Nasa’s Curiosity rover has snapped a photo of a mysterious object on the surface of Mars, which conspiracy theorists believe could be evidence of aliens

Nasa’s Curiosity rover has snapped a photo of a mysterious object on the surface of Mars, which conspiracy theorists believe could be evidence of aliens

The high-definition image appears to show the object glinting against Mars’ rocky landscape

While many people believe that the object is made by aliens, others have suggested that it is merely the rover’s own entry debris

The image was taken in March, but was posted on Reddit this week, sparking a huge online debate about what it shows

Prosaic Origin, the Reddit user who posted the image, wrote: ’Uh Nasa? UFO caught on Mars Rover mission? Is this real?’

His post has received 79 replies, many of which back up his thoughts that it could be aliens

EdisonVonneZula said: ’Looks like light glimmering off of a genuine spaceship on an alien planet in outer space.’

And Crazylegs99 wrote: ’They forgot to Photoshop that one out. Love how skeptical the mods are

OnceReturned suggested the image could merely show debris from the rover’s landing craft

The user wrote: ’We know that the Rover was taking pictures of its own entry debris at that time

’There’s nothing particularly alien about the object in question – it could easily be entry debris, at least in my opinion.’

And Nigel Watson, author of the UFO Investigations Manual told MailOnline: ’It might look like a spaceship, but as usual the picture is out-of-focus and there is no guide to tell the viewer how big or small this object is

One explanation is that the object is a piece of debris from the Mars Rover itself

’Unless we get more detailed information this is another case of wishful thinking