PHOTO - 1917: Soldier in Black and White Camouflage

Retronaut ^ | 1917 | Retronaut

[DogByte6RER]

“Soldier in black and white uniform to conceal him while climbing trees. He stands in front of a house camouflaged to represent a fence and trees. Company F, 24th Engineers. American University, D.C. Army Engineer Corps..”

[DogByte6RER]

Copycat.

[autumnraine]

GAH! He looks like a Klan member that got a hold of some black duct tape.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Wow amazing, where is he I can’t see him at all.

[Flag_This]

Where?

[madison10]

It isn’t working...

[RegulatorCountry]

Now I know what inspired Plan 9 From Outer Space.

[Theoria]

[Flag_This]

How Not to be Seen

[DogByte6RER]

The BEST worst movie ever produced

[Chode]

[UCANSEE2]

Monty Python.

[Slyfox]

Interesting.

I was watching the Army-Navy game a few years back and just as they were starting the game they showed a long shot from the side of one end field and it looked like about a third of the stadium was empty. Then, they panned in and there were people seated there, all wearing camouflage.

That was a pretty stunning view.

[UCANSEE2]

Here is the image without camouflage.

[La Lydia]

Doppler effect gone awry.

[LibWhacker]

Exactly. If I saw him up in a tree, I wouldn’t recognize that he was a human being because of all the zebras in the trees.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

I’m an acquaintance of Conrad Brooks, perhaps the last living member of the cast (he was sick the past few years so he hasn’t been to most “Sci Fi-memorabilia” shows.

However, he has stories to tell about how Plan 9 was really made, as well as what a cool wacko Ed Wood was in person.

Hey, Conrad. If you’re still around, “Vince” says hello.

Have a good photo of him and Linda Harrison (Nova, Planet of the Apes), and then one of Conrad, myself and Paul LeMat (American Graffitti) together. That was fun.

We’re losing our old Hollywood characters and getting Justin Bieber today. That’s not a fair exchange.

[CIB-173RDABN]

Easy to make jokes but this may have been very effective.

The human eyes do not see everything, the mind fills in the blanks by what it knows. If you break up the shape where the mind does not recognize it as a human, you will not see him.

If this was on the western front, the only trees around would be burnt out stumps. Black and white would blend in with this environment

[yarddog]

I have no idea if that paint job really hides that ship but it sure is interesting. It does break up the outline making it difficult to tell what type ship it is.

[Squawk 8888]

How not to be seen

[KarlInOhio]

That type of camouflage isn't trying to keep the ship from being seen. It is trying to screw with the optical range finding and speed prediction. It doesn't help you to see the ship if you can't tell whether it is at 8000 yards or 6000 yards and whether it is headed towards or away from you.

Once radar was common the ships went back to haze gray again.