The surface of Mars looks like an empty red wasteland. But if you look a bit closer, the remnants of an ancient alien civilization begin to take shape.
At least, that’s the conclusion of George J. Haas, the founder and premier investigator of the Mars research group known as The Cydonia Institute.
In his new book, ‘The Great Architects of Mars,’ Haas analyzed dozens of photos of structures on the Martian surface that he is sure are man-made.
Those include pyramids, a keyhole-shaped formation and even one that looks like a parrot.
According to the author, these formations may be the remnants of once-magnificent cities, towering pyramids, gigantic geoglyphs and more.
Geometry, Haas said, is the marker of civilization. He has spent more than 30 years meticulously studying NASA images of the Martian surface to look for geometric features and patterns that can’t be explained by nature alone.
As a formally trained artist, Haas has an eye for deciphering the subtle differences between a natural formation and an object that was intentionally crafted.
‘You don’t have to be a geologist to know the difference between a rock and a sculpture — something that’s geometric,’ he told DailyMail.com.
The ‘keyhole’ structure on the surface of Mars consists of two main parts: a wedge-shaped formation and an attached circular dome
However, scientists have said Haas’ claims are a result of ‘pareidolia,’ a common brain phenomenon in which a person sees faces in random images or patterns.
‘Sometimes we see faces that aren’t really there,’ explained Robin Kramer, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, at University of Lincoln, in an article for The Conversation.
‘You may be looking at the front of a car or a burnt piece of toast when you notice a face-like pattern.
‘This is called face pareidolia and is a mistake made by the brain’s face detection system.’
Even so, Haas is sure that the structures in the images prove there is life on Mars.
1. The keyhole
In 2011, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft snapped a photo of a bizarre formation on the surface of Libya Montes, an area of high-elevation on Mars.
The raised structure consists of two main parts: a wedge-shaped formation and an attached circular dome. Together, they resemble an enormous exclamation mark.
The Mars keyhole structure bears resemblance to the Kofun Tomb in Japan (pictured)
‘Traditionally, the basic shape of a conjoined wedge and dome formation are commonly referred to as a keyhole,’ Haas wrote.
In 2013, the ‘exquisite’ geometry of this strange landform captured his attention.
Three years later, Haas and several colleagues published a formal analysis of the keyhole in the Journal of Space Exploration, concluding that its geometry and symmetry suggest it could have been intelligently built.
Without considering that possibility, ‘there’s no way you can explain that keyhole formation,’ Haas said.
‘While there are known geological mechanisms that are capable of creating and destroying the individual angles and planes presented in this formation, the natural creation of two opposing geometrically designed formations seems to go well beyond the probability of chance,’ the author explained.
Haas also pointed out the keyhole’s similarity to monuments constructed by New World, Middle Eastern, and Japanese cultures, such as the Kofun Tomb in Japan.
2. Parrot geoglyph
The parrot geoglyph has 22 points of anatomical correctness, according to Haas
A sketch of the parrot geoglyphs’ shape
In 2002, independent researcher Wilmer Faust noticed an odd shape captured in a Mars Global Surveyor image of the large-impact crater known as Argyre Basin.
He showed the image to Haas and his colleagues at The Cydonia Institute, highlighting features throughout the area’s topography that looked like a head with an eye and beak, a mound-shaped body, a leg and foot, and an extended wing with feathers.
In his new book, ‘The Great Architects of Mars,’ George J. Haas analyzed dozens of photos of structures on the Martian surface that appear to be man-made
‘After seeing the image, I immediately saw the parrot formation,’ Haas noted.
This bizarre structure has since become known as the ‘parrot geoglyph,’ or ‘Parrotopia.’
A geoglyph is a large design or image made on the ground using stones, gravel, mounds of earth or other natural objects.
The human brain tends to look for familiar patterns in abstract shapes, like when you see a face in the clouds. But the parrot geoglyph is different.
‘[Cloud shapes] are usually just silhouettes,’ Haas explained. ‘They don’t have a lot of secondary or tertiary detail. There’s no eyes, there’s no irises, there’s no eyelids, there’s no eyebrows… That’s what we have with the parrot.’
‘It’s got 22 points of anatomical correctness… It’s a sculpture, it’s a work of art,’ Haas contended. Five different veterinarians, including an avian specialist, confirmed the lifelike anatomy of this Martian structure, the author added.
Geoglyphs can be found in many different locations on Earth, such as Peru, Israel, England, Australia, and even in the US.
However, Haas wrote that there are no geoglyphs anywhere on Earth which match the fine detail of the parrot on Mars.
3. The Sagan pyramids
The Sagan pyramids are three-sided pyramids located on Mars that caught the attention of famed astronomer Carl Sagan in the 1970s
While gathering information about Mars’ atmosphere and mapping the planet’s surface in 1972, NASA’s Mariner 9 spacecraft captured an image of anomalous formations in the Elysium area — the second largest volcanic region on the planet.
These triangular, three-sided pyramids stood out amid steep-sided volcanic cones and impact craters. At an average height of more than 3,200 feet and a width of nearly 10,000 feet, they would dwarf even the largest pyramids on Earth.
