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ThisistheInfiniteIs t1_ivuoorb wrote

"History channel accidentally covers actual history while making yet another idiotic conspiracy theory show"

FTFY

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Rainbwned t1_ivv79ki wrote

Was the show called "The Hunt for Bigfoot's Buried Nazi Treasure"?

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Matthew_C1314 t1_ivvdghj wrote

There would be aliens in the title. Speaking of, did you know that aliens shot down the Challenger shuttle?

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TKFT_ExTr3m3 t1_ivvq9aj wrote

No it's Columbia that the Aliens shot down. Challenger was brought down by a CIA missile from Cuba.

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slamdanceswithwolves t1_ivwo1av wrote

Good stuff, but needs more Amelia Earhart

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Brunt-FCA-285 t1_ivxmpks wrote

May I try?

Aliens built the pyramids so that the CIA could recruit Amelia Earhart to fly the Columbia back in time to shoot down the Challenger from a secret base in Cuba.

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fiordchan t1_ivw0bsp wrote

"Honey Boo-Boo and the Lost Mayan Treasure"

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_Face t1_ivvtfhw wrote

"The Hunt for Bigfoot's Buried Nazi Treasure in The Bermuda Triangle" Would surprisingly be partially correct.

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greentea1985 t1_ivyc3wr wrote

Close. It's something about the spooky Bermuda Triangle.

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Epcplayer t1_ivvje3q wrote

Next week on “Are we alone”: Did ancient Aliens shoot down the Space Shuttle Challenger because of a possible covert CIA mission?

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gizmer t1_ivwmy0c wrote

Sounds like an American dad episode

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WirelessBCupSupport t1_ivzlnes wrote

But its about the Bermuda Triangle... following American Pickers and Duck Swamp Gold Digging Crabbers!

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frodosdream t1_ivv6c6t wrote

Better version reported by NBC.

>The shuttle broke apart just 73 seconds into its flight on Jan. 28, 1986. It disintegrated 46,000 feet above the ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

>The mission, called STS-51L, was commanded by Francis R. “Dick” Scobee and piloted by Michael J. Smith. Other astronauts included Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, Gregory B. Jarvis, and S. Christa McAuliffe, a high school social studies teacher in Concord, New Hampshire. She had been selected as the primary candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Project in July 1985.

The explosion traumatized an entire generation of kids around the country watching the launch live from their school rooms in support of the "Teacher in Space Project."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/piece-challenger-space-shuttle-discovered-bottom-atlantic-floridas-coa-rcna56653?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

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Kinetic_Strike t1_ivw2een wrote

Was one of the elementary kids. We were West Coast though, so we didn't have it on live, I think we were planning to watch the first broadcast from the shuttle they had set up. A handful of us stayed inside for recess, our teacher was turning on the TV to see what was going on. That's when we found out.

Fast forward a decade and half, and I watched the pieces of Columbia falling through the sky from a breakroom at work. Drove home in a daze listening to the news.

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howitzer86 t1_ivwq9a9 wrote

Columbia. Ooof.

I was riding in the car with my parents and realized all the flags we were passing were half-staff. Turning to the news on TV was the first thing I did when we made it home.

I watched a lot of reporting on that... but one thing I don't remember from back then is the cabin video. I don't know if they didn't have it yet, or if they chose to wait to release it, but it exists. Reentry burned the film up, so it ends before anything bad happens. It is still eerie as fuck.

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drrhrrdrr t1_ivy7k4u wrote

I heard a boom and the plates in my kitchen rattled. Looked outside and there was a streak across the southern sky that crisp winter morning...

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nkdby t1_ivx65o1 wrote

I was also on the West Coast. We watched it live in our classroom on the old metal av rolling stand with a gigantic tv strapped to the top. I was in the young astronauts club at the time. It didn't really occur to us that we had watched people die until after the broadcast was interrupted and the news came on. I think that was the beginning of the end for NASA.

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MUPIL090310 t1_ivyu37q wrote

I have hazy recollection (I believe I was in first grade??) and now basically knowing that as a kid I was not realizing and comprehending fully what I was seeing. Like the blast off happened and then the explosion and the teacher turning off the tv. And I remember just thinking - what was that??? What just happened?

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BLRNerd t1_ivxx6xs wrote

I remember watching the memorial for the Colombia disaster in 4th Grade, right at the height of post 9/11.

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oldgeek123 t1_ivw6m1u wrote

I was one of those kids. I remember that SO clearly.

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SidFinch99 t1_ivwl23t wrote

I was confused, didn't understand what was going on, the Teachers had this confused look on their faces, one reached over real fast and turned the TV off, then we had to go back to class and not really understanding what just happened, I was kind of bummed because I thought we would miss more regular class time for what we were being brought to the library to watch.

