In the early morning hours of April 27, 1986, people in the Eastern half of the U.S. watching The Falcon and the Snowman on HBO found their signal interrupted by a test pattern and a strange text message that said:GOODEVENING HBO
FROM CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT
$12.95/MONTH ?
NO WAY !
[SHOWTIME/MOVIE CHANNEL BEWARE!]
Captain Midnight turned out to be John R. MacDougall, a 25 year old satellite operator from Ocala, Floria, who was upset at HBO's recent price hike. You can read this article to learn more about the incident.