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Hoax Claims NASA Faked Mars Rover Landing
Brooke James
First Posted: Nov 21, 2016 03:50 AM EST
There have been plenty of conspiracy theories and hoax news regarding NASA's projects and studies. But so-called Mars "truthers" are now claiming that the space agency did not actually send the rover to Mars but rather it has been filming footage here on Earth, specifically, on Devon Island in Canada.
Scott C. Waring, the editor of the website ufosightingsdaily.com, said that several images taken by the rovers were actually filmed here on Earth, citing evidence of an array of creatures such as groundhogs,bears, seals, monkeys, mouse, crabs and scorpions. Waring also admitted that he is also responsible for persuading the growing conspiracy theory of NASA not sending the rover to the Red Planet.
For their part, Express UK noted that the Space Agency did admit that the large, uninhabited island "resembles the Mars surface in more ways than any other place on Earth." They also insisted that their base at Nunavut, Devon Island, which they had since 1997, is a means to practice for real Mars expeditions, as the Haughton Crater provides the perfect terrain for such a job.
This hoax, which has gone viral over the last few days, is similar to the claims that NASA faked Moon landings in 1969, when Internet users pointed out things like shadows and the waving U.S. flag as evidence that Neil Armstrong did not actually become the first man on the Moon. The Daily Star UK noted that these conspiracy theorists thought the mission was actually filmed in the Nevada desert.
Rest assured, Professor Lewis Dartnell of the University of Westminster said that NASA's Mars rover program is real. "The radio signals beamed back to Earth from Opportunity and Curiosity are picked up by an international system of radio dishes called the Deep Space Network -- so if this was a conspiracy then many different nations would need to be involved, and not just the USA."
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First Posted: Nov 21, 2016 03:50 AM EST
There have been plenty of conspiracy theories and hoax news regarding NASA's projects and studies. But so-called Mars "truthers" are now claiming that the space agency did not actually send the rover to Mars but rather it has been filming footage here on Earth, specifically, on Devon Island in Canada.
Scott C. Waring, the editor of the website ufosightingsdaily.com, said that several images taken by the rovers were actually filmed here on Earth, citing evidence of an array of creatures such as groundhogs,bears, seals, monkeys, mouse, crabs and scorpions. Waring also admitted that he is also responsible for persuading the growing conspiracy theory of NASA not sending the rover to the Red Planet.
For their part, Express UK noted that the Space Agency did admit that the large, uninhabited island "resembles the Mars surface in more ways than any other place on Earth." They also insisted that their base at Nunavut, Devon Island, which they had since 1997, is a means to practice for real Mars expeditions, as the Haughton Crater provides the perfect terrain for such a job.
This hoax, which has gone viral over the last few days, is similar to the claims that NASA faked Moon landings in 1969, when Internet users pointed out things like shadows and the waving U.S. flag as evidence that Neil Armstrong did not actually become the first man on the Moon. The Daily Star UK noted that these conspiracy theorists thought the mission was actually filmed in the Nevada desert.
Rest assured, Professor Lewis Dartnell of the University of Westminster said that NASA's Mars rover program is real. "The radio signals beamed back to Earth from Opportunity and Curiosity are picked up by an international system of radio dishes called the Deep Space Network -- so if this was a conspiracy then many different nations would need to be involved, and not just the USA."
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