Posted on 05/21/2021 6:58:02 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
Previously unseen video footage has been helping scientists learn more about the fate of the airship.
One of the 20th Century's most infamous disasters, the destruction of the Hindenburg - a large German passenger airship - occurred following its arrival at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey in May 1937.
The huge hydrogen-filled airship was carrying 97 passengers at the time, of which 37 lost their lives when the vessel inexplicably burst into flames and crashed to the ground, bringing with it any remaining confidence in airship travel in general.
Although it is obvious that the gas inside the ship provided the fuel for the blaze, the exact reason why the airship went up in flames in the first place has remained a topic of debate for decades.
One of the most popular theories suggests that the fire started when the buildup of static electricity on the airship's exterior came into contact with a special type of 'dope' ( a mixture of iron oxide and aluminum-impregnated cellulose ) that had been painted all over the canvas.
It wouldn't have taken much of a fire to set the hydrogen inside burning and for the blaze to consume the whole ship.
Fast-forward to the present day and now new clues have surfaced in the form of previously unseen video footage captured by a bystander who had been standing at a different location to the cameras that recorded the most widely distributed clips.
Thanks to this new angle, experts have been able to learn more about how the fire spread.
(Excerpt) Read more at unexplained-mysteries.com ...
Thanks for posting. Amazing that this footage was overlooked.
How could unseen footage just now be found?
Footage shows it was a smaller manatee than expected.
FUBAR
Umm...from the burned fuel to the unburned fuel?
Fuel consumed, fire out.
Really? A bystander was shooting video in 1937?
The reporter must be young. There was no video in 1937, just film. I see that mistake frequently on the internet as in “rare video of New York from 1901.” Uh no.
Abraham Zapruder as a young man
My dad saw the Hindenburg crash. My grandfather took the family to NAS Lakehurst to watch the Hindenburg land.
I think film is a kind of video recording.
Video tape, digital video, film video...
You’re welcome!
Excellent post...
Watch the video in the link. It explains it.
No, it doesn't. The idea that the doped fabric caught fire from static or galvanic discharge has been around for donkey's years. The only difference is these guys are claiming that the ground lines figured in. But doped fabric has bee around since the unpowered a/c of the late 19th Century (e.g., Otto Lillienthal). It already was "old tech" when the Wright brothers used it and its burning characteristics are long since well documented. If would NOT have burned that fiercely except in the presence of some accelerant, which means they're both theories in search of the theoretical hydrogen leak that no one has yet found a shred of evidence of. No, not even being out of trim because that could have been a slow leak of ballast water at the nose that went unnoticed so long as she kept her airspeed up.
This schlock shed new light on the Hindenburg disaster like Jeraldo Rivera shed new light on the hoarding proclivities of Al Capone.
They spend most of their time documenting meaningless minutia. Don't waste your 60 minutes.
hopefully, we can finally solve this mystery. the safety of the commercial dirigible industry hangs in the balance.
flr
Great find. It’s noted that Orson Welles actually LISTENED to the Herb Morrison “oH THE HUMANITY” recording MULTIPLE TIMES to get the right dramatic effect for the recording of War of the Worlds.
Thank you! I thought this would peak some people’s interests.
This event defined the term: Hot Mess.
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