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The photo shows a natural optical illusion captured in Epirus, Greece.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The biggest solar flare in six years had recently caused a solar storm.
Publisher’s rating: False
An illuminated swirl over the skies of Iceland!!Alien Invasion?
Publisher’s rating: Missing Context
The review says the illuminated swirl photographed near Akureyri, Iceland, on March 5 was caused by frozen fuel released from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage, not alien activity. It reports that the rocket launched on March 4 as part of the Transport-10 mission and describes the display as a “SpaceX spiral.”
The vibrant pink colour of Lake Hillier in Australia remains a scientific enigma !
Publisher’s rating: Missing Context
That the path of a total solar eclipse on April 8 will pass through eight cities named Nineveh.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE: The path of totality only passes over two cities named Nineveh and claims that this is a sign of the apocalypse are not based in logic.
Este video en el que se ve en un espejo el reflejo de un bebé que mira fijamente al frente, cuando en realidad se está girando hacia una persona que le habla, muestra un fallo en el espejo o un fenómeno paranormal.
Publisher’s rating: Falso / Manipulado
This series of images show the closest pictures of the sun taken by ISRO’s Aditya L1.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the images were found online before Aditya L1 launched, including on a forum post with a watermark dated 13 March 2010. It concludes that they were not captured by Aditya L1.
The photo depicts a 21 billion-year-old drone that was unearthed in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Deze beelden bewijzen dat er een koepel vol water rond de aarde ligt.
Publisher’s rating: Onwaar
සත්ත්වයින් අතර සහජීවනය යන තේමාවෙන් හුවමාරු වූ ඡායාරූපයේ පසුබිම් කතාව!
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review says the animal photo was a composite, not a scene of all the animals gathered at the same time. It reports that photographer Yannick Tissera combined trail-camera images taken on different days using focus or layer stacking. [S1]
Viral video displays a deceased dragon discovered in Nagaland
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review found that the dragon in the viral video was a prop created by artist Juan Villa Herrero for the Spanish television show Cuarto Milenio, not a deceased dragon discovered in Nagaland. It reports that Herrero confirmed the dragon was his creation.
A solar superstorm has caused a shutdown of communication signals in Australia.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
WikiLeaks released the footage of moon landing scenes filmed in the Nevada DesertF
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that searches of WikiLeaks’ website and social media found no such release. It says the circulating video combines genuine Apollo footage with behind-the-scenes clips from the film *Capricorn One*.
Cette vidéo montre un alunissage avec la Lune en arrière-plan.
Publisher’s rating: Non, la vidéo fait partie d'une animation produite par la société aérospatiale américaine Intuitive Machines, à l'origine de l'envoi de la sonde Odysseus sur la Lune. Le clip a été diffusé sur la chaîne YouTube de la société en février 2022, soit deux ans avant la pose de la sonde. En arrière-plan se trouve la Terre, observable depuis la Lune.
The clip is from an animated mission video released by Intuitive Machines in February 2022, not footage of Odysseus’s landing. The object in the background is Earth, visible from the Moon.
Live beelden van een maanlanding tonen de maan op de achtergrond.
Publisher’s rating: De foto toont helemaal niets, want ze is allereerst geen echt beeld, maar een oudere animatie van een maanlanding. Daarbovenop is er in het echt vanaf de maan wel degelijk iets maanvormigs te zien, namelijk: de aarde.
The review says the image shared as live footage was an older animation used for illustration, not a real view of a lunar landing. It adds that the moon-shaped object shown in the animation likely represents Earth, which is visible from the Moon.
ఐరోపాలోని నార్వేలోని E-69 హైవే ప్రదేశంలో భూమి ఆకాశం కలుస్తాయి
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Après un vol stratosphérique en 1931, le physicien suisse Auguste Piccard a déclaré que la Terre ressemblait à une soucoupe, dont les bords étaient recourbés vers le haut.
Publisher’s rating: Auguste Piccard n'a pas affirmé cela. En réalité, il n'a jamais mis en doute le fait que la Terre soit une sphère.
The review finds that Piccard did not make the claimed statement and did not doubt that Earth is spherical. The saucer-like description appeared in a 1931 Popular Science article as the author’s wording, not as a quotation attributed to Piccard.
「神武天皇と今上天皇は全く同じY染色体」と科学雑誌が立証
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
The Japan Fact Check Center reports that Newton’s publisher said it had not published an article discussing the Y chromosomes of Emperor Jinmu and the current emperor. The Imperial Household Agency said it was unaware of any comparison between them; the review also notes that the claim’s originator did not respond to inquiries.
Lake Samsara, one of the lakes of the tropical sources of the Nile, is located in the isolated tropical area of Karanji. Recently, a strange fish was discovered that resembled a human face! This has baffled and amazed aquatic research scientists
Publisher’s rating: fake
contrails lasting longer than a minute are chemtrails
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Research in related reporting explains that ordinary contrails form when aircraft exhaust meets cold, humid air. It says they can persist for hours under ice-supersaturated conditions, rather than treating persistence as evidence of chemtrails.