9 X-Files Episodes That Were Based On Real Events
Space Source: Wikipedia
Series creator Chris Carter wanted to write this episode after seeing news reports about “the face on Mars.” Exploring the phenomenon of pareidolia, this episode also used a lot of NASA stock footage and capitalized on the disappearance of the Mars Observer around the time of the episode’s production.
In the episode, the human space face was malevolent and murderous. In real life, it was probably just sand.
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