white fox Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Meteor strike If it's true it's amazing WF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim38curl Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 wow, sure it would have made the news if it was real ? At the same time it's a bit to good for a fake !! Any meteor experts out there ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Like you say, it would be all over the news if it were real. And going by TV programmes ive seen on this sort of thing, it would have caused alot more destruction than that. More like they all would have bought it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Looks real to me - maybe from some time ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Did it get rid of the last of the dinosaurs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisNicholls Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Fake. I could not imagine anybody standing less than 100 yards from a meteor strike surving to tell the tale, even little ones make massive craters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Oh come on lads, a meteor the size of that one would have made an unimaginable noise that would have been deafening, before creating a crater the size of a small town. This is a very good bit of camera work and makes for good viewing….but real it ain’t. G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kip270 Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 No way is it real. That truck would of been wiped out and the rest of them. Imagine the velocity of that thing a trillion Ftlb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white fox Posted November 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 (edited) Dangers of meteors The vast majority of meteors burn up high in the atmosphere, never reaching the surface. Of those that do reach the surface, most fall into the ocean, and those that do fall on land almost always strike the ground harmlessly. It is very rare for any living creature to be struck by a meteor, but it does happen: * In November 1954 a housewife in Alabama was struck by a 3-lb (1.4 kg) meteor that smashed through her roof, bounced off some furniture, and struck her in the hip as she lay sleeping. She received a large bruise but no other harm. * In October 1992 a 26-lb (12 kg) meteor punched clear through the trunk of an automobile in Peekskill, New York, wrecking the aged Chevrolet (but also turning it into an instant collector's item that sold for over $20,000). * In June 1994 a man driving near Madrid, Spain suffered a broken finger when a 3-lb (1.4 kg) meteor crashed through his car's windshield and smashed the steering wheel, ending up in the back seat. The much greater danger of meteors is not from striking roofs and smashing windshields, but from the catastrophic effects of much larger meteors. Though most meteors that reach the Earth's surface are no larger than one's hand, once in a long while a really large meteor strikes the Earth, and such strikes are capable of enormous destruction. text taken from the following site http://www.space.com/reference/debris/meteors.html There is a big display of small meteor's in Nat History museum, it is feasable, they are not all the size of uranus smashing into our earth. The truck would not necessary be 'wiped out', just like a bullet from a rifle, except it is a hot rock, but the effect would be the same, piercing a hole in the soft steel body. But I am still not sure. WF Sorry It's a fake possibly from a 4x4 truck commercial Errors include: 1: The whistle of it coming in. There would be a delay, if even a small one, between seeing it and hearing it because of the speed of sound. (just like with fireworks) 2: The explosion goes straight up yet the meteor comes in from an angle and does not push debris away from the path line from where it came. 3: Guys start coughing before they would have gotten enveloped with dust. Edited November 21, 2005 by white fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kip270 Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 (edited) WF, if you watch in slow mo you will see some debris coming down, as from a controlled explosion. Now if you have every fired an air-rifle into soft ground you will have noticed that the crater folds outwards and not up. So following the trajectory of the so called meteor on this clip, and the size of it, this would of spread dust along the ground at the camera mans feet for some distance. However the smoke and dust is falling from the sky above the so called meteor, and after careful studying of the clip there are two large white flashes before it strikes the ground. Looks good though, and i've spent too much time studying it and have been told off :*) :*) Edited November 21, 2005 by kip270 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye ive Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Now whats his name .you know the man who discovered them meteors crashing into Jupiter ,, Levi shcumacher Well any way he said it's not the size but the velocityand proceded with a experiment ............He threw a medium sized pebble into some sand and then fired a 9mm pistol(100 Times smaller) into the sand as well .Which do you think made the largest crater ? Fake Nice video WF Ive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargeant Bang Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Definitely a fake for all the above reasons and more, but quite good nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Definitely a fake for all the above reasons and more, but quite good nonetheless. agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Why don`t we put it to the vote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Definitely fake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 I think this was posted on another site recently, under the heading 'Truck Commercial'. Definately a faker. Enzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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