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Iran Unveils Flying Saucer Using Old B-Movie Stock Photo

Posted by samzenpus on 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."

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  1. Actual Picture by prakslash · · Score: 5, Informative

    The news agency used a stock photo. The actual photo (clickable) is here.

    1. Re:Actual Picture by Anonymous Coward · · 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.

  2. Re:Did I miss something? by MoonBuggy · · Score: 4, 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 from 2008, but I very much doubt that's the original.

  3. Re:Stupid slashdot editors by Low+Ranked+Craig · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.amazon.com/Invasion-UFO-Encounters-Alien-Beings/dp/B001NZ3DNM

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