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2023-08-02 10:32:42 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

This video features orbs purportedly forming a crop circle, but it's actually part of a hoax, confessed by the creator on National Geographic's "Crop Circle Mystery" program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pDmrWwPhpg The crop circle featured was created in a field near Oliver's Castle in Wiltshire, England, in 1996.

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• This video features orbs purportedly forming a crop circle, but it's actually part of a hoax, confessed by the creator on National Geographic's "Crop Circle Mystery" program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pDmrWwPhpg The crop circle featured was created in a field near Oliver's Castle in Wiltshire, England, in 1996.