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A directed-energy weapon (DEW) uses focused energy, rather than physical projectiles, to damage or destroy targets.
It’s yet to be determined what exactly ignited the ferocious wildfires that ravaged Maui and destroyed much of the historic town of Lahaina last week, but online conspiracy theorists have plenty of thoughts about how — and why — the deadliest fires in Hawaii’s history were started. Conditions were …
Read MoreClaim: A book describing the Maui, Hawaii, fires of August 2023 was published before they started. Context A book “Fire and Fury: The Story of the 2023 Maui Fire and its Implications for Climate Change” was published on Aug. 10, 2023, two days after the wildfires broke out in Maui, Hawaii. On Aug. …
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Fires were still burning on Maui when the conspiracy theories started to surface. Mislabeled videos and images spread across social media as users called into question the origins of the fires, which have killed more than 99 people and destroyed over 2,200 buildings. One leading theory falsely …
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Claim: An episode of the animated series “The Simpsons” predicted the use of a “directed energy weapon.” Context In the 2016 “Simpsons” episode entitled “Monty Burns’ Fleeing Circus,” a newly erected chrome statue in downtown Springfield unexpectedly reflects the sun’s rays in a focused beam …
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Theories have been spreading online that the fires that have devastated Maui were allegedly started “too suddenly” and “burned too harshly” to be a regular wildfire, as reported on The Expose earlier today (source). From videos circulating showing strikes coming from the sky and witness accounts …
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EPABy Shayan Sardarizadeh and Mike WendlingBBC Verify and BBC NewsFalse claims about the deadly wildfires in Hawaii – including that shadowy forces orchestrated the disaster with a laser beam – have gained traction online.The misleading posts come from a variety of sources and accounts, but …
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Claim: A viral video showed a directed energy weapon attack on Maui in August 2023. A conspiracy theory that went viral during the Maui wildfires in August 2023 that devastated parts of the Hawaiian island and killed at least 90 people posited that the fires were purposely started using directed …
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If you search Twitter for information about the fires in Hawaii that have killed at least 67 people, you’re likely to find some wild conspiracy theories. In fact, a number of different verified accounts on Twitter, now officially known as X, insist space lasers are actually creating the fires in …
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The devastating wildfires in Hawaii have brought a new conspiracy theory from climate change deniers who suggest that the destruction was orchestrated by the federal government’s directed energy weapons (DEW).Social media users are circulating photos of light beams and lasers that they claim were …
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Social media users are claiming lasers started the deadly wildfires that scorched a historic town in the US state of Hawaii in August 2023. But various images shared online are from other events, and there is no evidence that directed energy weapons are to blame for the flames; the National Weather …
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