How did David Copperfield make the Statue of Liberty disappear?
While David Copperfield has not ever admitted how he made the statue of liberty disappear on live television in 1983, there is one plausible theory. The audience and cameras were situated on one stage with a specific viewing angle, peripheral and back sides to the front were completely blocked only allowing the viewers to see what was directly in front of them. The statue was shown, most likely the real one, and then the curtains were dropped hiding the process. When the curtains were raised after a bit of time, the statue was gone, only open sea behind it. It is theorized that the stage was imperceptibly rotated while the curtains were drawn and the lights of the statue were turned off while another set of deceptive lights were turned on, lighting the area where the audience assumed the statue was supposed to be, but actually the statue never moved or disappeared at all, it was merely dark and out of view. This is just a theory though.
