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UFO Streaks Through Martian sky

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the break-out-the-foil-hats dept.

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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  1. Hmmm. by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 5, Funny

    This could be a flying cup from Earth!!!!

  2. Or was it the Vogon Constructor Fleet? by The+I+Shing · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

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  3. Now who are we going to blame the UFO's on....? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously can't blame the martians for this one....

    1. Re:Now who are we going to blame the UFO's on....? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Obviously can't blame the martians for this one....

      Why not? Seeing a UFO on mars proves that that's where UFO's come from. And I find it very interesting that you start trying to cover it all up, mr anonymous spook.

  4. Well... by Boing · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  5. The Administration has declared ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  6. Either a UFO or.. by broothal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or Steven Spielbergs special effects team working on his next SciFi movie

  7. It could be Dick Cheney by spidergoat2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Headed for yet another undisclosed location.

  8. In related news by shaka999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  9. Marvin by Legal+Penguin · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  10. Re:Meteor? by turgid · · Score: 5, Funny
    Could it be that meteor that is coming near to Earth today?

    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.

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  11. Re:Or perhaps... by Shoten · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't be silly. Aliens wouldn't be going to Mars to do anal probes...there aren't any rednecks there!

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  12. If you are going to probe anything on Mars... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    make it Dejah Thoris.

  13. Re:streaking, eh? by AnonymousKev · · Score: 5, Funny
    "streaking across the Martian sky"

    I called out "Don't look Ethel!", but it was too late -- she'd been MOONED

    Or would that be PHOBOS'ED in this case?

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  14. In A.D. 2004 by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

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  15. Re:Or perhaps... by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 5, Funny

    On Red Mars, rednecks probe YOU!

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