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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. Re:Misleading title by denks · · Score: 0, Redundant

    UFO = Unidentified Flying Object

    UFO does not just mean aliens. Any flying object that is unidentified is a UFO by definition.

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  2. Re:The Administration has declared ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    HAHAHA! So fucking witty. Go boil your head.

  3. here goes by 2names · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I for one welcome our Mars-invading overlords.

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  4. MOD PARENT REDUNDANT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    How many times do we need to hear this pathetic joke? 100,000,000+ times, apparently. EVERY story about Mars brings the "WMD and/or oil found on Mars" llamas out of the woodwork. WTF? Give it a rest.

  5. ypuo FAil It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    revel in our gay was at the same The accounting by BSDI who sell between each BSD series of exploding AASOCIATION OF with the work, or give BSD credit the system clean

  6. Re:The Administration has declared ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    *ENOUGH* with this already! It's possibly even more stupid and redundant than the "You have to pay SCO $699!" posts in every article about Ruby or the Higgs boson.

  7. They found it!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Yes, that's the beagle
    or what left of it

  8. Re:Or perhaps... by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Mod parent troll. The link turns off safe surfing and does a Google Image Search for "nice+ass".

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  9. Re:Misleading title by Snaller · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, except these days most people take UFO to mean a flying saucer.

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