From io9 comes the news that my favorite starship has been spotted on Earth, in a suburb someplace in Egypt.
It’s almost possible to imagine this was done on purpose…
Emily has another sighting of the good ship Enterprise, and in fact I saw it in a Hubble image some years ago.
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April 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
In this image, there are several shapes that look like MY favorite ship, too!
Rectangles, they look like the TARDIS!
I just made a paper TARDIS yesterday. Very cool.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Is today Pareidolia Day?
April 11th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
So, where’s the face of Jesus now?
April 11th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Heh, I’d like to think that there’s a planner/architect/Star Trek fan somewhere chuchkling to himself right now….
April 11th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Pareidolia BABensis? LOL!
^_^J.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Dude, come on. If that pic is real, there’s no way it wasn’t done on purpose.
April 11th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
You can also see a Space 1999 Eagle at the University of Lisbon in http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=faculdade+ciencias+lisboa&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.226656,61.347656&ie=UTF8&ll=38.756342,-9.156085&spn=0.002794,0.003744&t=h&z=18
April 11th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Maybe this is the mothership from those nazca lines builder?
April 11th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
happy pareidola day, hey it is better then pick on dave day.
April 11th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Looks like the Enterprise has installed several nice swimming pools! (BTW - for those wondering where “Al Qahirah” is, its “Cairo” to many Westerners.)
April 11th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Starships are a dime a dozen. Now if it had been a Klingon Bird of Prey….
April 11th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Stay good, Phil! It’s just a bout of pareidolia! Deep breaths, now!
…But seriously, that’s neat. XD
April 11th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
If you find Battlestar Galactica, don’t tell me. I want to wait til season 4 ends to see if they find earth.
BTW, slightly off topic, but several years ago, when I lived in Edmonton, Alberta, I visited what was then called the Edmonton Space and Science Centre. Someone had built a model starship out of PVC piping and mashed together model pieces from battleships. The detailing was amazing and you could never tell it was made from plumbing pipes! He had it lit up with Fibre optics and had hundreds of lights on it. It was his own design, and rivaled anything I have ever seen out of Hollywood. I didn’t get a pic unfortunately. If any readers from Edmonton remember this and have pics, please post them.
April 11th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Google Enterprise
OH, NO! Will Corporations name EVERYTHING???
April 11th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
The bridge and main engineering are both swimming pools here. Starfleet could learn a thing or two from these people.
April 12th, 2008 at 3:41 am
It must be designed by the captain of Golgafrincham Ark Fleet Ship B.
April 12th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Next it will be seen in a grilled cheese sandwitch on e-bay.
April 12th, 2008 at 9:51 am
[…] eine Straßen-Umfrage unter US-Bürgern bzgl. Schwarzer Löcher aus Genf sowie die überraschende Entdeckung der USS Enterprise in einem ägyptischen […]
April 12th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
DON’T YOU GET IT? IT’S ALL ONE HUGE CONSPIRACY BY THE TREKKIES TO INFLUENCE US SUBLIMINALLY INTO BECOMING TREKKIES!!!
I just had to take the conspiracy theorist angle on this.
April 12th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Oh like thats the Enterprise! The saucer section is way too small and the nacelles are not long enough.
April 12th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
“a suburb someplace in Egypt”!? If you zoom out and then go south, you’ll find that it’s just a few miles north of the Great Pyramids!
April 12th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Hey Phil,
That looks like the Oasis Hotel in Giza when I checked it out on google earth!!! I stayed there when I went to Egypt and yes, it is just down the roads from the pyramids!
April 13th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Look more like the Excelsior to me. I don’t feel good about having an opinion on this.