On Jan. 28, 1986, Jack Moss was 80 miles away from the launch of the Challenger, and waiting to film it on his new home video camera (I don’t think the word “camcorder” had been popularized yet — heck, the devices were pretty rare back then).
This is what he saw:
Then, not really thinking that he had perhaps the only amateur film of the incident, Moss packed it away in his basement. His pastor uncovered it after Moss died:
“It took a while to find someone with an old Betamax video player, then I had to watch four hours of gameshows and sitcoms from the 1980s, but when I found the Challenger film my reaction was that people really have to see this.”
(From the Guardian, via BB)
Hell of a find. The guy’s commentary is comic gold.
“That dudn’t look right” Perfect. Now let’s see the game shows!