Iran Unveils Flying Saucer Using Old B-Movie Stock Photo 174
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from the death-star-in-the-desert dept.
from the death-star-in-the-desert dept.
ChronoFish writes "The FARS news agency and a host of others are reporting on Iran claiming to have created a flying saucer-like drone. There is one small problem however. The press release photos from the state-run news service are from a movie."
Stupid slashdot editors (Score:3, Informative)
TFA said it looks like a b-movie photo not that it IS from a movie.
Its just an experimental UAV.
Actual Picture (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Did I miss something? (Score:5, Informative)
I just did exactly that search - it's used as the cover art on what appears to be a low budget straight-to-DVD documentary [amazon.com] from 2008, but I very much doubt that's the original.
Re:Actual Picture (Score:5, Informative)
The actual photo is of a DraganFlyer X6 built by DraganFly in Saskatoon, Canada. I imagine the folks at DraganFly are busy answering questions this morning.
another article (Score:4, Informative)
http://nycaviation.com/2011/03/iran-shows-off-flying-saucer-uav-which-is-not-round-looks-nothing-like-a-saucer/ [nycaviation.com]
Re:Actual Picture (Score:2, Informative)
That's a UK police drone reported by BBC years ago: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/6676809.stm
Re:Stupid slashdot editors (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Stupid slashdot editors (Score:4, Informative)
This smells of propoganda. (Score:4, Informative)
Iran has scientists and engineers. They can build nuclear power plants, and other advanced technologies. The US would have you believe they are trying to build a nuclear bomb. Iran engineers and manufactures their own long range missiles, so they have the proverbial "rocket scientists" and apparently "competent" ones too.
What's the point of all this?
If you think, Iran, or any other country is unable to design and make their own "UAV", you have GOT to be drinking some serious kool-aid. They aren't stupid and they aren't dumb. Whoever from Iran reporting this story probably isn't allowed access to real photos, so they grab something from their little scrapbook and publish the story. Here in the US, we are so stupid to think that Iran scientists and government have nothing better to do than sit around a table and come up with stories to tell the world; for no purpose or goal at all?
Stop acting retarded people. You want stupid stuff printed in American stories, look at Popular Mechanics. "Oh, but those are artists renditions..." what's the difference!?