text: Skeptics of the Face might say that it is all a well thought out trick to hide alien life ffrom the general public. However, as previously mentioned, NASA would benefit if this ancient civilization was real. Therefore, there is no logical reason they would keep this from us. The article states that when the very first picture of the Face was released: "the authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars." This shows us that they are wanting people to be interested, which would be much easier if there was an alien or two to report, but there is clearly not.