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‘Armchair astronaut’ Mars video goes viral

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posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 11:59 PM
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A self-described "armchair astronaut" claims to have found a base on the planet Mars using a satellite imaging map. He thinks the base could have been made by aliens

The video David Martines uploaded to YouTube has been viewed more than 850,000 times. He says the 750'-by-150' cylinder-like structure that he's zoomed in on using Google Mars looks like it's made for people to inhabit. In the video, Martines say he assumes people live in the cylinder or have lived in it.

He named the shape "Bio Station Alpha." Experts told Space.come that the image was most likely caused by "cosmic energy" interfering with the cameras--not by aliens.



"It looks like a linear streak artifact produced by a cosmic ray," Alfred McEwen, a planetary geologist at the University of Arizona told Space.com. Cosmic rays, which are emitted by the Sun and other stars, don't make it to Earth because of its magnetosphere. "But with space images that are taken outside our magnetosphere, such as those taken by orbiting telescopes, it's very common to see these cosmic ray hits. You see them on optical images and a lot of the infrared images too."





posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:01 AM
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If these streaks are common, I'm sure there should be more that were recorded so that we can compare with this one. It would be nice if the space.com article showed a couple of examples.
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posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:01 AM
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Been posted. The search button is your friend!



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:06 AM
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been posted a dozen times since before and after it went viral - all were closed - yes I know I'm stating the obvious - but if you dig through the other threads you might miss that it was DEBUNKED like immediately



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:10 AM
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This was posted several days ago.



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:10 AM
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Originally posted by Forevever
been posted a dozen times since before and after it went viral - all were closed - yes I know I'm stating the obvious - but if you dig through the other threads you might miss that it was DEBUNKED like immediately


I missed that part. I thought they said it did not look like an image anomaly and still it was unexplained. Would you mind linking to the page where it was debunked?

The fact that it has gone viral is new.



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:11 AM
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This topic has been posted about 3 or 4 times already... Search button really is your friend.

Here are a few of the existing threads:

Proof: Station on MARS

Armchair Astronaut Discovers Mars Space Station Using Google Earth



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:12 AM
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800,000 more suckers..

when will it end?



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:15 AM
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I have read all through the old posts and can not find where it has been debunked.. Was it on this site? Did it even happen?



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:22 AM
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You read through all 21 pages in the original "mars station" thread?
Here's one debunker link:
post by Phage

But there's also plenty more randomly placed throughout the 21 pages


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posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:34 AM
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When people stop feeling the need to believe ridiculous garbage.



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:38 AM
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Originally posted by Turiddu
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When people stop feeling the need to believe ridiculous garbage.


Some people need to learn to have an open mind about things and stop having shut/closed up minds tighter than a gnats ass.



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:45 AM
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But... It looks alot like nothing more than ice on the ground...



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:49 AM
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Originally posted by QuantumPhysicist
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You read through all 21 pages in the original "mars station" thread?
Here's one debunker link:
post by Phage

But there's also plenty more randomly placed throughout the 21 pages


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and of course if Phage debunks it then that must be the final word.....



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 12:51 AM
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"Keep an open mind – but not so open that your brain falls out"



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 01:02 AM
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Originally posted by Vrill

Originally posted by Turiddu
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When people stop feeling the need to believe ridiculous garbage.


Some people need to learn to have an open mind about things and stop having shut/closed up minds tighter than a gnats ass.


The difference between an "open mind" and " Gullibility" is ?



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 01:10 AM
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Originally posted by Lyrian


The difference between an "open mind" and " Gullibility" is ?


Common sense and logic, of course.

I have a saying, keep an open mind, but not too open, other wise your brain will fall out.

In simple terms, keep an open mind, but also keep common sense of logic.
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posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 01:13 AM
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I was just being sarcastic with my above post.
Sorry



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 01:28 AM
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I wasn't acting like he is the all-knowing lol. The poster said that they read through all of the old posts, so I was just giving them an example of what they missed. From what I've seen from Phage though, he actually does post pretty intelligent responses



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 02:57 AM
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people who believe that this is a mars base will believe any example of similar abberations to be mars bases




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