By Tom Rose
A video on
YouTube uses NASA images of Mars to pose the question of UFO origin. Is there a
2001: A Space Odyssey type monolith
jutting up from the surface? If not, then what is it?
The monolithic
object shown below recalls the central theme of the famous book and movie: a
monolithic structure planted on the surface of the Moon by an alien civilization
millions of years in the past.
Its purpose was
clearly to act as a beacon to an alien race monitoring humans for signs of their
eventual evolution into space travelers.
The video also
points to a similar obelisk on the asteroid Phobos, but it's not nearly as
dramatic and scientists have never speculated that, unlike Mars, there was ever
a life form on the barren piece of space rock orbiting the Sun.
The Martian
monolith is clearly at odds with its surrounding topography, thrust out from the
surface and perfectly symmetrical. Such a shape and form is even a rarity on
Earth where titanic geological forces have produced bizarre, seemingly man-made
structures. But none which appear to be perfectly rectangular in proportion.
Could such an
object be the source of UFO sightings throughout history? Have ancient
civilizations planted the Martian monolith as a means of signalling humans that
other life forms exist in the universe?