George J. Haas is the founder and premier investigator of the Mars research group known as The Cydonia Institute, and the author of ‘The Great Architects of Mars’
The pyramids caught the attention of renowned astronomer Carl Sagan, who speculated that they might have been made by high winds and harsh sand blasting large mounds of rock and dirt into pyramid shapes.
But even the late astronomer acknowledged that scientists would need to observe these formations up close to actually determine what they are and how they were made.
While Haas does not rule out Sagan’s explanation, he thinks it’s possible that these pyramids were built by intelligent beings, and notes that there is some evidence to suggest this region of Mars could have supported ancient life.
‘Recent data suggests that volcanic activity may have occurred as recently as 53,000 years ago, creating an environment that was suitable for supporting life,’ Haas said. ‘Water had also left its mark on the region in the form of riverbeds and canyons.’
What’s more, Haas argued that natural pyramid formations tend to be cone-shaped and lack similarly-sized faces.
And while three-sided pyramids are very rare on Earth, they do exist. One of them lies just 65 miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada in the top secret military base known as Area 51. This pyramid is part of the Big Explosives Experimental Facility at the Nevada National Security Site.
‘I believe it is fair to say that this triangular formation looks a lot like the three-sided pyramid that Sagan saw in the original Mariner 9 images,’ Haas noted.
4. The Martian Atlantis Complex
A detailed view of the Martian Atlantis Complex
The Martian Atlantis Complex resembles the city of Al-Ula in Saudi Arabia (pictured)
The Atlantis Chaos region of Mars, located in the planet’s southern hemisphere, is characterized by areas of blocky, steep-sided mesas interspersed with deep valleys.
Scientists generally believe this terrain resulted from the slow erosion of a once-continuous solid plateau, according to the European Space Agency (ESA).
But in 2019, Greg Orme of the Society for Planetary SETI Research pointed out that part of the Atlantis Chaos region captured in a NASA image contained the remains of a ‘tightly-knit grid of cellular formations.’
Then, independent researcher Javed Raza took a closer look at the image and began highlighting linear formations that appeared to be part of a ‘massive city-like complex.’
‘Raza suggested that the arrangements of these evenly spaced foundations with broken walls and towers are typical of the kind of remains one would see in built-up areas on Earth,’ Haas wrote.
Further analysis revealed that the entire ‘city complex’ can be divided into two distinct ‘twin’ cities, one Eastern and the other Western.
The cubic grid design of the Eastern City resembles the remains of mudbrick and stone adobe houses built throughout the midwestern US and at Al-Ula in Saudi Arabia — a once-bustling city that became largely unoccupied in the 1980s.
The Western City also shares similarities with another terrestrial metropolis: Berlin. Specifically, a small section of this Martian terrain resembles a bombed-out area of the German city during World War II.
5. The starburst structure
The starburst structure on the surface of Mars
The starburst structure is roughly the same shape as Fort Henry in Tennessee (pictured)
While studying ESA images of the Nepenthes Mensae region of Mars, a rugged, flat-topped plateau in the planet’s eastern hemisphere, an odd-shaped formation caught Haas’ eye.
The raised patch of land resembled an irregular star shape ‘with five radiating arms that stretch out like a giant starfish.’
‘There is a large mound positioned at its northernmost point and three smaller mounds of various sizes located at its center. The formation projects so much energy in its shape and design that I have titled it Starburst,’ Haas said.
The author believes the Starburst bears strong resemblance to a star fort with triangular bastions at each corner, which were commonly found in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, and in America during colonization and the Civil War period.
‘Many of these star-shaped fortifications included interior buildings and had raised platforms within their main structure allowing military fire over the main ramparts,’ he explained.
The Starburst looks especially similar to Fort Henry, which was built on the eastern bank of the Tennessee River in 1861 to defend the river and the critical railroad route between Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Memphis, Tennessee.
‘When Fort Henry is compared to the Starburst structure found on Mars their common polygonal star design is remarkably similar,’ Haas continued.
‘Notice the various sizes and shapes of the extending bastions of Fort Henry and its truncated star point at the tip. It is this truncated section of Fort Henry that looks very similar to the blunted star point observed on the Starburst structure on Mars.’
Uncovering a lost alien civilization
Haas’ work raises intriguing questions about how certain structures on the Martian surface came to be.
But in order to confirm his theory that these formations are the remnants of an ancient alien civilization, scientists would need to take a much closer look.
Although humans have never stepped foot on the Red Planet before, that could become a reality within the next decade.
‘Elon [Musk] wants to go there next year,’ Haas said. Indeed, the SpaceX Chief Executive has set an ambitious goal of launching the first uncrewed Starship mission to Mars in 2026, and hopes to send astronauts there by 2029.
Haas hopes that once humanity establishes a presence on the Red Planet, scientists can actually begin investigating some of these unusual structures to learn how they formed — or were built.
‘Mars is just going to be a treasure trove of technology and all kinds of information,’ he told DailyMail.com.
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