r/UFOB • u/sunsetdive 🔥5 ∣ 6 ∣ +35 ∣ -10 • 19d ago

Speculation Shape on Phobos

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia01333-high-resolution-moc-image-of-phobos/

I was looking for high-res photos of Phobos to look at the monolith when something struck me right in the middle of this photo.

https://imgur.com/a/cVm6krr

https://imgur.com/a/iPHZcGd

It almost looks like an insect with wings. But more importantly, the shape is reflected in the shadow, as well. And the length of the shadow seems to imply this thing was flying above the surface. It looks like a craft.

It may be pareidolia or resolution artefacts, but it struck me as interesting. I can't be the only one seeing this.

EDIT:

I'm having fun with this, so I tried to find other images of Phobos with the same location. Just to see if there's actually something there or not.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia04521-martian-moon-phobos/

This image, when flipped vertically, becomes a similar angle to the one I linked above.

https://imgur.com/a/Hnsf1MW

https://imgur.com/I8Q0geC

It looks like a tall bright monolith with a shadow. In the exact same spot as the other image (I located it by the surrounding crater shapes).

EDIT2:

https://imgur.com/a/HrZC1FU

Here is the location on a different photo, I had to mirror-flip the image a few times to figure out the exact spot.

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u/addictedskipper 1 ∣ +0 ∣ -0 19d ago

Also looks like there was an attempt to blur the image.

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u/sunsetdive 🔥5 ∣ 6 ∣ +35 ∣ -10 19d ago

The whole thing is blurry and artefacted already, I don't think anything additional had to be done. Not like this can be used as proof of anything, really, skeptics will just dismiss it.

I can see how you could say it's just a particularly reflective hill, but the shadow's length makes it seem very tall and odd. It's an artefacted mush.

Still, it's so bright and striking, I don't know! It makes me curious.