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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UFOs Or Bunkers Being Hauled By Trucks -- They're Industrial Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers

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    Does a video show two big trucks hauling UFOs or bunkers over a bridge? No, that's not true: The convoy is carrying large industrial air-cooled heat exchangers, also called cooling fans. These induced draft heat exchangers are marked with a Fin-Fan logo, indicating they were manufactured by Hudson Products Corporation of Beasley, Texas. Fans like these may be used in…

    • Dec 5, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UFOs Or Bunkers Being Hauled By Trucks -- They're Industrial Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers Cooling Fans
  • Fact Check: NO Record 'Matthew's Haberdashery' Seattle Clothing Store Ever Existed -- 'Moving Sale' Ad Uses Images From Mass-Market Internet Retailers

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    Is a high-end Seattle store called "Matthew's Haberdashery" moving to Charlotte, North Carolina and selling Seattle-made men's clothes at a discount in a moving sale? No, that's not true: the store never existed, and the website and Facebook page appeared just 39 days before the moving sale was underway. Lead Stories easily found the exact photos from the Matthew's website…

    • Nov 24, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: NO Record 'Matthew's Haberdashery' Seattle Clothing Store Ever Existed -- 'Moving Sale' Ad Uses Images From Mass-Market Internet Retailers No Such Store
  • Fact Check: Kash Patel And A Dozen Other Prominent Americans Are NOT Paying Off Hundreds Of Thousands In Student Lunch Debt -- It's Web Traffic-Baiting 'Viet Spam'

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    Did prominent Americans like Elon Musk, Caitlin Clark, Stephen Colbert, and Joy Behar each pay down $667,000 of schoolkids' lunchroom debts? No, there's no evidence that's true: In the case of FBI Director Kash Patel, the gift was inflated to $979,000, which would be more than five times his FBI salary.The posts making the claims include no evidence by which…

    • Nov 17, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Kash Patel And A Dozen Other Prominent Americans Are NOT Paying Off Hundreds Of Thousands In Student Lunch Debt -- It's Web Traffic-Baiting 'Viet Spam' Scam Bait
  • Fact Check: Trump Reading 'State Your Name' Was NOT A Gaffe While Swearing In U.S. Military Enlistees -- It's How It's Done

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    Did Donald Trump mistakenly read "state your name" instead of using his own name while swearing in newly enlisted U.S. troops during the half-time of a Washington Commanders - Detroit Lions game? No, that's not true: Prompting "state your name" is how the officiating officer does it, reminding oath takers to say their name aloud as they repeat the oath…

    • Nov 10, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Trump Reading 'State Your Name' Was NOT A Gaffe While Swearing In U.S. Military Enlistees -- It's How It's Done It's A Script
  • Fact Check: Video Of Smiling Riot Policeman Pepper Spraying Woman With Shaved Head Is NOT Real -- It's From A 'Sora' Account That Features Text-To-Video AI Clips

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    Does a real video show a body-armor-wearing riot policeman smiling as he pepper-sprays a woman confronting him at a protest? No, that's not true: The video is labeled "Sora" with watermarks indicating it was created using OpenAI's text-to-video app. It originated on an account devoted to improbable wild animal videos, also labeled as Sora productions. Sora creates fake but "hyperreal"…

    • Nov 4, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Video Of Smiling Riot Policeman Pepper Spraying Woman With Shaved Head Is NOT Real -- It's From A 'Sora' Account That Features Text-To-Video AI Clips Sora Product
  • Fact Check: Dapper Man Photographed Near Paris Louvre Is NOT A French Detective Working Case Of Stolen Crown Jewels -- A Member Of The Public

    Fact Check

    Does a photo show a well-dressed French detective working the case of the Crown Jewels stolen from the Louvre? No, that's not true: The original poster later said it was a "fantasy version" she did not regret posting. There is no indication that this man is a detective working this case. The viral photo, and one other from the same…

    • Oct 23, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Dapper Man Photographed Near Paris Louvre Is NOT A French Detective Working Case Of Stolen Crown Jewels -- A Member Of The Public Passerby
  • Fact Check: Bryan Kohberger's Sister Did NOT Write A Book About The Idaho 4 Murders -- Amazon Removes Title

    Fact Check

    Did convicted killer Bryan Kohberger's sister, Melissa Kohberger, write a book about his murder of University of Idaho students that is for sale on Amazon? No, that's not true: The attorney for the Kohberger family told Lead Stories that Melissa Kohberger has not published anything relevant to her brother's case. Amazon told Lead Stories the book has been removed for…

    • Oct 23, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Bryan Kohberger's Sister Did NOT Write A Book About The Idaho 4 Murders -- Amazon Removes Title Not Sister
  • Fact Check: No Evidence Secret Service Agent Standing With Donald Trump After Butler Shooting Was Standing With Charlie Kirk When Shot

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    Was a Secret Service agent standing with Donald Trump after he was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024, also standing close to Charlie Kirk when he was fatally shot in Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025? No, that's not true: The male Secret Service agent holding Trump's left arm as Trump raised his right fist in the air…

    • Sep 11, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: No Evidence Secret Service Agent Standing With Donald Trump After Butler Shooting Was Standing With Charlie Kirk When Shot Not That Guy
  • Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Sign A Law Eliminating Income Taxes On Anyone Earning Less Than $120,000

    Fact Check

    Did President Trump sign into law an income tax exemption for families making less than $120,000? No, that's not true: No such exemption has passed the U.S. House and Senate. There is no such exemption on the official list of laws signed by Trump. The claim appeared in a September 4, 2025 TikTok video (archived here) published by the AppalachianQueen5…

    • Sep 8, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Sign A Law Eliminating Income Taxes On Anyone Earning Less Than $120,000 No Such Break
  • Fact Check: 'Metal Sky Man' Was NOT Spotted In The Clouds Above Utah On August 11, 2025 -- Ripped From Footage Posted In July

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    Does footage labeled "The Metal Sky Man Utah: 8/11/25" document the sighting of some unexplained thing in the clouds? No, that's not true: This is not a real video; it's a still image to which audio, camera shake, and zoom effects were added. The image was taken from a video that has been online since at least July 25, 2025.…

    • Aug 15, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 'Metal Sky Man' Was NOT Spotted In The Clouds Above Utah On August 11, 2025 -- Ripped From Footage Posted In July Recycled Clip
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