Why did 9/11 have to happen? Now we can't have shit like this happen and make us laugh without people getting scared shitless. It's either Al Queda or those pesky Russians doing shit to scare us, so sayeth the almighty U.S. government.
Hell, I'm a girl and I know nothing of politics, so it's probably pointless to argue...
This is the excuse Obama is using to have a 'safety valve' on the internet. IE: "Shut it down when I say so." The REAL reason...? see media control in the Middle East...
In 1986, a video pirate calling himself "Captain Midnight" interrupted a movie on HBO with a printed message protesting de-scrambling fees." (Captain Midnight turned out to be John R. XXXXXXXXXX of Florida, who was fined and placed on probation. I don't mention his last name because I don't want to cause him any more grief....
I remember when this incident first occurred. I know I wasn't the only kid who's imagination was captured, but I also remember getting even more interested when I found out the man calling himself Captain Midnight was from (and still is in) Ocala, FL, which is close to where I live.
Captain midnight was busted after the FCC narrowed down the list of possible transmitter sites with sufficient power to do this to about 5 or so, than because of a previous similar but smaller incident the week prior, they were able to trace it to him because he was the only one working both midnight shifts and cracked under pressure.
@ToiletBomberAlpha -- Yeah I agree. But back then it was. Remember this is the 1980s when stuff like that was something major. We didnt have Internet, wi-fi, wireless, cellphones (well we did but not like today). TV and Radio was still pretty much the major form of technology for the average american. Simple tech supplies that are cheap to buy today would cost lots back than to purchase.
NASA IS FUKN WITH US!!! Look at this old shit back in the 80's they the news were "warning" us of impending doom. Fuk the news and Capt Mid is great. ( too bad "someone" got caught) Max Headroom and the Capt should meet and hang out.....Maybe its the same guy??? or it was meant to fuk with showtime. All cable stations now a days are shit. The net is the new thing. Max is dead and Capt Midnite went to sleep. FUK U Cable and Sat tv. ( You aint got my money bitches)
Did anyone else think it was kind of weird that they had the HBO theme in the background from :51-1:08? I wish stuff like this happened today, especially to FoxNews, Christian channels, or any other bullshit tv.
Nobody's laughing?????? We all are laughing... I mean... if you didn't laugh at the Max Headroom incident, let alone this, you are an uptight fucking douchewad. lol
@sweiland75 The idiot bragged about it, someone overheard him, and made an anonymous call to the police. He'd have got away with it if he'd have kept his mouth shut; they wouldn't have been able to trace it unless they were watching for him.
When did this happen.. they dont say what year. No adays everything is encrypted and digital.. a hell of a lot harder to jam I would think. But it would have been funny if naked people ran around in the 1950s while jamming "Father knows best" hahah
this guy used a satellite, which was easier to trace, while max headroom might have been using a microwave transmitter, meaning all he had to do was get closer to the transmission tower than the actual channel and broadcast his frequency. then he ran away into the night, never to be seen again...
Actually, Captain Midnight was reportedly busted because the authorities got an anonymous tip from someone saying that he had overheard a conversation where someone (an imposter as it turned out) claiming to be Captain Midnight. That's why they started snooping around Central Florida (where the signal originated), and that in turn led to the real culprit, one John McDougall. If they hadn't gotten the tip, they probably wouldn't have known to where to look.
But you have to remember this is when VCRs were still $300+ in 1980s dollars, movies on tape were $50+ So being able to see commerical free undedited movies was a big deal.
@bvseediermedia: there was a guy in the UK who took over the audio of a television broadcast for about six minutes in 1977. He gave a speech claiming to be an alien, and talked about evolution and how we should live in peace.
Thanks for the mention of the ITN News audio incident in 1977. I just linked across to it now and thought it was great fun ..... and to think I was just 4 years old back then! My No. 1 hack of all time has to be the Max Headroom incident though. I remember this being reported here on the UK news -and it freaked the hell out of me. 'Number Stations' also hit the same spot. Love it!
@bvseediermedia We might not have a Captain Midnight (yet), but you can check out what you would not want to see on terrestrial, on our channel ;) (sic).
