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In Greek mythology, Cassandra is endowed with the gift of prophesy. But Cassandra is also cursed; her prophesies are never to be believed. As former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke writes in “Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes,” modern-day “Cassandras” – experts who …
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Of all the conspiracy theories that litter the Internet, the flat Earth conspiracy is quite possibly the most curious. After all, the ancient Greeks figured out the planet’s shape (and even its circumference) in the third century B.C.But a fringe society founded in the 1950s, dedicated to insisting …
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HARRINGTON, Lincoln County — Come with me on a trip into UFO land, with the believers, the skeptics — and a guy like me. I have never seen a UFO, but I write feature stories, and when you write feature stories, you inevitably veer off into the unconventional. In many ways, a modest manufactured …
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The claim: Video shows Buzz Aldrin admitting the moon landing didn’t happen An Instagram post claims to show astronaut Buzz Aldrin admitting that the famous 1969 moon landing “didn’t happen.” The Oct. 4 post features a video showing an audience member asking Aldrin, who is seated on a stage, what …
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Listen 6 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Here’s the latest installment of a regular feature I’ve been running for several years: lessons from the nonprofit News Literacy Project (NLP), which aims to teach students and the public how to sort fact from fiction in our digital and …
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Did Not Happen Has NASA classified people vaccinated against COVID-19 as “Homo Borg Genesis”? No, that’s not true: This term cannot be found in any of the agency’s publicly available documents, and NASA’s representative told Lead Stories the agency hasn’t changed “the classification of humans.” The …
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Renewed activity from the U.S. military and Pentagon appears to have reenergized fantasies and theories about the presence of life on alien planets. Disclosures from the security agencies about its work to identify what the Pentagon calls “unidentified aerial phenomena” has sparked new claims and …
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It’s been 65 years this week since humans launched the first satellite into orbit with the USSR’s Sputnik. While many astronomy fans are celebrating the anniversary of this huge leap for mankind, others aren’t convinced. Conspiracy theorists have for years claimed that an alien UFO called the …
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Viral rumor rundown No, an elephant seal didn’t wander the streets after Hurricane Ian NO: This video was not captured in Florida during Hurricane Ian in September 2022. YES: This is a genuine video of an elephant seal roaming the streets after being stranded in the seaside town of Puerto Cisnes, …
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Editor’s note: Welcome to the world of “Paranormal PA,” a PennLive series that delves into Pennsylvania-grown stories of spirits; cryptids; oddities and legends; and the unexplained. Watch for more Paranormal PA stories in the coming days and weeks, and sign up here to get our Paranormal PA …
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