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WHAT WAS CLAIMEDNASA has admitted the earth is flat in several documents.OUR VERDICTFalse. The post misinterprets common aeronautical flight calculation methodologies.AAP FACTCHECK – NASA has not admitted that the earth is flat in official documents, despite online claims. A Facebook user, who …
Read MoreWHAT WAS CLAIMEDTropical Cyclone Alfred has been artificially created using HAARP or chemtrails.OUR VERDICTFalse. These phenomena have no effect on the weather.AAP FACTCHECK – As Cyclone Alfred threatens millions of people in two Australian states, false claims that humans created the storm are …
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WHAT WAS CLAIMEDAn Australian TV presenter has said we’re being slowly poisoned by aircraft “chemtrails”.OUR VERDICTFalse. Footage has been edited to misrepresent what was being said.AAP FACTCHECK – A clip from a current affairs talk show has been manipulated to make it appear as if the presenter …
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AAP FACTCHECK – Social media users are spreading untrue and unsourced claims that Australian “officials” have warned billions are going to die from “turbo cancers” linked to COVID-19 vaccines. A December 11 article posted on The People’s Voice website with the headline “Australia: ‘Turbo Cancer to …
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AAP FACTCHECK – Unusual tubular clouds stretching across Sydney skies earlier this week were human-made “chemtrails” designed to poison humans or change the weather, according to some social media users. This is false. Experts told AAP FactCheck they were not created by humans, but were naturally …
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A supposed tabloid article has revealed the US Congress will vote on legislation to criminalise questioning of the September 11 terrorist attacks. This is false. There’s no such bill on the Congress database and the newspaper article is a spoof. Social media posts making the claim state: “With …
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A meme orbiting on social media claims newspaper photos of the 1969 moon landing could not have been published so quickly, in yet another attempt to suggest the mission was faked. The meme (archived here) claims that photos of the landing appeared in newspapers on the day Neil Armstrong set foot on …
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The Titan submersible disaster is being used to sow doubt about US President Richard Nixon’s famous 1969 telephone call to astronauts on the Moon. This is misleading. The late president didn’t make a direct landline call to Apollo 11, and experts told AAP FactCheck that submarines are much harder …
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Some social media users are claiming the long, white clouds left behind by aeroplanes are ‘chemtrails’ being sprayed into the air as part of a plot to poison humans or change the weather. Those claims are false. The clouds are condensation trails, also called contrails, formed when water vapour …
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A meme posted on a New Zealand Facebook group’s page claims camps were created for unvaccinated people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The meme, posted by the South Island Independence Movement, doesn’t specify if the claim relates directly to New Zealand or elsewhere. Either way the claim is false. …
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