I remember this and thought about it when the dumbass kid with the balloon named 'falcon" was on all the news networks yesterday.He took over the airwaves for 2 hours!
let me tell you that would be virtually impossible today because satellite signals are encrypted with newer and more advanced technology and another thing that could have caused it was the lack of security and better communication laws
Yea, analog allowed jamming such as what Captain Midnight did. But digital doesnt. Stuff like this may have inspired the FCC to pick digital as the way to send tv signals.
You know this precise reason is what makes America great. Regular Americans getting pissed and doing something about it. I'd do it. HBO CINEMAX SHOWTIME all went "scrambled" on their satellite broadcasts and wanted the same price or more than what cable subscribers paid, but satellite dish owners had to buy the descrambling equipment as well (sometimes costing hundreds of dollars) along with the cost of buying and maintaining their dishes. Thank God that's over...fuckers.
He did get caught. He owned a satellite dish store. There are two who didn't get caught as far as I know. The first in 1977, claiming to be an alien and demanding the disarmament of all nuclear weapons and asking us to prepare for the coming of a new age. the second was the "Max Headroom incident". Nobody was ever caught for either one.
Yeah, it took me a minute to track it down, but just search "extraterrestrial message 1977" on youtube. I wouldn't take it too seriously (as far as the content of the message goes, because if they really were who they claim to be then the audio would be better and you would think they might use some video-and contact the whole world lol), but either way it is a cool pirate broadcast.
and also someone should hack into whatever channel is showing obomas inaurgation and that would be perfect...... MUAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA HA *cough* *cough*
haha Captain Midnight is my hero thats right brother he sure told them hbo was the first now we all have to pay so much to watch this crappy damn channels Captain Midnight WE NEED U!!!!!!!!!
it was done by a guy who worked in a studio, after closing he was bored so he decided to do this for fun. look it up on wikipedia. they are useful for SOME things.
Not quite...he worked as a satellite operator/dealer and was angered by HBO's recent decision to start charging dish owners for recieving their programming, which he feared would cut into his business (hence the "$12.95 month/No way!" line).
I was in 7th grade when it happened. My Dad had been taping it, but got annoyed by the message and rewound it to the beginning. (And it was taped over eventually.) It was on late and I was probably in bed by then. :) I had never seen the actual test pattern message, until just deciding to look it up on Google. I never realized it was an east coast back - for some reason I thought just our local cable company was hit. (Upstate NY)
I live in South Jersey, but I was living in Central Jersey at the time, and was about four years old, so I don't remember it, but it definitely harkens back to the Max Headroom incident, though this was prior to that - my mom says she remember a "specific Max Headroom incident," but I was just telling her about it.
It's amazing how slow the programmers were at reacting to this incident, but it does make for a great historical, if not infamous, TV moment of the '80s.
John R. MacDougall, a satellite TV dealer in Ocala, Florida, was working at Central Florida Teleport, a company that uplinks services to satellites. At the end of his shift, he swung the dish back in to its storage position, pointing directly upward which happened to be the location of Galaxy 1. MacDougall was charged and plea bargained a $5,000 fine and was placed on one year's probation. MacDougall now owns MacDougall Electronics, a satellite dish dealership, in Ocala, Florida.
I remember back in the 80's hearing about this as a kid. I thought it was kind of interesting how one guy with a satellite dish and some equipment could completely override HBO's signal. I think the guy ended up getting busted and several some federal prison time too. I think maybe someone he worked with ratted him out to the FCC or something. There was also a guy that did something like this to The Playboy Channel's signal shortly after this incident.
Someone should do this in North Korea.
BlackBile666 1 month ago
FCC is after they think is a 2 inch midget
Kitsuneranger 2 months ago
Upper class
Upper cut's
MTHERFUCKINGBARNEY 2 months ago 2
Yeah. That's how it happened.
jonvincent12 4 months ago
wow... really? it was just an prank. They're overreacting.
iszalgocomin 4 months ago
Why did 9/11 have to happen? Now we can't have shit like this happen and make us laugh without people getting scared shitless. It's either Al Queda or those pesky Russians doing shit to scare us, so sayeth the almighty U.S. government.
Hell, I'm a girl and I know nothing of politics, so it's probably pointless to argue...
