ mysterious Moon hut”that get everyone shake up lately last year . China ’s Yutu-2 scouter captured an image of a cube - like structure on the visible horizon while exploring the lunar surface in December 2021 . Some suggested the object may be an exotic structure , perhaps even a grand monolith . However , after the rover approached the sight , it was revealed that was , in fact , a rather unremarkable rock .

Plenty of unusual sighting have been spotted in images of the rocky Martian surface in recent years , fromrats , anda fair sex , to afloating spoon . These visions are oftenexplained bypareidolia , a phenomenon where humans spotrecognizable structures or patterns — often face — inmeaningless stimulant . For instance , if you gaze at clouds for long enough , chance are you ’ll eventually see one that looks clearly like something else .

It ’s thought the ability evolved in early humankind to   help them   patch predators and potential threats before they saw us , just likein mammals . That ancient ability still reside within us , but   without the mean solar day - to - mean solar day scourge of saber - tooth tigers lurking around the street corner .