Certainly it would have been more believable back then, I can definitely see that. If someone today was watching this for the first time and they believe it, they can be convinced of almost anything.
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Agreed. But today's most recent version was the India 'landing' which frankly is the same thing in today's era and arguably much funnier than this one. Still believed of course by the majority.
Great point. It’s definitely a religion to the believers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68125589 Seems that Japan is at it too.