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Old 27-02-2010, 11:18 PM   #1
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Was just flicking up the WA coast tonight on google maps and found this.. seems like it's 40ish metres long, about 1km off the coast.

Someone at google playing funny buggers or someone know why there's a sunken jet off the WA coast?

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=-31...7&z=19&iwloc=A

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Old 27-02-2010, 11:21 PM   #2
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Maybe its a reflection?
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Old 27-02-2010, 11:23 PM   #3
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If it was submerged, I can assure you 1klm off the coast you wouldn't be seeing it, no matter how good your satellite imagery is...
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Old 27-02-2010, 11:26 PM   #4
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Maybe the image taken of that area actually caught an image of the jet flying over.
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Old 27-02-2010, 11:27 PM   #5
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I drove past the Google Maps Car the other week.
It was here in Warrnambool driving around so as it was coming out of my street i drove in front of it.
Will be interesting to see if the Patrol makes it into the update or not.

If you zoom out a bit, there is a speed boat to the bottom right as well.
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Old 27-02-2010, 11:28 PM   #6
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a plane just wouldn't happen to be flying lower than a satellite right as it took a photo now would it
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Old 27-02-2010, 11:44 PM   #7
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It's Richard Bransons latest idea for people that want to get there in a hurry but are afraid of flying.
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Old 27-02-2010, 11:55 PM   #8
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Its a large shark with massive testicles.
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Old 28-02-2010, 12:01 AM   #9
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Its a large shark with massive testicles.
you're a funny bugger tonight.... I read your BA XT comment
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Old 28-02-2010, 12:04 AM   #10
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If you move the view down south a bit you can see a large treadmill, which it most likely took off from.
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Old 28-02-2010, 12:10 AM   #11
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Their is one of those off Cairns also.
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Old 28-02-2010, 12:14 AM   #12
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Doesn't look like it's above the water - it has a distinctly blue cast to it, as if it was underwater.... could be an in-joke, but then why do it? No reflected light off the wings or fuselage either.

There are 16 aircraft sunk off the coast of Broome in WA, but that's a long way north of this sighting. There are also four sunken PBY Catalina Flying Boats off Rottnest Island in the years 1945-1946, but the outlines of this aircraft 'aint a Catalina by a long chalk!

Can't explain this one. Google comes up with nothing
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Old 28-02-2010, 12:32 AM   #13
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.... and the mystery deepens....

There is also one of these 'mystery planes' in the middle of the Simpson Desert!
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/200...31_ntnews.html

AND here's one off Hawai'i...
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=2...04957&t=h&z=18

And if you compare the image off the WA Coast with these Google Earth captures of other aircraft, you'll notice no shadows, and no definition in the WA one.
http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlcatn24/...-in-flight.htm

And some more commercial aircraft...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...&t=h&z=18&om=1

If you look at the size of the WA one, it's tiny! Compare it to one of the homes nearby...something odd going on here!

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Old 28-02-2010, 12:47 AM   #14
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Probably just a shadow from when they updated the maps and layered the new image over the old. If you look just above the plane it appears again even fainter, just its outline.
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Maby it's a ekranoplan
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groun...edirected=true
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Old 28-02-2010, 01:48 AM   #16
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Yep, its definitely 2010 (see jokes thread). UFO sightings on google maps...
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Old 28-02-2010, 01:49 AM   #17
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How about this: Bizarre Google Maps Find

Bloody Norwegians!
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Old 28-02-2010, 02:04 AM   #18
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How about this: Bizarre Google Maps Find

Bloody Norwegians!
heard something about that on the radio here last week, the station actually called that country and spoke to one of those guys. apparently they knew the driver of the google car and wanted to see if they could get on there
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Old 28-02-2010, 07:43 AM   #19
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Old 28-02-2010, 10:36 AM   #20
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What am I looking for on that map fled
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Old 28-02-2010, 10:51 AM   #21
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I like the women sunbathers myself... funny as.

Edit: Just had a look at that Norwegian one, LOL...ROFL....LMAO!
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Here's a screengrab of the Google Maps page.
The 2 guys in scuba gear chasing the Street View van have finally achieved Internet immortality.
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The plane in the desert reminds me of the 'easter eggs' grom GTA.
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The plane in the desert reminds me of the 'easter eggs' grom GTA.

I didn't think of that.

I'll tell my gf to be on the look out for hidden packages.
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In the desert could be a remake of the flight of the Pheonix and the one in the water could be series two of Lost
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Ohh - couldn't see the scubarerers from my iphone
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Planes mate...there are lots around, gonna be seeing a lot of them for the rest of your life.
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LOL at the scuba diver guys, looks like they had been there a while hence the two chairs and a pack lunch bag.
Google came past my work about 1 month ago still checking to see if they have updated the image nothing yet.
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Old 01-03-2010, 12:26 PM   #29
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I had the google car drive down my street about a year and a half ago.. Still waiting for them to update it. As we were in front of them, while driving.
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Hi The plane in the water is a reflection of the plane taking the photo, if you google the copyright name at the bottom of the photo you will find that the company also does aerial photos as well as satellite images. Cheers MD
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