Cancoria 6 months ago 4
$13.00 a month? What a deal.
trufflemaster 6 months ago 5
@trufflemaster rofl
rightlydivide 6 months ago
This is the excuse Obama is using to have a 'safety valve' on the internet. IE: "Shut it down when I say so." The REAL reason...? see media control in the Middle East...
dieselscience 8 months ago
This is typical media fearmongering bullshit. John MacDougal had some real balls.
undertakerfreak1127 8 months ago 6
In 1986, a video pirate calling himself "Captain Midnight" interrupted a movie on HBO with a printed message protesting de-scrambling fees." (Captain Midnight turned out to be John R. XXXXXXXXXX of Florida, who was fined and placed on probation. I don't mention his last name because I don't want to cause him any more grief....
BushPilot444 8 months ago 3
@BushPilot444 It is MacDougall. Oops. Guess I'm causing him harm.
EastmanFilm 4 months ago
I was laughing, Peter (Dick).
ClarenceDoskocil 9 months ago
was captain midnight the only person to miss up hbo
thesailormercury1 9 months ago
problem? what problem?
seriouslyWeird 9 months ago
This just in: Overriding an HBO Broadcast is TERRORISM. More news as it happens.
arleas 10 months ago
Wow, if we only had such mundane problems in this day and age...
utubeworms 10 months ago
Ah the old days when there was no internet,DDos,Botnets,Computer ID Theft,LEET Speak,etc... If we only knew what it would lead to..
Cyberplayer5 11 months ago
I remember when this incident first occurred. I know I wasn't the only kid who's imagination was captured, but I also remember getting even more interested when I found out the man calling himself Captain Midnight was from (and still is in) Ocala, FL, which is close to where I live.
GOFLuvr 1 year ago
What a tool of an anchorman, "no one is laughing," my ass.
lemurdue 1 year ago
"this could threaten several sectors of our society", bahahahaha!
GearzVoNKod3 1 year ago
Awesome just read the wiki on this guy. Thumbs up if Captain Midnight has your respect, certainly has mine.
redhouser1974 1 year ago 31
@redhouser1974 he has my respect, but you're not getting my thumbs up that easily
chicagocumpa 2 weeks ago
Very cool
AccordionManiac 1 year ago
My goodness look at that cabinetTV and VCR in this news clip. That brown rug! Flashback of my home life during the 1980s.
ItalianAce 1 year ago
@ItalianAce Many people in the 80's still had TV's and home furnishings from the 70's; Stuff was built to last in them days!
DevSodDribble 6 months ago 2
6 people hate The Falcon and the Snowman.
Jigglypufflove33 1 year ago
Enter: Max Headroom Hijacker.
ConfusedAndAwesome 1 year ago
This is so awesome!
phongbong 1 year ago
Captain midnight was busted after the FCC narrowed down the list of possible transmitter sites with sufficient power to do this to about 5 or so, than because of a previous similar but smaller incident the week prior, they were able to trace it to him because he was the only one working both midnight shifts and cracked under pressure.
z1power 1 year ago
@z1power well that sux... one of the few cool people on this world has been silenced. thanks for killing our moral :D
Kin6X 1 year ago
Back in the day when trolling meant something.
flancakes93 1 year ago 21
@flancakes93 They make it sound so dramatic and technical.
ToiletBomberAlpha 1 year ago
@ToiletBomberAlpha -- Yeah I agree. But back then it was. Remember this is the 1980s when stuff like that was something major. We didnt have Internet, wi-fi, wireless, cellphones (well we did but not like today). TV and Radio was still pretty much the major form of technology for the average american. Simple tech supplies that are cheap to buy today would cost lots back than to purchase.
ItalianAce 1 year ago
@ItalianAce Something else we didn't have up until Captain Midnight: Mandatory transponders for broadcasting satellite dishes!
GOFLuvr 1 year ago
@jm113825 it really is lol, i wasnt born til '94....
mcpsp12 1 year ago
I love stuff like this. Reminds me of the "Unown Signal".
Kemonokami 1 year ago
ON THE JAB TRAINING
TheLizzard0 1 year ago 2
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TheLizzard0 1 year ago
NASA IS FUKN WITH US!!! Look at this old shit back in the 80's they the news were "warning" us of impending doom. Fuk the news and Capt Mid is great. ( too bad "someone" got caught) Max Headroom and the Capt should meet and hang out.....Maybe its the same guy??? or it was meant to fuk with showtime. All cable stations now a days are shit. The net is the new thing. Max is dead and Capt Midnite went to sleep. FUK U Cable and Sat tv. ( You aint got my money bitches)
batterygrunt 1 year ago
Jamming HBO and White Collar Boxing...SO 80's!
