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Unintentional People

Saturday, 9th July 2005 by James

Another landing strip in Iraq which, like most of them, has been made unusable by placing sandbags at regular intervals along the runways. But who’s that dead body on the runway? ;-)

Deed Body

Here at GSS we get a lot of submissions of clouds, but they are mostly pretty unexciting. That said, I really like this shadow formed by a cloud over Munich Airport. Can you (like me) see the footballer, facing east, about to kick the ball? Or, (like submitter Sebas) do you see a traveller, walking east, carrying a handbag in his right hand?

Footballer

Thanks: Mark Huijser & Sebas

18 Responses to 'Unintentional People'

  1. 1. Georg says:

    Actually, I see a guy on a bicycle :) - nice one.

  2. 2. Paul Goscicki says:

    That’s interesting, because I see a basketball player with a ball jumping up to his hand ;)

  3. 3. Papapenguin says:

    North of this airfield there is another strange area here:

    Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

  4. 4. Peter says:

    A person with a bag, at Munich. I’m afraid I can’t see the footballer at all. In any event, a person with a bag is more appropriate for the location.

  5. 5. . says:

    I see a soldier carrying a rifle, but maybe that’s because I’m a bloodthirsty American.

  6. 6. olaf says:

    I see someone (possibly on a chain gang?) with a shovel, shovelling the live-long day away.

  7. 7. the correct answer says:

    if you look at it ffrom as close as you can it is a person kicking a foot ball, from far away it is a person carrying a bag…….i am correct…. and you are wrong

  8. 8. ulrich says:

    if you look to the right you see this:
    Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
    the first black one looks like a chicken or something.

  9. 9. Stephane says:

    Olaf is right! I see a guy with a shovel too :)

  10. 10. Bryan says:

    We finally found bin Laden.

  11. 11. leo says:

    i see the a which flying on a broomstick - would make sens :-)

  12. 12. Michael says:

    I see a bowler about to throw the ball down the lane.

  13. 13. ulrich says:

    its a small alien from outer space, that is on the satelitte.

  14. 14. the correct answer says:

    …………..morrons

  15. 15. LDB says:

    I found what appear to be CIA Predator UAV unmanned drones at an US occupied airbase in Iraq

    Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

    That base is packed with american military assets, from cargo to chinooks, and what appear to be thousands of supply trucks and a major depot to the south west.

  16. 16. Jedi Master Kalimero says:

    Refering to the top of the page, that are not dead people, just grease marks. If you follow the trail, you can see somo more marks of more conventional shape. also, notice this is a landing track so if that were a corpse, it would be the 50 feet woman corpse.

  17. 17. Matthew says:

    Uh, duh.

    **Unintentional** people is the title; of course it’s not a real dead person.

  18. 18. Dude says:

    Well, regarding the second photo from munich airport I have to advice you that it’s not a footballer but obviously the SHADOW of a WITCH that just has been taken off from the airport on her broom - or “besom” if you like.

    I wouldn’t expect witches to be granted clearance for take off on official german airports! - But maybe she had good contacts to higher ranking bavarian politicians - you can never know nowadays …..

    Hence it is in fact the first photo-proof for airial whitchcraft activities worldwide!

    But unfortunately on the current google-earth photos it hat been removed. Probably spirited away for obvious reasons!

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