NASA’s Mars exploration robot, the Curiosity Rover, has reportedly spotted a genuine ‘anomaly’ above the Red Planet’s surface, as a photo taken on 16 June depicts a mysterious white light that appears to be floating in the Martian sky.
The black-and-white raw image was taken by the rover's right "navcam". It's not clear what caused the white blip, as photos taken immediately before and after the image show no bright flash in that spot.
The moment the snapshot went public, it sparked a frenzy of online comments, with UFO and conspiracy theorists pouncing on the image as likely evidence of existence of extraterrestrials.