A UFO conspiracy theorist claims to have uncovered "proof" of alien life in a NASA photo from Mars which he insists shows a small pink extraterrestrial on the red planet.

       Self-proclaimed expert Scott C Waring says the photo shows a foot-long pink alien watching the Mars rover "from a safe distance".

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       A UFO expert claims to have uncovered proof of intelligent life on Mars Credit: ufosightingsdaily 3

       The picture was taken from the Mars rover camera Credit: ufosightingsdaily 3

       Is there life on Mars? Credit: Getty

       Waring said the sighting was "100% proof of intelligent life" after making the discovery from his home in Taiwan.

       Writing on his UFO Sightings Daily blog, he said: "Everyone here knows I love to comb through NASA photos. Well, I came across something unique...something that is 100% proof of intelligent life."

       He went on: "There is a person laying down watching the NASA Mars rover from a safe distance away.

       "The person is about 1 foot tall, 0.3 meters, and is laying down, pinkish upper chest, neck, and face, reddish hair, wearing a dark suit, but has a grey object over one shoulder... looks like a backpack of some sort.

       "There are even footprints behind the person leading up to the location they chose to lay down at."

       However, not everyone was convinced about Scott's find.

       Commenting online, one person wrote: "So this alien is casually laying on her left side with the left hand supporting her head and calmly watching the rover... yeah, I can see that!"

       Another added: "Time to delete this c***."

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       A third, referencing the 2015 film Martian, joked: "Is Matt Damon still up there?"

       Scott C Waring set up UFO Sightings Daily in 2010, and it quickly became one of the most popular sites for UFO enthusiasts.

       In June 2017, his fans were shocked when his website was mysteriously closed down briefly.

       On the front page of his website, he wrote: "My last post. Thanks for the seven years of support.

       "We have accomplished a lot together."

       Some conspiracy theorists claimed the site had been shut down by the authorities or a secret agency, but Scott said he had stopped because UFO enthusiasts like himself weren't being taken seriously.

       "This is serious stuff that has depths that even I can't fathom," he fumed.

       "It deserves serious thought and research, not contempt and ridicule."

       There is a person laying down watching the NASA Mars rover from a safe distance away

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       Thankfully, for all fans of aliens, his website soon returned.

       Last month, Waring claimed to have discovered proof of a huge alien base on Mars that NASA doesn't want us to know about.

       In a bizarre clip, he tells fans: "Hey guys, I got something kind of interesting for you - it's a 25km facility on the planet Mars."

       He goes on: "You can't see it, but I can on my photo programme."

       Among Waring's other more outlandish claims are that he saw a 10,000-year-old alien face carved on Mars.

       Alongside the image of this apparent Martian Mount Rushmore, he wrote: "I found an ancient alien face carved into the top side of the mountain. It shows the side profile of an almost human-like alien species."

       Some of Waring's findings have irritated other members of the UFO-expert community, who argue that his more eccentric claims undermine the entire profession.

       Speaking to Express.co.uk after Waring's site shut down in 2017, Nigel Watson, author of the UFO Investigations Manual, said: "I think he was genuinely trying to find and share UFO sightings and anomalies captured by the cameras of the International Space Station and other space vehicles, but the sheer quantity of his 'discoveries' undermined their quality.

       "How many people really believe his photographic evidence that everything from massive skyscrapers to squirrels exist on the surface of Mars?"