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Crash Landings: What the Hell is Going On in Potters Field?

gizmodo.com — These photos, taken from a Flickr set, show what appears to be some sort of crashed spacecraft in London's Potters Field

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 20, 2008

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  • diggenerate, on 07/19/2008, -2/+87The mound of dirt around the object is not consistent with an impact of an object of that size, this is probably for a movie shoot or some kind of "art" display.
  • untitlednet, on 07/19/2008, -1/+73MIB 3?
  • inactive, on 07/19/2008, -0/+46I have no idea, but I have this sneaking suspicion that Orson Welles is somehow involved.
  • cryonix, on 07/19/2008, -0/+43RELATED video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2So8HFmZau0
    http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Potters_Fields_19_7_08

    Too bad its just a viral for a new Car (as stated in the articles update)
  • QuantumSingular, on 07/19/2008, -0/+31If this was really a crashed object from space they wouldn't waste time setting up a fence. It would already be on its way to some government facility.
  • Saulidus, on 07/20/2008, -1/+27it's an ad...
  • Dumbledorito, on 07/20/2008, -0/+20Anyone spotted a blue police box, yet?
  • inactive, on 07/19/2008, -3/+17Reminds me of Donnie Darko.
  • addakorn, on 07/20/2008, -1/+15FTA
    "AMD announces it's new line of processor coolers"
  • centran, on 07/20/2008, -0/+11A promotion for a car? What a waste. Would be cool if it was a bigger viral promotion for The Day the Earth Stood Still or something like that. Have several "crash sites". Start a real world/internet scavenger hunt...
    I will admit it is very creative but compared to some of the viral stuff we are used to, this is on the smaller side.
  • TobiasParker, on 07/20/2008, -0/+11I hear Will Smith is way into Aliens now adays.
  • Teddsy, on 07/19/2008, -0/+11http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3419
  • TheSalmonThief, on 07/20/2008, -2/+12dammit you guys this is what they wanted
  • ThenWang, on 07/20/2008, -0/+10I think I saw something similar on Doctor Who years ago
  • gab00n, on 07/20/2008, -0/+6No duh.
  • baudbwoy, on 07/20/2008, -0/+6My ride is here.
  • dilpil1, on 07/20/2008, -0/+5Viral marketing has jaded us to the point where when aliens do land on earth, we will simply roll our eyes and ignore them.
  • bluesman3535, on 07/20/2008, -1/+5A wasted click of the mouse for a car commercial.
  • cultur3b0mb, on 07/20/2008, -2/+6lame
  • batmanz, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4I like how by the time this made the front page, it was updated to show it's a car ad. Oh darn.
  • OGTK423, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4Done with Will Smith and sure as hell done with the MIB franchise.
  • chaos7, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4great point
  • retral, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4Or at least be covered by some sort of tent
  • Rickler, on 07/20/2008, -2/+55 bucks says it's for the Doctor Who TV series.
  • datagod, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3Dumbass? Learn to spell. It is chessss, not chesss.
  • inactive, on 07/20/2008, -2/+5Lame viral. Buried.
  • inactive, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds ...
  • inactive, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2Lame marketing for lame movie that lame hasn't lame come out yet. LAME.
  • DrakeGTA, on 07/20/2008, -1/+3Not that impressive, it's a promo for this car, the Vauxhall Insignia... http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/ ...
  • X9001, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2Viral marketing for MIB 3?
  • raybury, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2Just days after that telescope to New York disappeared, odd. But Potters Field -- isn't that where they bury the indigent? I can see the NYT headline now:

    "UFO Crashes, Dead, Poor Hit Hardest"
  • Pentagram6, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2Looks like the mole people are tunneling up to me.
  • SilverBack101, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2I would rather say it's something for Dr.Who. But good guess though.

    Or...the Queen went joyriding.
  • myalibi, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2How is this an advertisement for a car?
    It is obviously some kind of stunt, it would definitely be handled differently if it were real. Goes to show you how stupid the creators of this think the public is to actually believe that there is some kind of top secret government investigation...or how stupid the creators are to think that anyone would believe this
  • snerfu, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2This kind of looks like a promo for the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" to me. Go watch the black and white version and you will see what I am talking about. Maybe they will make Klaatu emerge out of there. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Gort ...
  • ausoff2, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2oh....
  • inactive, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2That or one of its spinoffs, Torchwood / Sarah Jane Adventures. Gizmodo editors are so ***** gullible.
  • pond70, on 07/20/2008, -1/+2lame ...
  • inactive, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1no matter how much it weighs??

    Inertia wld depend on how much speed it had in the first place!!
    IDIOTS!!!
  • inactive, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1its intentional genius. Oh and better luck next time with finding the right 'reply' button
  • WNW3, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1And he had...nothing to say! When do they film those things?
  • bj00rn, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1That was a wasted click...
  • djholybolt, on 07/20/2008, -2/+3you won the biggest Douchebag of the Universe award. Congratulations!
  • SuperJimmyJimbo, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1top gear
  • Filmore, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1That's what I thought. Looks more like something came up from the ground than crashed from the sky.
  • angusware, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1it's not, I can tell from some of the pixels.
  • Failchan, on 07/20/2008, -3/+4We don't care why you dugg it. Digg it up and shut up.
  • CoreyHalliwell, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1Hopefully its the late 80's and early 90's come back to save today's TV. Urkel is back!
  • wonderchemist, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1Is there something inside shouting "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"?
  • ArkRaider1936, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1Klaatu barada nikt-oh never mind. Apparently it's a viral ad for a car.
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