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Internet culture & public spectacle · 31 January 2007Open article references →
The Boston Mooninite Bomb Scare
Boston metropolitan guerrilla-marketing response area · United States
Why editors use it hereReferenced overview of the marketing campaign, police response, disruption, arrests, and settlement.
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On 31 January 2007, Boston authorities treated battery-powered LED signs promoting the television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force as possible bombs.
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Trigger and conditions
A transit passenger reported an object near a station, and police found similar devices beneath bridges and around critical routes.
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Uncertainty
The objects were not hoax bombs in the sense of containing a false threat message; they were unauthorized advertisements that looked suspicious to some observers.
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Why it matters
The episode is funny only because the devices were harmless.
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