For anyone tempted to shout "Fake" and say they know a lot about Photoshop and can tell by the pixels then don't. You'd be wrong and you'll look like a fool. These are undoctored photos of a real physical object.

For these really determined to spoil the illusion, click here

For those of you who want to believe, click play:

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Honestly, I didn't post this just so I could include the music, but now I've started I don't think I could get away without including Forever Autumn(Lotus)

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It looks like part of a giant garbage disposal. Are they here to grind us up into tiny bits of biodegradable refuse??

It's a George Forman Lean, Mean, Soylent Green Making Machine. From space.

Photoshop can be fun.

Psst...

Check the link in the first comment...

And the comment...

I happened to be there this morning. The cylinder is pulled up buy a crane. In the cylinder is a car which is dropped out by cables at a high speed. The car was covered in some canvas to hide its make and model. Security and cops were everywhere. This obviously is the preparation for either a PR stunt or the filming of a commercial.

See first comment

Brilliant marketing!!
/ponders whether this would work for financial services...

yeah, i thought those men in black looked a little cliche......

Right away I could tell that it wasn't a real invasion. Not because of the technological tools that we have at our disposal to doctor photos, because Pock is right, there was no photoshop involved.

More simply, the crater is not big enough. If this object had 'crash landed' from outer space, half of London would be gone and there would have been a landing canal.

Not to mention it would have been all over the news. Not just in London.

Clever, though... very clever. Perhaps next time, if they want to make it a tad more realistic, they would consult scientists instead of marketing specialists.

The truth is out there.

And they will find it.

Seriously though...I am the "Scully" of the duo. There is a logical explanation. I just don't what it is. Heh.

If Hollywood can get away with it, anyone can!

OOoh, this movie looks goood. I can't wait to see it. How did no one manage to snag a picture of this thing being built though?

wonder if they'll find nothing but apes inside.

"Damn you all! YOU BLEW IT UP!"

could this be........

Viral marketing for the x-files movie..

The logical explanation being the details contained in the explanatory story in the link in the first comment.

I think you mean advert for a car (check the link in the first comment - you'd be surprised what it tells you).

Advert for a car.

It's in the link in the first comment.


The article that says:

The large object had 'landed' on the grass next to City Hall and was emitting smoke and a strange noise.

Men in dark glasses were guarding the crash site and refusing to explain to passers-by what was happening.

Potters Fields Park has been hired for a stunt to promote the launch of the Vauxhall Insignia car (sold under the Opel brand outside the UK).

The new cars will be unveiled in the park on Monday.

Is that clear enough?

Yeesh.

Pretty cool, none the less. I have seen worst marketing tactics.