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Topic: "Israeli Satellite Columbia photos"
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Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 02-23-2004 11:52 PM
   
Can you believe this?! I find it hard to believe that someone would be so cruel as to post stills from a sci-fi movie and call them authentic photos of one of the world's most horrible space tragedies!
And to make matters worse, they had to bring Israel into it. I feel so bad for anyone, especially of Israeli descent, who, even at first, took these photos to be real.
When I first saw them this morning in disbelief that something like this could've been captured on film, I stood back and actually looked at the photos.
It's clear that the 'shuttle' is in orbit and belly down. There are no red highlights on the nose or leading wing edge or plasma surrounding the ship. And there was no 'explosion' per se. Columbia broke apart gradually.
I sincerely hope the authorities can locate the person(s) responsible for this sick hoax and prosecute to the full extent, though I feel even that would not be enough. |
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posted 02-24-2004 02:20 AM
What Photos are you talking about? |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-24-2004 04:03 AM
Rob, the prank you describe is a year old, dating back to mere days after the Columbia accident. Its also well debunked: http://www.snopes.com/photos/shuttle2.asp
http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_s5.html#phony_photos How was it did you come to see them now? [This message has been edited by Robert Pearlman (edited February 24, 2004).] |
Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 02-24-2004 12:10 PM
I can't believe I didn't hear about these photos before, being that it's been a year. A friend had received an email this past weekend from one of his friends with the photos attached. Evidently, neither one of them had seen them before either.
Sorry to have rekindled thoughts of a bad hoax.
Rob[This message has been edited by Rob Joyner (edited February 24, 2004).] |
Larry
Member Posts: 34
From: Cincinnati Ohio USA
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 02-24-2004 12:12 PM
they are making the rounds via e-mail
I tried to set the person straight who sent them to me, but ignorant seemed to be there middle name. |
Scott
Member Posts: 3307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: May 2001
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posted 02-24-2004 04:58 PM
Reminds me of that tasteless faked "Tourist" photo of the man on the WTC Observation Deck with the plane coming towards him from behind. That was a pretty amateur job of fakery but tons of people fell for it, too. |
Hawkman
Member Posts: 400
From: Union, New Jersey
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-27-2004 08:21 PM
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Originally posted by Scott:
Reminds me of that tasteless faked "Tourist" photo of the man on the WTC Observation Deck with the plane coming towards him from behind. That was a pretty amateur job of fakery but tons of people fell for it, too.
It's amazing what one bored person with Photoshop can do. |
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