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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 01:25 PM Jul 2021

On this day, July 18, 1951, Klaatu and Gort landed on the Ellipse. [View all]

Jul 18th 1951 - Klaatu finds a laundry ticket with this date on the suit he stole #DayTheEarthStoodStill



Sat Jul 18, 2020: On this day, July 18, 1951, Klaatu and Gort landed on the Ellipse.

The timeline for that movie is way out of whack. For that matter, so is the trip that Klaatu and Patricia Neal took to get to Professor Barnhardt's home. The way they take makes no sense.

Early on, we are told it is a beautiful spring day in Washington. Later on in the movie, Mr. Carpenter checks a laundry receipt. There is a date on that receipt. Someone took that information and came up with Klaatu and Gort's landing day.

Take it with a grain of salt.

The Day the Earth Stood Still - timeline

1951

Wednesday 18th July: Klaatu arrives on Earth with Gort and a cautionary message to halt experiments with violence, atomic energy, and space travel. (Washington DC)
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