Description
The Mars hoax was an email hoax that began in 2003, claiming that Mars would appear as large as the full moon to the naked eye on August 27, 2003. Since then, the hoax has been revealed every time before Mars arrived closest to Earth, every 22 months. It started with a misinterpretation and exaggeration of a sentence in an email message that reported a close approach between Mars and Earth in August 2003.