Did anyone else think it was kind of weird that they had the HBO theme in the background from :51-1:08? I wish stuff like this happened today, especially to FoxNews, Christian channels, or any other bullshit tv.
copyright1982 1 year ago
Pure brilliance.
wisteela 1 year ago
Nobody's laughing?????? We all are laughing... I mean... if you didn't laugh at the Max Headroom incident, let alone this, you are an uptight fucking douchewad. lol
ironwolfosiris 1 year ago 6
"Nobody's laughing"
Fuck you everybody's laughing, it was hilarious.
shoplifting1is1fun 1 year ago 6
wow $12.00 for hbo back then? I can get it for $15 now and $25 for the package hbo XD
hkfan1980 1 year ago
@hkfan1980 that's what i thought.$13 a month for one channel in 1987!!!
osp80 11 months ago
@sweiland75 The idiot bragged about it, someone overheard him, and made an anonymous call to the police. He'd have got away with it if he'd have kept his mouth shut; they wouldn't have been able to trace it unless they were watching for him.
JeremyMcCracken 1 year ago
" 12.95 a month? NO WAY! "
Made me lol
gingerkid11111 1 year ago
@CesarPhilosophe D'aww, who was it?
ConfusedAndAwesome 1 year ago
When did this happen.. they dont say what year. No adays everything is encrypted and digital.. a hell of a lot harder to jam I would think. But it would have been funny if naked people ran around in the 1950s while jamming "Father knows best" hahah
NathansPhase2012 1 year ago
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HACK THE PLANET!!!
wilson809isback 1 year ago
somebody at SETI got bored
dalekStewie 1 year ago
@1:51, "Used Cars"! Love that movie. :D
RHGarciaApr85 1 year ago
HACK THE PLANET!!!
maxpower789z 1 year ago 3
they have enough money to use a large satellite transmission dish but they dont have $12.95 a month lol
randumbtimes3 1 year ago 3
@randumbtimes3 Its the princible though
captinweestain 1 year ago
Rock N' Roll.
strokadellic 1 year ago
@strokadellic No, Rick N' Roll. :3
ConfusedAndAwesome 1 year ago
@ConfusedAndAwesome Haha!
strokadellic 1 year ago
Owned.
DictatorRoB 1 year ago
Cuz god forbid people miss a few minutes of The falcon & the snowman lol, how terrifying!
Vindicut 1 year ago 4
White collar boxing: upper-class upper-cuts
GeassgelionNote 1 year ago 3
it was me....my conscience is now cleared *sigh*
shibez 1 year ago
wiki said he now runs a satellate company (oh the irony) i still think in the deparment of freaking peopel the f out maxheadrrom hacker wins
liamnaruto 2 years ago 4
I'm laughing.
metalmaniac2493 2 years ago 4
wait how did the one werdo get caught but max hedrrom dude does not
liamnaruto 2 years ago 2
this guy used a satellite, which was easier to trace, while max headroom might have been using a microwave transmitter, meaning all he had to do was get closer to the transmission tower than the actual channel and broadcast his frequency. then he ran away into the night, never to be seen again...
racinefo 2 years ago
@racinefo IT WAS MEEEEE
tk5800 2 years ago
@liamnaruto because captain midnight worked at the place, but max apparenlty just drove his truck near the stations, harder to track max
tk5800 2 years ago
Actually, Captain Midnight was reportedly busted because the authorities got an anonymous tip from someone saying that he had overheard a conversation where someone (an imposter as it turned out) claiming to be Captain Midnight. That's why they started snooping around Central Florida (where the signal originated), and that in turn led to the real culprit, one John McDougall. If they hadn't gotten the tip, they probably wouldn't have known to where to look.
Kohntarkosz 1 year ago
when we come back... white collar boxing: upper-class uppercuts
tomdissonance 2 years ago 5
Amazing
ageshero 2 years ago
The sick thing is 13 bucks a month back then was like 30 bucks a month today, if not more. Good Christ, for ONE channel?
No wonder people were pissed, I woulda been too. Guess that explains why we didn't get premium channels until like 2000 lol
Effedup 2 years ago 7
But you have to remember this is when VCRs were still $300+ in 1980s dollars, movies on tape were $50+ So being able to see commerical free undedited movies was a big deal.
