Legend has it that ancient ᴀssyrians developed space travel and left a statue of their god on Mars.

On Monday, NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover sent an image back of a rock that resembles Nabu, the god of wisdom to the Neo-ᴀssyrians – at least according to some UFO enthusiasts.
The image was taken at a site called, ‘Concepción Crater,’ an area that had been a mystery to scientists due to strange coatings on rocks near the crater.
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NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover sent an image back of a rock that resembles, Nabu, the god of wisdom to the Neo-ᴀssyrians, as suggested by some UFO enthusiasts. The image was taken at a site called, ‘Concepción Crater,’ an area that had been a mystery to scientists due to strange coatings on rocks near the crater
Legend has it that ancient ᴀssyrians developed space travel and left a statue of their god on Mars. NASA has no interest in exploring the ‘face’ further. The organization blames these type of sightings on a trick of the mind, known pareidolia – the psychological response to seeing familiar objects in random places
Scott C Waring of UFO Sightings Daily said referencing to an image of the planet: ‘This pH๏τo alone should be enough to convince the United Nations that intelligent life once existed on Mars.’
‘Nasa doesn’t want anyone to know the truth, because they will be asked to share the info and technology that they have found.’
While Nasa rarely comments on these claims, in August of its scientists has provided an explanation for why so many people see strange objects on the red planet.
Faces in the the rock: Nasa has packed their schedule with navigating the rover to an area of sand dunes, as tall as a two-story building and as wide as a football field, with the hopes of learning more about the planet’s environment
Ashwin Vasavada, who works on the Mars rover project, says scientists are not trying to hide evidence of alien life from the general public.
His comments were sparked by an increase in ‘sightings’ of strange objects on the red planet. In their latest ‘discovery’, for instance, a number of people said they had spotted the Star Destroyer from Star Wars on Mars.
‘I found this anomaly in the latest Curiosity Rover pH๏τo.
The black object looks like a crashed UFO,’ wrote UFO Sightings contributor Scott Waring.
He said the ‘craft’ is only about 2.5 to 3 metres across, ‘so it probably only held a few pᴀssengers.’
And earlier this month, alien hunters claimed they had spotted a mysterious ‘facehugger crab’ on the red planet.