Meteor in Mars sky photograhed by Spirit

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2005-03-29 06:49am

BBC link

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2005-03-29 07:20am

So Spirit was sent 30 years ago?

Cool though, sorta like those Shoemaker asteroids that blasted Jupiter.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2005-03-29 09:18am

Well, we're boned. What? Hasn't anyone else read "War of the World"?

xcr · Post by **xcr** » 2005-03-29 09:23am

I have the Mercury theatre radio broadcast on Lp...

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-03-29 10:35am

I still get the chills from seeing the final few pictures taken by the Russian Phobos 2 probe, near the Martian moon. *brrr*

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » 2005-03-29 10:41am

Bah, not as chilling as seeing Earth from Voyager I four billion miles distant.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2005-03-29 11:30am

Shroom Man 777 wrote:So Spirit was sent 30 years ago?

I think they were saying it might've been an old piece of space junk.

And damn, those are the little rovers that could, aren't they? They've been rolling for over a year and still going strong.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-03-29 12:10pm

Bah, not as chilling as seeing Earth from Voyager I four billion miles distant.

Ehhh, you have no idea what picture I´m referring to, do you?

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » 2005-03-29 12:17pm

I did a quick search, but couldn't find any of the original Phobos 2 photos. Have any links handy?

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2005-03-29 01:45pm

I thought "boy does this sound familiar. I've heard about it before." Then I checked the date on the BBC story and found this:

Last Updated: Thursday, 18 March, 2004, 14:59 GMT

Still pretty neat though, for a story over a year old.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-03-29 01:50pm

Firefox wrote:I did a quick search, but couldn't find any of the original Phobos 2 photos. Have any links handy?

Links? Yes.

Credible ones? Still working on that.

You see, a couple of pics transmitted right before the probe was lost, shows Phobos and an "anomaly" right beside it. Now, it´s been years since I was into UFOs and such, but that picture lets my imagination run wild. Sadly, most sites that latched on to it are fringe conspiracy sites yelling "UFO MOTHERSHIP!!!" and "NASA COVER-UP!!!11". There´s also a photo of Mars showing a big shadow on the surface. That was taken a few hours or days before contact with Phobos 2 was lost. Either way, it´s pretty spooky stuff. To me, at least.

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » 2005-03-29 01:57pm

Most likely a crack team of Marines was sent in to deal with the anomaly. Of course, we haven't heard word on how successful the mission was.

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba · Post by **Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba** » 2005-03-29 02:16pm

VT-16, get me those links before I bust your balls.

Zed Snardbody · Post by **Zed Snardbody** » 2005-03-29 02:44pm

I'd like to have a look as well

That NOS Guy · Post by **That NOS Guy** » 2005-03-29 03:00pm

The problem with the whole Phobos pictures is that anything you can find on them are invariably linked to dranged rantings about Greys and the hollow Earth.

The photos are fraking scary as hell, but it's kind of hard to get credible links to the story.

In addition, I thought it was a Russian probe in the 80's, not a NASA probe.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-03-29 03:54pm

Yeah, it was Russian, but you can always get a NASA-COVERUP ZOMG!!1! out of anything.

Ok, I´m not sure how credible Marsnews.com is but I found a link to one of the photos there:

+http://www.marsnews.com/images/phobos2-ufo.jpg

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » 2005-03-29 03:59pm

Aye, that is pretty ghostly. It doesn't quite look like the Phobos we all know, but it's interesting.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-03-29 04:16pm

Yeah, the vaguely potato-shaped thing is Phobos (the moon) and the flute-like thing is the unknown object. *wuuhuuuu*

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » 2005-03-29 04:37pm

Most likely a camera artifact of some sort. It's not something to get too excited about, especially considering the quality of the image.

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba · Post by **Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba** » 2005-03-29 05:57pm

Doesn't look that freaky to me.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2005-03-29 06:19pm

VT-16 wrote:
Firefox wrote:I did a quick search, but couldn't find any of the original Phobos 2 photos. Have any links handy?
Links? Yes.

Credible ones? Still working on that.

You see, a couple of pics transmitted right before the probe was lost, shows Phobos and an "anomaly" right beside it. Now, it´s been years since I was into UFOs and such, but that picture lets my imagination run wild. Sadly, most sites that latched on to it are fringe conspiracy sites yelling "UFO MOTHERSHIP!!!" and "NASA COVER-UP!!!11". There´s also a photo of Mars showing a big shadow on the surface. That was taken a few hours or days before contact with Phobos 2 was lost. Either way, it´s pretty spooky stuff. To me, at least. :P

No, it's the portal through which the demons of Hell led by the Spider Mastermind seek to invade our world! Someone get a BFG, it's time to go a huntin'.

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2005-03-30 01:23am

Woohoo for UFOs on Mars.

Zed Snardbody · Post by **Zed Snardbody** » 2005-03-30 03:11am

A thingy?

Feh.

I wanted to have trouble sleeping damnit!

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-03-30 06:48am

A thingy?

Feh.

I wanted to have trouble sleeping damnit!

Damned if I do, damned if I don´t.

There was another photo showing a shadow on Mars, similar to the mystery object. Can´t remember if it was shown or only described. Sigh, why do I bother?