Russian Rocket Hits Wyoming 265
Harmonious Botch wrote in with a CNN story that opens: "A spent Russian booster rocket re-entered the atmosphere Thursday over Colorado and Wyoming, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said.
NORAD spokesman Sean Kelly said the agency was trying to confirm a report that a piece of the rocket may have hit the ground near Riverton, Wyoming, at about 6 a.m.
Kelly said military personnel had not yet reached the scene.
No damage was reported and the debris was not believed to be hazardous, NORAD said.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing flaming objects in the sky at the time the rocket was re-entering, Kelly said."
Most misleading headline ever? (Score:5, Interesting)
The headline sort of makes you think of a Cold-War Russian rocket attack.
At least, it made me think that. -- And I'd already heard about the story.
Re:Right... (Score:5, Interesting)
If what happened to Canada is any indication, then nothing at all [wikipedia.org]
Rocket Seen 6:14am over Billings (Score:2, Interesting)
Piece of Alien Space Ship Hits New Jersey (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:How is it misleading? (Score:2, Interesting)
GSG
Misleading (Score:3, Interesting)
For instance, When President Clinton went on national television and told an audience, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," while shaking his hand at an elderly woman in the front row, it was obvious to any observer that he was not actually disclaiming the possibility of having had sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky.
In fact, the structure of that particular sentence would seem to imply that he was telling ms. Lewinsky that he didn't have relations with the old lady in the audience. A statement which has the virtue of bearing no individual falsehood whatsoever.
He did, however, by those completely truthful words, lead people to the mistaken conclusion of the absence of improper sexual conduct toward an underling.
Regardless of what one thinks of Clinton's behavior however, the statement, "Russian Rocket Hits Wyoming," while technically factual, is unnecessarily inflammatory nonetheless.
Whereas the yanks dropped the whole lot on us (Score:2, Interesting)
We had insurance companies selling policies for $20 million cover for being hit by it - seriously.