LukeL007 2 years ago
@LukeL007
with a $1000+ satellite dish
nomadcowatbk 1 year ago
@Effedup
they only have one HBO channel back then
nomadcowatbk 1 year ago
upperclass uppercuts
moo8dathotmaildotcom 2 years ago 63
@moo8dathotmaildotcom Where can I see THAT segment?
caeseroct0 11 months ago
@caeseroct0 I do not even remember posting that.
moo8dathotmaildotcom 11 months ago
We here in the UK have to pay £16.45, or $28 per month.
keepmeupdated 2 years ago
I love shit like this.
I wish we had a channel phantom here in the UK to liven things up. One is long overdue, in my opinion.
bvseediermedia 2 years ago 80
I used to have a big satlelite dish in my backyard.
supermantahoo 2 years ago
@supermantahoo
you can still use those to get unscrambled wildfeeds
nomadcowatbk 1 year ago
not gonna happen now analogue's dead. i agree with you, tho.
tomdissonance 2 years ago
@bvseediermedia: there was a guy in the UK who took over the audio of a television broadcast for about six minutes in 1977. He gave a speech claiming to be an alien, and talked about evolution and how we should live in peace.
haseo18615 2 years ago
Thanks for the mention of the ITN News audio incident in 1977. I just linked across to it now and thought it was great fun ..... and to think I was just 4 years old back then! My No. 1 hack of all time has to be the Max Headroom incident though. I remember this being reported here on the UK news -and it freaked the hell out of me. 'Number Stations' also hit the same spot. Love it!
bvseediermedia 2 years ago 2
@bvseediermedia
didn't the UK have that one pirate that claimed to be an alien of the Ashtar Galactic Command?
TheChoujinVirus 1 year ago
@bvseediermedia
Imagine if the signal was supernatural in origin...that would be awesome.
Kemonokami 1 year ago
@bvseediermedia Last incident to happen in the us is when one town had the superbowl interupted with porn. Imagine
SuperWeaves 1 year ago
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@bvseediermedia We might not have a Captain Midnight (yet), but you can check out what you would not want to see on terrestrial, on our channel ;) (sic).
censorednewsnow 3 months ago
Damn!
That easy to get into satellites back then, love it
pspheaven 2 years ago
Damn!
That easy to not get caught!? I love it!
supermantahoo 2 years ago
except he did get caught. he was fined 5,000 bucks and put on probation for a year.
tomdissonance 2 years ago 3
i love these hijackers max headroom, captain midnight ecc... i wanna be like one of them but its not easy at all
nytrox84 2 years ago 2
I remember this and thought about it when the dumbass kid with the balloon named 'falcon" was on all the news networks yesterday.He took over the airwaves for 2 hours!
deathmetalpat 2 years ago
Ha ha ha!
Captain Midnight, you were the man!
N0oaf 2 years ago 4
$12.95 a month?!?!?! ---
HallofWisdom 2 years ago
I love this kind of shit. Scares the hell outta' me.
ControlWise 2 years ago
Used Cars was great...THAT'S TOO FUCKIN' HIGH!!!
AdonisJones 2 years ago 2
We are literally BLOWING THE SHIT out of high prices!
Kohntarkosz 1 year ago
That is damn impressive!
tapests 2 years ago
When we come back: White collar boxing, upperclass uppercuts.
TheLizzard0 2 years ago 6
if possible interfering signal, recently in Argentina blocked the signal ARTEAR for 3 hours ..
mikimartingu 2 years ago
Now the guy sells satelite dishes in Florida. IRONY
Grant691 2 years ago 5
He sold them back then too.
BucksStudent 2 years ago 2
he is like my hero
sonyfucker 2 years ago 5
yeah mine too
whaduzitmatr 2 years ago
wow super great dude
satelliteDNScastip 2 years ago
let me tell you that would be virtually impossible today because satellite signals are encrypted with newer and more advanced technology and another thing that could have caused it was the lack of security and better communication laws
weatherscience 2 years ago
Yea, analog allowed jamming such as what Captain Midnight did. But digital doesnt. Stuff like this may have inspired the FCC to pick digital as the way to send tv signals.
spunker88 2 years ago
so if i wanted to hijack WPXI in Pittsburgh i would have to travel back to 1987 or something like that
RuneScapeNetwork1 2 years ago 3
The Oliver Wendell Holmes hijacking in "Bloom County" was far better. At least he wore a Cobra Commander mask and addressed his dad.
