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TwilightZone

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7. It's fake. The funny thing, though...

Reply to SleeplessinSoCal (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 09:02 PM

Mar 2024

is that right below the story is an article about how to tell science from pseudoscience.

Oh, the irony.

All of the pics in the plane story are stock photos. That's usually a pretty good tell.

Edit: it might have been inspired by this story from 2013:

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE9690EG/

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How can I fact check this article? [View all] SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2024 OP

Is it Captain America? he wonders. nt werdna Mar 2024 #1

Nope! SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2024 #2

"A Hoax". SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2024 #3

I'm not getting good vibes from this site - and I read a lot of science journals. erronis Mar 2024 #4

I kept thinking "could this be turned into a movie?" SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2024 #5

The Thing JoseBalow Mar 2024 #6

It's fake. The funny thing, though... TwilightZone Mar 2024 #7

A story about finding the plane, identifying it, Warpy Mar 2024 #8

I kept going, doubting it every step of the way. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2024 #9

Some people love nonsense Warpy Mar 2024 #10

I was grabbed by the image of melting glacier revealing plane. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2024 #11

That stuff does happen, although rarely Warpy Mar 2024 #12