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LukeMayeshothand t1_ivwq8ur wrote

Yeah I remember watching in the common area of my elementary school. My 3rd grade teacher was crying and I guess it made a pretty big impact on me considering I vividly remember it .

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ReflexPoint t1_ivwkx8q wrote

I was in 4th grade. Christa McAuliffe. I will never forget that name.

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SoSoUnhelpful t1_ivwvf3g wrote

For those that witnessed it, you remember exactly what you were doing like it was yesterday. It is one of a handful of defining national memories from our generation. Our innocence was shattered.

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3PoundHummingbird t1_ivx5ou5 wrote

I got out of school early that day. I was in a total daze after watching it happen, and remember going to the playground across the street from my house that was always super busy. I was the only one there. I remember it being a very strange and lonely time on those swings, processing what had happened.

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chicago_bunny t1_ivwuv5w wrote

I was 12 years old and didn't go to school that day because I was sick. My mom dropped me off at grandma's house. We were watching her programs, and they interrupted some game show hosted by Chuck Woolery to show the launch. I remember the confusion of the reporters who weren't sure what to make of the unexpected cloud of smoke they saw after the launch. Oof.

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kurbycar32 t1_ivy6m5t wrote

The teacher's spot on the shuttle was almost Big Bird from Sesame Street. Yes, millions of kids almost watched Big Bird go down with Challenger but the suit wasn't going to fit in the shuttle and NASA ultimately sent a teacher instead.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/nasa-confirms-talks-fly-big-bird-doomed-shuttle-challenger-n353521

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twistedweenis t1_ivz23c3 wrote

Oh I remember. Fifth grade and all of us were old enough to know exactly what happened. My teacher just turned the TV off and sat there for a long moment. :'(

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fsr1967 t1_ivxs0t1 wrote

I was a Freshman in college. I'd just finished lunch and was in the bathroom. The dorm janitor, Manny, came in and said, "So, do you think they'll find any of them alive up there?" (he was a little slow). Confused, I asked what he was talking about. "The space shuttle - it exploded."

I don't think my feet hit the floor between the bathroom and my dorm room, where I turned on my little black and white TV and sat in front of it for the next few hours, skipping classes and watching the coverage.

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sundogmooinpuppy t1_ivvtl3d wrote

Talk about callous: I was one of those kids and someone came up with the joke…. “ Do you know why they served Coke on the Space Shuttle…..?”

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Reep1611 t1_ivw2ech wrote

Because it was completely uncalled for, extremely rude and adds nothing to the discussion while also being off topic?

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alien_from_Europa t1_ivuop5j wrote

Nice to see the History Channel do something productive and not instantly link it to the aliens at the first Thanksgiving.

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LaunchesKayaks t1_ivvcek2 wrote

My fave moment was when the memed dude kept saying "penis sheathe" at leats once a sebrence for like 2 mins.

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Tritiac t1_ivvgreg wrote

I swear that dude was a psyop for how ridiculous a human being can look and say things to see what people would put up with. He is a parody of a parody.

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LaunchesKayaks t1_ivvk2c7 wrote

He's my fave history channel dude. He also said dinosaurs are aliens because they're big and that bigfoot is an interdimensional being just 'cause

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CameranutzII t1_ivve0fv wrote

They were "productive" by accident so it doesn't count.

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1320Fastback t1_ivus0od wrote

"large humanmade object," what an odd way to speak.

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not_suddenly_satire t1_ivv3zj8 wrote

They probably wanted to avoid "manmade." I don't think it's a big deal either way, but they really should have hyphenated it.

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Living_Egg2587 t1_ivut47c wrote

Where you been the last 15 years?

I mean I agree with you, but it’s not surprising.

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Quincyperson t1_ivv3rh7 wrote

And the history channel uses this find to peddle a show about the Bermuda Triangle. Go figure

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phluidity t1_ivvw7vo wrote

That is actually pretty on brand for the current History Channel

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UsualAnybody1807 t1_ivx0394 wrote

I could not believe what I saw the last time I had the History channel on. Never again. Now the channel is history for me.

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3PoundHummingbird t1_ivx6a7l wrote

The transition from actual History Channel, to the War Channel, to Alien Bullshit Everywhere Channel has been terribly depressing.

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timshel_life t1_ivwt7ii wrote

Then they'll go sell it to the Pawn Stars guy who will offer them like $250, best he can do.

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gptop t1_ivuy5j8 wrote

Found something legit historical while filming something about the Bermuda Triangle. Let me guess, they were looking for Flight 19. At least they did something good for once.

