NASA Could this really be a trickle of water on the surface of Mars?

Nasa made a historic announcement just weeks ago that dark streaks in images beamed back to Earth by its rover exploring the surface of the Red Planet were likely to be evidence of recent water flows. Scott C Waring, editor of UFO Sightings Daily, is often ridiculed for making outlandish claims of evidence of alien life being found on the Red Planet in Nasa pictures, including tiny humanoids, statues and even buildings, which are dismissed as optical illusions. But in his latest post, he claims to have found what he thinks looks like an actual water flow on sand in an image of the Gale Crater area of Mars taken by the rover more than a year before the announcement on August 2 2014.

Nasa This is the picture from the Nasa website with the "water" ringed red

NASA The dark streaks in the Nasa images released last month were a sign of recent water flow

Nasa posts images taken by the 4WD Curiosity Rover online and many alien researchers, including Mr waring, spend hours scouring them for evidence of extra terrestrial life. It is agreed by scientists that water on the surface of Mars means there is a chance the planet has either previously held life or even still does in the simplest of forms. Of his latest discovery, Mr Waring said: "In this photo, I found water running down from below the rocks on a small two metre tall hillside in Gale Crater. "You can see the wetness and the different colour of soil compared to that around it. "There is no doubt that it is water."

SCOTTCWARING Water discovery: Scott C Waring

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In this photo, I found water running down from below the rocks on a small two metre tall hillside in Gale Crater. You can see the wetness and the different colour of soil compared to that around it Scott C Waring