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CatfishOHanlon ago

Baumgartner's alleged 96,640 foot drop in July 2012 was unconvincing, while inconsistencies re his alleged 128,100 foot jump on Oct. 14, 2012, did not look any better.

When he steps off the capsule it never moves and when he falls away it retains the same position relative to him, surely when his weight left the craft it should have immediately shot up higher.

The capsule remained stable in the straight up and down position the whole time, while there would normally have been movement, the Red Bull ppl say the balloon was released and that the capsule came down under a parachute of its own ..

There were at least two cameras mounted on the outside of the capsule and one more inside, there were no panoramic shots at high altitude from the on board cameras that showed the balloon and the capsule.

The part that showed him stepping off could as easily have been made in a blue studio, furthermore the capsule detaching from the balloon and parachuting to Earth would have provided additional spectacle, that no video producer worth his salt would have omitted if the event were genuine!