14. The Flying Saucer Car
In the 1950s, inventors tried to build the first “flying car,” and the result looked like a pancake with headlights. The saucer-shaped contraption could technically hover… for five seconds… three feet off the ground… before spinning out like a frisbee in a wind tunnel.
The U.S. military tested it and quickly decided it was less “futuristic vehicle” and more “death trap.” Still, the public was enchanted. Kids played with toy replicas, and tabloids called it “the future of parking.” Turns out, flying cars were mostly good at crashing dreams.
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