DuckRadioLccc 2 years ago
Now I want to see the story about white-collar boxing. Upperclass uppercuts!
eruption257 2 years ago 4
lmao @ the white collar boxing. fucking hilarious.
GhostDog4321 2 years ago 3
You know this precise reason is what makes America great. Regular Americans getting pissed and doing something about it. I'd do it. HBO CINEMAX SHOWTIME all went "scrambled" on their satellite broadcasts and wanted the same price or more than what cable subscribers paid, but satellite dish owners had to buy the descrambling equipment as well (sometimes costing hundreds of dollars) along with the cost of buying and maintaining their dishes. Thank God that's over...fuckers.
ezyrydr2000rs 2 years ago 5
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Bullshit. Let the market decide, not hacker assholes.
MrExnihilo 2 years ago
Those were the days........
CM85
CaptainMidnight85 2 years ago 6
on the jab training bahaha
b0lly 2 years ago
херня какаято
DINAMIX777 2 years ago
"Captain Bullshit" huh? OK, you try and deal with our government.
Oh... thats right... I forgot where you're at.
CaptainMidnight85 2 years ago
uperclass, uppercutsss
nikorble2 2 years ago
What a stupid message. He should have done something funnier.
Samoriah 2 years ago
He did get caught. He owned a satellite dish store. There are two who didn't get caught as far as I know. The first in 1977, claiming to be an alien and demanding the disarmament of all nuclear weapons and asking us to prepare for the coming of a new age. the second was the "Max Headroom incident". Nobody was ever caught for either one.
TwinsnMountainMovers 2 years ago
Would that alien one happen to be on YouTube anywhere?
Trey2148 2 years ago
Yeah, it took me a minute to track it down, but just search "extraterrestrial message 1977" on youtube. I wouldn't take it too seriously (as far as the content of the message goes, because if they really were who they claim to be then the audio would be better and you would think they might use some video-and contact the whole world lol), but either way it is a cool pirate broadcast.
TwinsnMountainMovers 2 years ago
I found it.
Honestly didn't take long, amd it wasn't as interesting as the Max Headroom pirate was.
Trey2148 2 years ago
he didnt have large satelite he is an alien! O=
Byarukaizu659 2 years ago
and also someone should hack into whatever channel is showing obomas inaurgation and that would be perfect...... MUAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA HA *cough* *cough*
lol.
madfighter3 3 years ago
i think captain midnight should come back and do the same thing to cinemax next......
madfighter3 3 years ago
"upper class upper cuts...you stay classy San Diego"
MrPibb71 3 years ago 4
What a glorious story. Long Live Captain Midnight!
psychoamorphous 3 years ago 8
White Collar Boxing? Holy shit!
Pinwormx 3 years ago 2
haha Captain Midnight is my hero thats right brother he sure told them hbo was the first now we all have to pay so much to watch this crappy damn channels Captain Midnight WE NEED U!!!!!!!!!
leeroy956 3 years ago 2
HACKERS! lol
mexicanerd 3 years ago
It just so happens that HBO movies are controlled by Gibson supercomputers. :P
I FOUND TEH GARBAGE FILE LET'S SAVE THE WORLD
donottakethisname 3 years ago 2
nice.
pipermike 3 years ago
Haha, Captain Midnight definitely pwned HBO
monicannabella 3 years ago
Im laughing
MajorasMaskPro 3 years ago
RIP Mr. Jennings...I was but a little baby when this happened.
DodgerOfZion 3 years ago
wow that is awsome
puertoirish 3 years ago 4
Captain Midnight was on the Tex-OK border?
nomadcowatbk 3 years ago 2
I think he was physically doing it from Ocala, Florida.
But maybe he was transmitting from the Tx-Ok. border
33388665599 3 years ago
if i could do that, i would. in a second. oh, the propaganda i would spread....
PrinceTogari 3 years ago 2
lol
winokur89 3 years ago
Long live propaganda.
jag824xx 3 years ago 6
Long live the new Flesh!
robmuadib 3 years ago 7
robmuadib (2 weeks ago)
"Long live the new Flesh!"
Hehe. Cronenberg probably was impressed!
saturn54321 3 years ago 2
RIP Peter Jennings
Pigtard 3 years ago 5
it was done by a guy who worked in a studio, after closing he was bored so he decided to do this for fun. look it up on wikipedia. they are useful for SOME things.
