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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. Did I miss something? by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I actually read the articles (yes, I know it's a sin) and I didn't see any reference to the picture they released ACTUALLY coming from a movie. The headlines *joke* that it *looks* like something from a B-movie, but the summary seems to take that seriously.

    The picture may be a mock-up, and the claimed craft may be a bunch of bullshit (with some of the crazy claims coming from Iran lately, who knows), but I don't see any news sources saying they actually stole the picture from a specific movie. I will say though, that, for a country completely devoid of homosexuals, they sure do have an unusual bent for the theatrical.

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    1. 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.

  2. Iran used to be called Persia... by jenningsthecat · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...so can we consider this an update of a 'flying carpet'?

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  3. 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:Actual Picture by headhot · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh no! The Iranians have discovered RC helicopter technology!

  4. 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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  5. Re:Stupid slashdot editors by BLAG-blast · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I notice other subtle attempts to discredit Iranian domestically produced equipment in the US/western press. When ever an "allied" power makes a press release or claim to have produced it's own version of something (a submarine, rocket, satellite, etc.), the press refers to it as "domestically produced". When Iran makes a press release or claim to have made the same thing, the press calls it "home made", which seems to imply it was name in somebodies garage at home (and it's comparable to things like the home made Chinese oil drum submarine).

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  6. Re:Stupid slashdot editors by ladoga · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think they just used a stock photo of UFO to illustrate the article. It's not supposed to be any more real than the Bill Gates with Borg apparatus picture that the Slashdot uses ever so often.

    The real one should probably look something like this: http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/PicView.aspx?Pic=Pic-1736235-1&Lang=E