# Need help identifying a logo or symbol **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 24, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620 "2013-04-24T20:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/1 "2013-04-24T20:29:50Z")
I’m trying to identify the logo/symbol below: [http://imageupper.com/i/?S0200010080011H13668348612427326](http://imageupper.com/i/?S0200010080011H13668348612427326) Any ideas? Apologies for my poor art skills! I suspect it may be from a haulage company but can’t confirm this. Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/2 "2013-04-24T20:48:44Z")
I don’t recognize it, but it looks to me like it would be good for a satellite company. That is, one which puts satellites into earth orbit. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/3 "2013-04-24T20:50:41Z")
Well, it made me think of _Challenger_, but let’s not go there. I do have a faint recollection of a logo like this in which the object circling the globe might be a stylized jet. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/4 "2013-04-24T20:54:39Z")
Maybe it’s an old RKO Studios logo. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/5 "2013-04-24T23:19:53Z")
United Network Command for Law Enforcement? [Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/set/7721/) Other than that, I’m thinking Universal Studios, New York Times/World/DailyGlobe,or else a World’s Fair. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/6 "2013-04-24T23:30:00Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > I’m trying to identify the logo/symbol below: > > [Image Upper.com - Free Image Hosting - View Image](http://imageupper.com/i/?S0200010080011H13668348612427326) > > Any ideas? Apologies for my poor art skills! I suspect it may be from a haulage company but can’t confirm this. > > Thanks in advance! Where was it? ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/7 "2013-04-25T02:17:19Z")
Is that an X or a cross? If it’s a cross, it is reminiscent of a missionary/global outreach logo I vaguely recall. Without the swoosh and x it looks like the World Bank logo. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/8 "2013-04-25T03:57:06Z")
Looks like a globe on a stand. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/9 "2013-04-25T05:04:50Z")
Is that ‘X’ supposed to be the solar collectors of a satellite. [Like this?](http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/92334/92334,1202326443,4/stock-vector-vector-globe-with-satellites-around-9210865.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/10 "2013-04-25T05:07:33Z")
Looks to me like a satellite being destroyed…? ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/11 "2013-04-25T06:38:29Z")
Thanks for the answers everyone, and yes it looked like a satellitte to me as well but I don’t think its as exotic as that. > [@Sunspace](#): > > Where was it? I’m from Northern Ireland so its probably a European company. > [@Blkshp](#): > > Is that an X or a cross? If it’s a cross, it is reminiscent of a missionary/global outreach logo I vaguely recall. Without the swoosh and x it looks like the World Bank logo. Its an X, with fairly thick markings as compared to thinner lines in the rest of the logo. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/12 "2013-04-25T09:34:06Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > Thanks for the answers everyone, and yes it looked like a satellitte to me as well but I don’t think its as exotic as that. > > I’m from Northern Ireland so its probably a European company. > > Its an X, with fairly thick markings as compared to thinner lines in the rest of the logo. But where was it? On a piece of paper, the side of a lorry, something else? It looks vaguely familiar to me. Telecoms immediately came to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/13 "2013-04-25T10:22:42Z")
I’ve done Google Image searches for “freight logo”, “cargo logo”, “haulage logo” and “logistics logo”. No exact matches, but I can tell you that logo designers are _really_ short on imagination. I’ve seen more globes with arrows whooshing round them than you’d believe. ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/14 "2013-04-25T14:04:38Z")
The closest that I can find to your sketch are the MissionX logos. [Here](http://trainlikeanastronaut.org/sites/all/themes/mx/logo.png) [and here.](http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/ukspaceagency/images/logos/mission-x-logo-500.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![geneb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@geneb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geneb)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/15 "2013-04-25T14:30:17Z")
Could it have been a logo for the X Games? [Image Search](http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=ArL0S4HGjeyRtYkR8zemjvubvZx4?p=x+games+logo&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-900) ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/16 "2013-04-25T18:42:51Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > But where was it? On a piece of paper, the side of a lorry, something else? It was on a keyfob from a set of keys I found lying on the ground, which made me think it was something to do with haulage/transport. If real life was a movie I’d be running from the authorities/space aliens/The Illuminati right now after accidently stumbling on some vast and overarching conspiracy…but alas… Thanks for the answers everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/17 "2013-04-25T18:56:44Z")
I don’t suppose Starfleet Medical has an office near you?: [http://writeups.org/img/fiche/2350.jpg](http://writeups.org/img/fiche/2350.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/18 "2013-04-25T19:58:10Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I’ve done Google Image searches for “freight logo”, “cargo logo”, “haulage logo” and “logistics logo”. No exact matches, but I can tell you that logo designers are _really_ short on imagination. I’ve seen more globes with arrows whooshing round them than you’d believe. This. I even found a considerable number of stock-image COMPANY NAME HERE ones. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/19 "2013-04-26T01:10:36Z")
Maybe [this one?](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=satellite+logo&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=satellite+logo&sc=5-13&sp=-1&sk=&&id=0DC56A782CC8A952A361322B2CB50B73159C3F98&selectedIndex=54#view=detail&id=0DC56A782CC8A952A361322B2CB50B73159C3F98&selectedIndex=0) ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620/20 "2013-04-26T14:54:37Z")
Instead of trying to draw it, why not just take a photo and post it? At the very least, that could be used for a reverse image search in google. 😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-logo-or-symbol/656620.md?page=2)