Was there ever any life on Mars?

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14456883/Former-CIA-agent-claims-life-Mars-evidence-prove-it.html

Any official proof and announcement that life had existed on another planet would get people thinking.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a61729352/perseverance-mars-microbial-life/

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/we-finally-know-where-to-look-for-life-on-mars

https://www.science.org/content/article/nasa-says-it-found-possible-signs-life-mars-there-are-lot-maybes

Any official declaration that intelligent life exists on other planets would get people really talking.

https://www.space.com/nasa-may-have-unknowingly-found-and-killed-alien-life-on-mars-50-years-ago-scientist-claims

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/could-life-exist-below-mars-ice-nasa-study-proposes-possibilities/

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/was-there-life-on-mars/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/life-on-mars-may-have-been-its-own-worst-enemy