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 on Mon Jan 23, 2006



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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  on  Sun Jan 29, 2006  at  12:30 PM
Sorry C,
that is no billboard. Pictures of that area show nothing but grass in that area. Try again.
Posted by Alienmojo  on  Mon Jan 30, 2006  at  07:20 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  on  Mon Jan 30, 2006  at  02:38 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
Posted by Sarah  on  Mon Jan 30, 2006  at  11:27 PM
that rocks! how can i convert my mustang into a flying mustang!
Posted by Joe  on  Tue Jan 31, 2006  at  12:52 AM
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  on  Tue Jan 31, 2006  at  10:01 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  on  Tue Jan 31, 2006  at  10:11 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  on  Tue Jan 31, 2006  at  10:58 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  on  Tue Jan 31, 2006  at  11:31 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  on  Wed Feb 01, 2006  at  01:49 AM
Easy one, guys...

When I lived in the Midwestern USA, we used to have a lot of junk yards and small-town car lots that used cars perched on metal poles 20 to 30ft high.

They used them as advertising signs.

From overhead, this would cause the "flying car" look.....
Posted by Jerry  on  Thu Feb 02, 2006  at  08:16 AM
Okay, living only a few kms from where this supposed flying car is, I decided to check it out, and there is nothing there that can explain it. There is no car on a pole, neither is there any explanation for why there appears to be a floating car in the picture.
It appeared in the newspaper the other day, but they could offer no explanation for it.
Posted by Azriel  on  Fri Feb 03, 2006  at  06:26 AM
The flying car site has been photographed and documented. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/25/flying_car_launch_site/

A direct link is now available. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/23/flying_car.kmz

Continue theorising please =)
Posted by Xander  on  Mon Feb 06, 2006  at  07:33 AM
Here is what the object really is. The following was provided to me by a geologist colleague who lives in Perth. He takes his boat on the Swan River and has seen this "object" several times.

Quote: "The image is of a water tank on a stand which is about 20-ft tall.
Posted by steve craigg  on  Thu Feb 09, 2006  at  09:08 AM
The image at: <http://www.hgfa.asn.au/~hgawa/sites/perth/slides/mossie-morgan.html> may give you an idea of what the flying car could be - it shows a paraglider with Point Walter (where the flying car is) in the background.
Posted by Michael  on  Thu Feb 09, 2006  at  12:44 PM
You see other cars around so people must also be there. If this were a flying car, don't you think those people would have seen it and we would have a better picture than this obscure, ambiguous picture from space, not to mention good old fashion eye witness accounts? I think it's probably an awning propped up on poles, but it definitely is NOT a flying car.
Posted by Hazen Talbott  on  Thu Feb 23, 2006  at  01:32 PM
Hi, sorry for my english, I found a airplane flying over Buenos Aires city 32
Posted by LEAN  on  Fri Feb 24, 2006  at  09:48 AM
I live in Perth - only about 25 mins to Bicton and dive there all the time - I will try to find this and verify it.
Posted by Peter Ivory-Moss  on  Sun Mar 05, 2006  at  08:17 PM
From The Register's article, the object no longer exists there today.

THE BLACK SPOT IS A SHADOW, NOT A BLACK CAR. From the Google Map, the black spot matches the shadows of the trees, look at the free-standing trees South East of the object (you have to look on Google Map, not the small section of the map shown in this article). The SHADOW is cast at exactly the same angle as the shadows cast by the trees, and about the same height. Folks, the REAL question is, what did the Billboard say? "Enjoy a Fosters"? Why don't we contact the Perth local government to find out what structure would've been licensened or permit given for that location.
Posted by Billboard Conspiracy  on  Tue Mar 07, 2006  at  07:43 AM
I work near the Nedlands Foreshore and I see Kite-Surfers beside the waters edge on many afternoons. My guess is that its a kite surfer testing or drying his kite near his car.
Posted by Fun Spolier  on  Wed Mar 22, 2006  at  04:21 AM
New 'hovering car' spotted, http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking/new-hovering-car-mystery/2006/03/22/1142703405857.html
Posted by Iridium  on  Wed Mar 22, 2006  at  05:06 AM
That second one doesn't look as convincing as the first.
Posted by Smerk  on  Wed Mar 22, 2006  at  05:28 AM
It's aliens, man. Aliens.
Posted by Billboard Conspiracy  on  Wed Mar 22, 2006  at  09:17 AM
the flying car, may just be a lie. you would easly have a black car next to it as its shadow
Posted by laura  on  Thu Mar 23, 2006  at  10:15 PM
I have an idea! I'll go to Australia, rent a dark black car, cover the windows in a non-reflective tarp, and park next to another car making sure to align my black car exactly with the sun so the other objects' shadows are matched perfectly. Then I'll just call my good freinds at Google Maps and tell them to align their satellites to take another snapshot of the same location! Who's with me?
Posted by Billboard Conspiracy  on  Thu Mar 23, 2006  at  10:37 PM
its a black and white car parked next to each other. when you compare this white car to the other cars in the parking lot, they're generally the same length and width. besides, Honda isn't releasing any flying cars until June 2007.
Posted by Anguirus  on  Fri Jun 09, 2006  at  08:32 PM
I found it! on my google earth, i located this so called "flying car." If anybody would like to see it and the surrounding area on their google earth, feel free to contact me at b***@aol.com and I will give you the latitude and longitude coordinates.
Posted by Scott  on  Thu Jun 15, 2006  at  08:23 PM
Duh... It's Harry Potter gone out for a joy ride. Geez...
Posted by Teh  on  Fri Jun 16, 2006  at  09:03 PM
It is flying. To go to it just type

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Posted by Justin  on  Sat Jul 22, 2006  at  06:29 AM
Yup its gotto be a billboard
Posted by Cesar  on  Wed Sep 13, 2006  at  09:16 AM
Hola... para mi es el cartel de ingreso al estacionamiento que tiene un auto .... si se ve abajo como una estructura, las patas del cartel! o un tanque de algo que justo coincide con la froma
Posted by Gaby  on  Wed Mar 07, 2007  at  11:11 AM
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Posted by ENIAC  on  Thu May 10, 2007  at  08:15 AM
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Posted by jhon  on  Tue Dec 11, 2007  at  07:34 AM
safe homeboys
thats my ghetto-mobile
Posted by Mike Hall Of Moston  on  Wed Apr 16, 2008  at  03:01 AM
Its parked by a dark shape. -_-
Posted by Cheese  on  Fri Mar 06, 2009  at  08:20 AM
i agree with laura and anguirus, it's two car parked next to each other
Posted by jams  on  Mon Mar 09, 2009  at  02:38 AM
It could just be a car parked next to a hole in the ground.
Posted by Max  on  Thu Mar 19, 2009  at  11:48 PM
It is a Ghost :]
Posted by Gaylord Focker  on  Sat Mar 21, 2009  at  01:15 AM
My guess is just a sign. Perhaps though, it's a new design for airport parking? A flying valet service to your destination! 😊
Posted by Chris  on  Sun Nov 01, 2009  at  04:49 PM
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