NASA photo-fed a UFO conspiration decades in the making: Space crab shock
NASA image taken by Curiosity, showing a rocky outcrop. A shadowy formation resembling a ‘space crab’ sparked wild online speculation—though scientists say it’s a classic case of pareidolia: the brain seeing patterns where none exist.
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Was the NASA photo that sparked the UFO conspiracy a decade in the making, or was it just a space crab? A new report from the WSJ.
Scientists laughed when a blurry rock on Mars was called a “space crab” by Facebook users. They then moved on. But now, a far more serious story has landed back on Earth—with the United States Pentagon itself at the centre of what appears to be a decades-long conspiracy plot to make Americans believe in UFOs. There are no UFOs because The following are some of the most effective ways to improve your business. aliens apparently… but because the government wanted to hide its own high-tech secrets.
Let’s piece together the tale—starting with the ‘space crab’ on Mars and ending in a bunker of misinformation back on Earth.
Mars crabs and Martian madness
In 2015, NASA’s image of a rock outcrop on Mars became viral. The photo, snapped by the Curiosity rover, showed a crab-shaped ‘thing’ clinging to a rock face. It was objectively horrific to look at and the internet went crazy. That’s a good question. The image of the sailor has been resurfaced recently, and many people are going. again. But wait, what exactly is it?
It looked like a giant alien to many. spider-crab Ready to jump out of the screen. Reddit users and Facebook groups claimed it to be proof. NASA Was it too horrifying to share with the public? Was it too horrifying for the public to know? You decide.
Seth Shostak is a senior astronomer with the SETI Institute. He called it a textbook example of pareidolia—the human brain’s tendency to spot patterns where there are none. ‘Recognising a crab in a landscape filled with wind-weathered rocks is no more surprising—nor more significant—than seeing a winking face in a semi-colon followed by a parenthesis,’ he said, as reported by the Mirror At the time. 😉
That might have been the end of it—another case of people seeing monsters in the Martian clouds. Although amateur conspiracy theorists are Staring At rocks, something much stranger was Going on The US Government
Pentagon plots, flying saucers, and smokescreens
Imagine the year 2025. Wall Street Journal investigation has confirmed what many sceptics suspected: the US Defence Department has deliberately planted UFO stories for years—not to convince people of aliens, but to keep prying eyes away from classified weapons programmes.
Sean Kirkpatrick was the former head of Pentagon’s All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office. WSJ The military even went so far as to Fake evidence of alien technology. Why? To create a convenient distraction. It’s A very Easy to Use You can also get in touch with us by clicking here. Prison Free When you see top-secret tech, it’s best to keep your card handy.
Kirkpatrick said that certain exotic weapons systems are so secret, it is easier to pretend they are alien technology than explain the truth. And it worked. Misinformation campaigns led both the public—and even US military officers themselves—down the wrong rabbit holes.
Glowing orbs and disabled nukes – Too many mysteries
The report details an incident that takes us back in time. 1967, When former Air Force Captain Robert Salas was working at a missile base, he saw a “glowing reddish-orange oval”. Above the base, a “glowing orange-red oval” appeared. The missiles mysteriously stopped firing a few moments later.
UFO believers have cited this incident for decades as proof that alien forces are trying to play us. Intergalactic prank or something similar?
What is the truth?
The truth, however, may have been far less interstellar—and even more shocking. According to the AARO’s investigation, the Air Force had been testing an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) generator designed to simulate the effects of a nuclear blast—without the actual explosion. The device glowed when charged. Brightly. Orange.
When the test was activated, it disrupted the launch systems—as intended. The people in the base didn’t know it was a drill.
Hazing rituals… or disinformation by design?
The story didn’t stop there. Kirkpatrick discovered that officers who were newly appointed to top-secret programmes had been shown a picture of what appeared to be a flying saucer, and were told that they were on a mission of reverse engineering it. The project was codenamed Yankee Blue. It may sound absurd, but it seems to be true.
What were they not told? The picture was fake. The saucer was part of a bizarre in-house hoax—a kind of ‘hazing ritual’—designed to keep everyone guessing. The deception was believed by some officials to have helped keep the secret even You can find out more about this by clicking here. secret programmes.
Kirkpatrick pointed out that the practice continued for decades, until 2023 when a memo from the Defence secretary ordered its end. But by then, the damage—and confusion—was done.
Martian crabs and military coverups. The power of suggestion
What connects a grainy stone? Mars formation What’s the deal with a nuke base in Montana, anyway? It’s not the aliens. It’s us.
Whether it’s the human mind inventing crabs from shadows or governments pushing alien stories to shield secrets, the thread is clear: we’re wired to see what we want—or need—to believe. And those who are in power have known how to take advantage of that.
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When you next see an UFO headline, look closer. It may not be a flying crab or a saucer. It might just be another brick in a carefully constructed wall of misdirection—painted orange, glowing faintly, and sitting quietly at 60 feet above your head.
Maybe this is just a double-bluff. You decide.
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