Latest 'Flat Earth' theory says Australia is FAKE - and if you think you've been there, you're wrong

The Daily Mirror ^ | Jeff Parsons

[Simon Green]

There's a growing number of people who seem to think the world is, in fact, flat.

But it gets better. They also insist that Australia is actually just one big hoax.

According to a viral Facebook rant, the entire country (and presumably the 24 million people that live there) is completely FAKE.

The idea resurfaced at a recent gathering of so-called Flat Earthers in Birmingham recently where over 200 people came together to confirm to each other that the Earth is nothing more than a giant pancake.

The origin of the "fake Australia" post started on Reddit back in 2017 and was written by a Shelley Floryd. But it appears to be back in the minds of the spherically-challenged at the moment.

"Australia is not real," the rant begins.

"It's a hoax, made for us to believe that Britain moved over their criminals to someplace. In reality, all these criminals were loaded off the ships into the waters, drowning before they could see land ever again.

"It's a coverup [sic] for one of the greatest mass murders in history."

Moreover, the post reckons that all Australians are nothing more than computer generated personas and if you've ever been Down Under yourself: "you're terribly wrong".

Hilariously, the pilots are apparently all in on it - and have just been flying you to parts of South America all these years.

Flat Earth theories have been shot down by just about everyone capable of rational thought, but the theory is still enjoying a current resurgence.

Over 200 conspiracy theorists gathered at a hotel in Birmingham for the UK’s first Flat Earth Convention.

The convention, which took place over three days, saw nine speakers take to the stage to explain their theory as to why the Earth is flat.

[SkyDancer]

Ah, but those points do connect at infinity. I do have a problem with the GPS on the plane telling me I’m flying in a curve when the ground is flat in front of me.

[kosciusko51]

Level flight means at a constant altitude relative to the ground, which does not mean flat on a curved planet.

[SkyDancer]

Of course, how could you ever doubt me?

[philman_36]

AB said he was a pilot.
No, AB did not say he was a pilot. He was a passenger. Again, read what he wrote.
He said he was looking out of a window of the plane. You're mistaking his "I flew into..." as meaning he was a pilot when he never said he was.

Where are the photos you took at 16 miles?
On my memory card.

[philman_36]

Are you a pilot?

[kosciusko51]

Perspective. The ground is closer to the photographer than the clouds. Just like your railroad picture.

Also, if the sun moves away from us, why does it not get smaller? If anything, it and the moon appear bigger on the horizon than when overhead.

[philman_36]

Level flight means at a constant altitude relative to the ground, which does not mean flat on a curved planet.

Flight isn't trajectory, that's a whole different animal.

[kosciusko51]

https://www.quora.com/How-do-modern-airplanes-gyroscopes-adjust-for-the-curvature-of-the-earth

[philman_36]

I see you’ve now gone to being obtuse. I wash my hands of you too.

[kosciusko51]

Yes, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Popular Science screwed up the article, or at least dumbed down the technical details.

[Jyotishi]

Their larynges are tucked way down under.

[Flick Lives]

Australia fake? Nahh. Now California on the other hand.

[knarf]

But the question posed is;

Were you ever there ?

[SkyDancer]

Where? Australia? Surely you jest.

[philman_36]

Then how about this...Hyper Velocity Projectile Range. From the BAE product brochure (2), here are some projected ranges from various weapons.
Mk 45 40+ nm
AGS 70 nm
155 mm Tube Artillery 43 nm
EM Railgun 100 nm

[SkyDancer]

Wearing beer goggles.

[SkyDancer]

Seriously? You mean you write before checking a profile page? I hit yours the minute you posted to me.

[kosciusko51]

Ah, it is guided, not ballistic, so that its trajectory can include level flight.

[philman_36]

Or how about from the Congressional Research Service, page 11...Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile:
Background and Issues for CongressThe two industry-built prototypes are designed to fire projectiles at energy levels of 20 to 32 megajoules, 34 which is enough to propel a projectile 50 to 100 nautical miles.35

[philman_36]

Ah, it is guided, not ballistic, so that its trajectory can include level flight.

Which goes to show that you either didn't read the article or you don't understand the information you're reading!!!

Guidance. The HVP is claimed to be guided but that’s true only in a limited sense. The guidance is GPS and is applicable only against fixed, land targets with known GPS coordinates. Useful guidance is not possible against moving land targets or aerial targets due to the extreme speed of the projectile.