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Is the Chinese Mars Rover Looking for E.T. Ruins?

Is the Chinese Mars Rover Looking for E.T. Ruins?

A Hidden Clue behind the Real Purpose of the Tianwen-1 Mission

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Jun 06, 2023
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Fig.1 Tianwen-1 Mission: The Chinese Zhurong Rover landed on Mars, May 15th, 2021 in Utopia Planitia - image credit (promotional) : CNSA; image source: BBC

When the Chinese space agency landed a rover on Mars in May 2021, the political gauntlet had clearly been thrown down upon the dusty sands of the Red Planet, as a rival move to counter American domination of Mars exploration.

But perhaps in a much more challenging way than was first perceived.

It was while listening to the radio show "Other Side of Midnight" hosted by seasoned Martian warhorse, Richard C. Hoagland, that an intriguing perspective to the Chinese arrival on Mars may have come to light.

As is normal for most space missions, promotional images and videos were created for the benefit of the public and the media, to give them a visual taste of what the new mission was all about. Well, as will be seen in the following images and screenshots taken from this promotional imagery, a remarkable and pronounced representation of something very unusual sits in the background.

Fig. 2 Tianwen-1 Mission: the promotional image depicts the rover having landed very close to what appear to be archaeological ruins in the background - image credit: CNSA; image source: BBC; graphics: M. J. Craig

As Hoagland pointed out in his show, if we look at Figure.2-3, which was a stand-alone picture, the blow-up shows a structure dominating the background which has a distinctly non-geological character to it. Certainly, if the purpose of this artist’s representation of the surface of Mars, was to present a conventional geological surface with no surprising or unusual features, then the addition of this clearly anomalous feature was deliberately intended to provoke some inquiry or reaction.

Fig. 3 Close-up of what appear to be structural ruins (enhancement of fig. 2)

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