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  • Fact Check: U.S. Navy Did NOT "Admit" The Earth Was Flat Or Claim The HELIOS Laser System Had A Range Of A Hundred Miles -- These Are Misrepresentations

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    Did the U.S. Navy admit that the Earth is flat in "their defense magazine", by claiming that a Navy laser weapon can shoot down cruise missiles from 100 miles away? No, that's not true on several counts: The Navy said no such thing. A short video clip circulating on social media has sensationalized points made by Pastor Dean Odle during…

    • Sep 3, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: U.S. Navy Did NOT "Admit" The Earth Was Flat Or Claim The HELIOS Laser System Had A Range Of A Hundred Miles -- These Are Misrepresentations Earth Is Round
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Discuss 'Blue Roof Theory' Conspiracy In 2020 Joe Rogan Podcast

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    Did Elon Musk discuss communities "putting up blue tarps all over the roofs" in an effort to defend against lasers setting fires in a podcast interview with Joe Rogan, as suggested by a video on Instagram? No, that's not true: The clip added altered video and audio to a real 2020 interview, including AI-generated imagery, to make it seem Musk…

    • Dec 26, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Discuss 'Blue Roof Theory' Conspiracy In 2020 Joe Rogan Podcast Altered Video
  • Fact Check: NEXRAD, Doppler, HAARP Did NOT Push Hurricane Helene Up East Coast With Weather Control

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    Was Hurricane Helene pushed "up the east coast" with purported weather modification systems such as NEXRAD, Doppler and HAARP? No, that's not true: An expert at the government's Air Resources Laboratory told Lead Stories that neither HAARP nor NEXRAD -- a network of high-resolution Doppler weather radars -- can "create, destroy, modify, intensify, or steer hurricanes in any way, shape,…

    • Sep 30, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: NEXRAD, Doppler, HAARP Did NOT Push Hurricane Helene Up East Coast With Weather Control Bird Migration
  • Fact Check: Special Forces Did NOT Destroy 'DEW' Plane

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    Did U.S. Special Forces destroy a DEW, which stands for directed energy weapon, plane? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories the story is "false." The website that made the claim regularly publishes completely fabricated content. The claim appeared in an article published by Real Raw News on March 10, 2024, titled "Special Forces Destroy DEW…

    • Mar 13, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Special Forces Did NOT Destroy 'DEW' Plane Pentagon: Nope
  • Fact Check: Cape Coral Residents NOT Painting Roofs BLUE For Laser Protection -- Blue Tarps Covered Roofs After Hurricane Ian

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    Did residents of Cape Coral, Florida, take to painting their roofs blue following numerous sightings of planes utilizing "Green Laser Technology," as claimed in a post circulating on social media? No, that's not true: The satellite imagery of Cape Coral, Florida, in the post dates back to a period after September 29, 2022, when Hurricane Ian impacted the area. Through…

    • Mar 6, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Cape Coral Residents NOT Painting Roofs BLUE For Laser Protection -- Blue Tarps Covered Roofs After Hurricane Ian  Storm Damaged
  • Fact Check: 'Right Roof' On Unburned Texas Homes Was NOT Biden's Reference To 'Blue Roof' Conspiracy But To Fire-Resistant Roofing

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    Did Joe Biden let slip that there is a "right roof" with a certain color that will protect a home from being destroyed by lasers or directed energy weapons during wildfires as some conspiracists suggest? No, that's not true: In a video clip of Joe Biden speaking in Brownsville, Texas, he does say how in the aftermath of a wildfire…

    • Mar 4, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 'Right Roof' On Unburned Texas Homes Was NOT Biden's Reference To 'Blue Roof' Conspiracy But To Fire-Resistant Roofing Fire-Resistant
  • Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Show 'Green Laser ... Directed Energy Weapon' Igniting Texas 2024 Wildfire -- Fake and Outdated Video

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    Does a viral video of a "green laser" authentically show a beam igniting a Texas wildfire that started in late February 2024? No, that's not true: The clip was posted two months before the blaze. It was first published in a social media account of a person describing themselves as a "video creator" who made no references to Texas…

    • Mar 4, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Show 'Green Laser ... Directed Energy Weapon' Igniting Texas 2024 Wildfire -- Fake and Outdated Video Old Video
  • Fact Check: Demo Video And Blue Objects Do NOT Prove A Laser Caused Hawaii's Maui Fires

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    Do an unburned blue car and beach umbrella seen in a social-media video about the August 2023 wildfire that ravaged the town of Lahaina on Hawaii's island of Maui prove that lasers caused the blaze since the color blue can resist lasers? No, that's not true: The video that touted this widespread claim was marked "For entertainment only." Two additional…

    • Sep 11, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Demo Video And Blue Objects Do NOT Prove A Laser Caused Hawaii's Maui Fires Blue Burns
  • Fact Check: Hurricane Dora DID Affect Winds During Maui Wildfires, Even Though It Was Hundreds Of Miles Away

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    Was Hurricane Dora, which passed nearly 500 miles south of Hawaii, too far away to fan the deadly wildfires that killed scores of people on Maui in early August 2023? No, that's not true: The flames that raced across western Maui were driven by a combination of a high-pressure system to the north and Dora, a low-pressure system, to the…

    • Aug 22, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
     Fact Check: Hurricane Dora DID Affect Winds During Maui Wildfires, Even Though It Was Hundreds Of Miles Away Made Stronger
  • Fact Check: Maui Wildfires Are NOT Linked To Green Lasers Recorded Over Mauna Kea, Hawaii, On January 28, 2023

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    Is there a link between the wildfires that burned on Maui, Hawaii, on August 8, 2023, and a sighting of green lights seen on a January 28, 2023, livestream from the Subaru Telescope on top of Mount Mauna Kea, on the "Big Island" of Hawaii? No, that's not true: While a green laser was sighted for a few seconds from…

    • Aug 22, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Maui Wildfires Are NOT Linked To Green Lasers Recorded Over Mauna Kea, Hawaii, On January 28, 2023 January Sight
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