HotDogMilk 3 years ago
Not quite...he worked as a satellite operator/dealer and was angered by HBO's recent decision to start charging dish owners for recieving their programming, which he feared would cut into his business (hence the "$12.95 month/No way!" line).
WhatsAYak 3 years ago
Woohoo! Go Captain Midnight!
EtaNett 3 years ago 6
too bad you can't do that these days
gnithe 3 years ago 7
gnithe go fuck yourself
SavagetheHedgehog 3 years ago
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SavagetheHedgehog 2 years ago
12.95 a month for hbo is nothing today. Now its like 40 bucks.
rekhjerh 3 years ago
i only pay 12.95 a month and i have direct tv
dougkeno 3 years ago
holy god...all the way back in 87 they were trying to scare the shit out of us over nothing
brabon 3 years ago 4
Kudos to whoever put that message up. i wouldnt pay 12.50 to see a movie on HBO.
BivMan101 3 years ago 6
Me either, and that's in '08 dollars!
jularlmin313 3 years ago 5
Hey "Used Cars" !! Funny movie!!
dlnorton3001 3 years ago
My dad remembers this happening - I asked him about it last year.
I wonder if anyone actually caught this on tape while that movie was airing on that night? Weird stuff!
AllisonTheSNLGuru 3 years ago
I was in 7th grade when it happened. My Dad had been taping it, but got annoyed by the message and rewound it to the beginning. (And it was taped over eventually.) It was on late and I was probably in bed by then. :) I had never seen the actual test pattern message, until just deciding to look it up on Google. I never realized it was an east coast back - for some reason I thought just our local cable company was hit. (Upstate NY)
smithbe40 3 years ago
I live in South Jersey, but I was living in Central Jersey at the time, and was about four years old, so I don't remember it, but it definitely harkens back to the Max Headroom incident, though this was prior to that - my mom says she remember a "specific Max Headroom incident," but I was just telling her about it.
It's amazing how slow the programmers were at reacting to this incident, but it does make for a great historical, if not infamous, TV moment of the '80s.
AllisonTheSNLGuru 3 years ago
John R. MacDougall, a satellite TV dealer in Ocala, Florida, was working at Central Florida Teleport, a company that uplinks services to satellites. At the end of his shift, he swung the dish back in to its storage position, pointing directly upward which happened to be the location of Galaxy 1. MacDougall was charged and plea bargained a $5,000 fine and was placed on one year's probation. MacDougall now owns MacDougall Electronics, a satellite dish dealership, in Ocala, Florida.
Treknologist 3 years ago 6
I remember back in the 80's hearing about this as a kid. I thought it was kind of interesting how one guy with a satellite dish and some equipment could completely override HBO's signal. I think the guy ended up getting busted and several some federal prison time too. I think maybe someone he worked with ratted him out to the FCC or something. There was also a guy that did something like this to The Playboy Channel's signal shortly after this incident.
ku4uv 3 years ago 5
The aliens did it !
trice702 3 years ago
way to go buddy
jellybratbert 3 years ago 5
Probably some ham radio operator, or a disgruntled former employee. 1980s terrorism!
chrisz71 3 years ago
Can you upload this captian midnight incident without being on the news?
winerrs 3 years ago 6
I'm still waiting for the day someone in a Guy Fawkes mask cuts in on a broadcast from one of our State of the Union addresses.
SAc0balt 3 years ago 7
same here
tHeSaCrIfIsT 3 years ago
he made his point though. and how. it was up their asses!
Fallconn2 3 years ago 5
Bank account thieves have had a great decoder for years: they walk in with a gun.
But for reals...identity theft is pretty much the equivalent of what they were worried about in this story.
ReturnofRetroBoy 3 years ago
banks with their financial transactions? great idea
itsforthelulz 3 years ago
And whoever it was never got caught, OWNED.
I think I would have done something a little more elaborite with the hack tho.
fIXjACK008 3 years ago
He DID got caught. John R. MacDougall was his named, paid 5 thousand dollars and had 1 year probation.
ricarleite 3 years ago 3
wow, if he did that now theyd call him a terrorist and give him 20 years in prison.
fIXjACK008 3 years ago 10
good on him for jamming the propaganda machine :)
jmm1233 3 years ago 9