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Flying Car on Google Earth
Status: Undetermined
The Register has found what appears to be a flying car, captured by the satellite imagery of Google Earth. It's definitely either a flying car, a car parked alongside a dark-looking patch on the ground, a car-shaped object floating in the air... or maybe a UFO! The Register provides some screenshots of the object, but unfortunately no direct link. (Google Maps doesn't cover Australia, so you'll need the Google Earth program to see it). The mysterious object is located at Pt. Walter in Perth, Australia.

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Posted By: Alex | Date: Mon Jan 23, 2006 | Permalink | Total Comments: 69
Category: Photos/Videos, Places, Technology
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Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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It isn't larger than all the other cars in the parking lot, as some people have said. In fact, it's a little smaller than some of them. And since the terrain around it is all flat and the "car" looks to be at least a dozen feet up in the air, I doubt that it's a car that hit a bump and got launched airborne (unless the Aussies have developed a car that can hit Mach 4). And the shadow isn't a black car parked near it, because if it was then the "flying car" doesn't have any shadow on the ground.

If it is a car, my guess would be that it's been put up on poles like a billboard. I've seen that done several times by car dealerships or repair shops; maybe somebody put it up to advertise the parking lot? Or, it could be something else up on poles that only looks like a car from this angle. Since the sun is coming from such a high angle down onto it, we can't really tell much about the vertical shape of the thing. We can only see that it's as wide as a car and as long as a car.
Posted by Accipiter  in  the Northern Hemisphere, unless They have lied.  on  Wed Jan 25, 2006  at  10:26 AM
This is an awning up on poles, perhaps for a parking lot attendant to sit under for shade. You can even see the poles at the bottom right and left.
Posted by mmmark  on  Thu Jan 26, 2006  at  10:29 AM
It looks like a water tower.
Posted by Nancy  in  Albuquerque,NM  on  Thu Jan 26, 2006  at  10:56 AM
What none of you realize is that they were filming Back To The Future IV when this photo was taken. If you look real close, you can see Michael J. Fox eating a chilidog in the drivers seat.
Posted by Mr. Knowitall  in  Hollywood  on  Thu Jan 26, 2006  at  02:21 PM
I sure hope smerk is planning on making that drive this weekend. Although it seems unlikely that the car would have been flying so slow that it hasn't moved.
Posted by hcmomof4  on  Thu Jan 26, 2006  at  03:23 PM
BTW, do people realise that some of the images on Google maps are a bit dated? There might not actually be anything there, now. But if I get the chance, I'll go check it out...
Posted by Smerk  in  to mischief  on  Thu Jan 26, 2006  at  05:21 PM
There wasn't anything there by Jan. 25th according to this http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/25/flying_car_launch_site/

Sorry, I'm too lazy to figure out how to turn it into a link...
Posted by hcmomof4  on  Thu Jan 26, 2006  at  09:34 PM
It's quite a popular recreation area, I've been there a few times myself in the past. As I recall there are a few signs around, but my guess is that it's a shade awning or picnic shelter. I've sent the link to a mate who lives in Bicton, I'll let you know what he thinks... if Smerk doesn't get there first.
Posted by Monyet Miskin  in  Perth  on  Fri Jan 27, 2006  at  04:19 AM
Oops, I didn't realise this went to a second page when I posted the above comment.
So the car's already flown away? That's disappointing.
Posted by Monyet Miskin  in  Perth  on  Fri Jan 27, 2006  at  04:29 AM
More flying cars spotted on:
http://retecool.com/ffvimg/img/7f399494/100_e6820eb07eb5af88.jpg
Posted by Dude!  in  Earth  on  Fri Jan 27, 2006  at  05:03 AM
Its simply a light coloured car parked alongside a dark coloured car. Look closely, you can see both the front and rear windscreens.
Posted by Peeps  in  UK  on  Sun Jan 29, 2006  at  11:30 AM
Sorry C,
that is no billboard. Pictures of that area show nothing but grass in that area. Try again.
Posted by Alienmojo  in  Cheyenne Wyoming  on  Mon Jan 30, 2006  at  06:20 AM
I am very sure, it is a Kite start.
Look at the beach in the North, it is full of Kites.
Somebody is testing his Kite before he is going to fly, or to dry the Kite after the flight.
Some groundpictures in the following link are showing just sand and dust there.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/25/flying_car_launch_site/
Posted by Hendrik  in  Germany  on  Mon Jan 30, 2006  at  01:38 PM
I live only a few hundred metres from the location of this spectacular image near Pt Walter,in the Perth suburb of Bicton. There has never been a billboard in that area (though there is an information board with history of the area, a few metres away); usually it’s just a patch of bare sand: so that rules out that theory. Like someone said before, I believe the most likely explanation is that it is a white car parked next to a black or dark coloured car.
Posted by Sarah  in  Bicton, Western Australia  on  Mon Jan 30, 2006  at  10:27 PM
that rocks! how can i convert my mustang into a flying mustang!
Posted by Joe  on  Mon Jan 30, 2006  at  11:52 PM
I wonder if it's something that Google Earth might have drawn in, just for fun or to check for people illegally copying their images?
Posted by Accipiter  in  the Northern Hemisphere, unless They have lied.  on  Tue Jan 31, 2006  at  09:01 PM
Here in Australia, particularly downtown Bicton, we have plenty of kangaroos wandering the neighbourhood. All your theories are good ones but the real answer is that a giant kangaroo has been cornered in a shed without a floor and has escaped by bouncing away with it. Kangaroos can reach heights of 5m above the ground, so i can imagine that with a shed on it's head it could still manage about 4m or 12ft.
Posted by Croc Dundee  in  Oz  on  Tue Jan 31, 2006  at  09:11 PM
Yes I know all about the flying car,, It was designed to run on LP Gas, however the new owner inadvertently filled it with Helium Gas with startling results, as shown in the picture, if you look closely you can see the broken bowser hose still attached.
Posted by max leyland  in  cooloongup west australia  on  Tue Jan 31, 2006  at  09:58 PM
why would a black and white car park on the grass there? There are plenty of spare spaces in the carpark.
Posted by racy  in  perth  on  Tue Jan 31, 2006  at  10:31 PM
Croc Dundee: you wish!! there are no kangaroo's in Bicton. And there is no 'downtown Bicton' either.

As for why the cars didn't park in the carpark when there are plenty of space there: who knows!! but cars park there all the time so it's not out of the ordinary.
Posted by Sarah  in  Bicton, Western Australia  on  Wed Feb 01, 2006  at  12:49 AM
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