Alien face in Antarctic snow sparks pareidolia debate
An internet user claims to have discovered a shape in the Antarctic snow that resembles an alien face. The satellite image surfaced online on Reddit and quickly garnered attention, showing a face with a half-closed eye, nose, and mouth sculpted in the white snow.
The face was identified in a remote region in the southeast of the continent. The mysterious shape can be located on Google Maps by entering the coordinates 72°00'36.0 S 168°34'40.0 E.
While the user who shared the photo described seeing an "alien face" in the snow, some social media followers quickly liken the face to Megatron, a character from the Transformers series.
Others, however, are convinced that some internet users are experiencing pareidolia. According to NASA, this psychological phenomenon leads people to perceive faces in random objects where none exist, such as clouds, rock formations, and other unrelated objects.
The Google satellite image had already circulated on Reddit in 2019, and conspiracy theorists then claimed the uncanny finding was evidence of a concealed civilization—possibly extraterrestrial—existing beneath the Antarctic ice.
Unexplored traces. Aliens on Earth?
This isn't the first time internet users have claimed to have discovered proof of aliens on Earth. In 2019, conspiracy theorists alleged they identified alien faces, skulls, and primitive sculptures in photos of Mars, but scientific evidence has not substantiated these assertions.
US Air Force Major David Grush's testimony before Congress in July created a stir. He asserted that the Pentagon possesses remnants of spacecraft and has also sourced extraterrestrial biological material beyond our solar system. His statements caused a sensation among both UFO enthusiasts and skeptics.
Major Grush, affiliated with the Anomaly Resolution Office, highlighted ongoing work on reverse-engineering these extraordinary technologies. However, the Pentagon rebuts his claims, affirming no active programs concerning possessing extraterrestrial materials.
