If you’ve seen an email, or heard from your friends, about how incredibly bright Mars will be on August 27th… it’s a hoax.

Snopes has the entire history of the event.  I’ve corrected 3 people now on the subject already this year.  If you see this in the wild, send them to the Snopes site.

Smokey the Bear Says – “Only you can prevent wild hoaxes from spreading on the internet.”