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navikredstar t1_ivwckdc wrote

There's nothing mysterious about Flight 19, if you look into the case - the lead pilot of the flight group was a control freak asshole, his equipment was malfunctioning and telling him he was in the wrong place, the other pilots kept trying to tell him he was wrong, but he outranked 'em, and basically forced them to keep flying in the wrong fucking direction until they ran out of fuel and crashed somewhere in the Atlantic. There's really nothing weird or supernatural about it, just a shitty CO that nobody dared to stand up to when he was completely wrong, and it unfortunately ended up with a bunch of dead, missing pilots, because of shitty military culture in that particular unit.

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gptop t1_ivxr6s9 wrote

Yeah. That's cool but not the point here

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Bocephuss t1_iw1joer wrote

Dude, sometimes on Reddit, replies to your comment are not directed toward you but rather expand or add onto your comment.

It’s doesn’t matter if it was your point. A new point was made to inform others.

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tunamelts2 t1_ivvwvlx wrote

I think about those astronauts from time to time and how horrific those last few seconds must have been for them. They gave their lives in pursuit of a better future for all mankind.

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Acceptable-Print-164 t1_ivvzcj4 wrote

The worst part is that they didn't die until they hit the water and that some of them were trying to take action in the cockpit after the explosion.

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purl__clutcher t1_ivw24yi wrote

I watched it happen live on tv. Nobody could have survived that explosion.

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Acceptable-Print-164 t1_ivw3m4c wrote

I hear you, but they did. You can find plenty of resources online that talk more about it, short version is that the crew compartment was mostly intact until it struck the ocean.

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fd6270 t1_ivw434a wrote

It very likely happened.

>But that was before the investigation turned up the key piece of evidence that led to the inescapable conclusion that they were alive: On the trip down, the commander and pilot’s reserved oxygen packs had been turned on by astronaut Judy Resnik, seated directly behind them. Furthermore, the pictures, which showed the cabin riding its own velocity in a ballistic arc, did not support an erratic, spinning motion. And even if there were G-forces, commander Dick Scobee was an experienced test pilot, habituated to them.

>The evidence led experts to conclude the seven astronauts lived. They worked frantically to save themselves through the plummeting arc that would take them 2 minutes and 45 seconds to smash into the ocean.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3078062

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forkliftdancer t1_ivwsjf6 wrote

How utterly awful. Thank you for the link. I never looked into the investigation.

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Bocephuss t1_iw1j726 wrote

Pretty sure it’s was minutes of free fall.

But not to worry, this is a risk, albeit small, you take every time you get on a commercial airplane at 30k+ feet.

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JohnPlayerSpecia1 t1_ivurwsp wrote

amazing!. now let's find the Malaysian airplane.

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CritaCorn t1_ivv9e3u wrote

History Channel “used” to be my favorite show.

Then it decided to go full Proud boys Qon Alex Jones on me and I have never given them the time of day

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CameranutzII t1_ivveik7 wrote

The History Channel is a network, not a show, but I get ya.

Not sure when in the hell they went off course with real content involving real history but it was a fall from grace, at least for me. Can't remember when I last watched a show of theirs.

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TacoQuest t1_ivvn7zc wrote

those fish looking on seem curious and cute

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SwifferWetJets t1_ivwupqu wrote

Was waiting for someone to mention this lol. Fish were like, "Oh hai guys, yeah this is been here for some time now..."

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TopHatJaguar t1_ivwp9y4 wrote

My mom was in the finals for the teacher on that flight when she found out she was pregnant with me. She still keeps a magnet of the mission patch on her fridge.

Craziness

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rchart1010 t1_ivwko6o wrote

That day always stays with me.

The teacher had rolled out a TV for us to watch the launch live. Was exciting because if Christy McCullough. We watched all those people, smiling, waving, full of life and vigor.

You could imagine them all taking their places because it had been televised for weeks.

So even though i could only see the outside of the shuttle as it went up, I could visualize them inside flipping switches and each doing their discreet duties.

And then it was like a firecracker. I didn't even register anything was wrong. And the whole shit just exploded. My teacher had no idea what to do. No one knew. The aftermath was devastating. And they found those bodies in some of the most gruesome conditions, suggesting that they had survived the initial explosion which was just...awful.

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sandwhichautist t1_ivwx3fm wrote

Blew up on my birthday. In elementary. While I was handing out cupcakes.

🥳

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apenature t1_ivx7p2z wrote

Eek. I don't know if it should be treated like a crashed aircraft or a ship, re the morality of collecting the pieces or leaving them be.

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BuckyD1000 t1_ivxrb4s wrote

I saw it happen with my own two eyes. Lived in Central Florida at the time and always excitedly ran outside to watch shuttle launches.

Everything about that morning is seared in my memory.

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