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UFO Streaks Through Martian sky
lkatz writes "The BBC is reporting that the Spirit rover has observed an object streaking across the Martian sky. They believe it was either a meteor or possibly the Viking 2 probe which still orbits Mars."
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It's the Earthlings and they've come to give the Martians anal probes! (or whatever organ is worth probing on a martian)
This could be a flying cup from Earth!!!!
I'd better charge up the batteries in my Subetha signalling device and hope the Dentressi are feeling like a bit of company for the voyage back!
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
Obviously can't blame the martians for this one....
If it was Viking 2, let's hope those martian conspiracy theorists only got a blurry picture. We wouldn't want to let them know that there's extramartian intelligence just yet. First we have to set up the slave camps.
this is proof that Al-Quaeda is using Mars as a base of operations in their development of WMD, requiring a 50-fold expansion of funding for the Mars liberation effort.
Or Steven Spielbergs special effects team working on his next SciFi movie
I predict the wackos at Enterprise Mission will have some far fetched explanation for it by the end of the day.
-S
--- What parts of "shall make no law", "shall not be infringed", and "shall not be violated" don't you understand?
Headed for yet another undisclosed location.
How indecent, call the FCC.
There has been an unexplainable surge in the price of Aluminum foil. Representative of the Aluminum manufactures of America are at a loss to explain the sudden demand.
One should not theorize before one has data. -Sherlock Holmes-
URL, of cource, being a TLA for U niversal R etard L ocator...
I'm surprised nobody yet did a joke about this flying object being Beagle2 that is just still bouncing on the Mars surface...
Iraq: war to save the U
It was my Illudium Q-35 Explosive Space Modulator. I was wondering where it got to.
-Marvin
P.S. Where was the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom.
"The true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government." - George Washington
... just another weather balloon.
Absolutely. It skimmed the atmosphere of Mars and bounced off and then travelled to Earth at a substantial fraction of the speed of light, to miss Earth by a few Earth radii. Rocket Scientists call this "Vogon pin-ball." It's one of those geeky jokes.
Stick Men
make it Dejah Thoris.
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"Just once, I wish we would encounter an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets"
But UFO means unidentified flying object. If it's falling out of the sky, it's not really flying. Maybe we should call it an unidentified falling object. Now we just need to figure out the acronym for it.
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NASA is lucky that the UFO's Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator wasn't charged up!
to what is is happening when Opportunitites' back is turned, looking at the ground.
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Unidentified Not On The Ground Object (UNOTGO)
Even has a pronounable acronym. You not go!
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War was beginning...
Martian Captain: What Happened?
Martian Soldier: Somebody set us up the bomb!
Martian Soldier: We get signal!
Martian Captain: Main Screen Turn On!
Martian Captain: It's you!
Viking: How are you gentlemen!!
Viking: All your rover are belong to us
Viking: You are on the way to destruction
Martian Captain:What you say!!
Viking: You have no chance to survive make your time
Viking: HA HA HA HA...
"I only speak the truth"
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