Mythbusters: Does Obama have Jet Pride?

Mythbusters, the Discovery Channel popular science program that uses the scientific method to test rumors, movie scenes and internet stories has sparked an Alameda myth of its own.


President Obama with Mythbusters' stars Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman.

This above image with President Obama holding an Encinal Jets sweater sparked a Facebook debate on a number of alumni pages with the general perception that the image was photoshopped.

That myth is busted. It turns out the image is real.

The Mythbusters visited the White House as a part of the administrations new "Education to Innovate" initiative.

To test the theory, the West End Times tracked down the The Mythbusters Twitter feed post that read "The shirt that Jamie gave President Obama at the #STEM policy speech was from one of his local schools.."

This should be no surprise, considering the number of times the show has been filmed in Alameda, the past Encinal Mythbusters Fundraiser with the Mythbusters hosts and co-star Jamie Hyneman's marriage to Encinal High science teacher Eileen Walsh.

Obama even gave the two a shout out in his speech.

"I hope you guys left the explosives at home," Obama joked. They did.

The full video is below: