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2024-12-23 03:20:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C39CA0A340CA149796450C3D755B3EC8EA176C6E5F400CCCE3459A0A9801FCF5
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The image shows a phony quote attributed to a supposed military pilot making claims about chemtrails and weather modification. These claims are clearly false. The white trails behind planes are contrails: https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/aircraft-chemtrails-conspiracy-is-long-overdue-for-departure/ https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1t03sn/chemtrails_are_real_former_military_pilot/?rdt=43305 https://carnegiescience.edu/news/%E2%80%9Cchemtrails%E2%80%9D-not-real-say-leading-atmospheric-science-experts https://keith.seas.harvard.edu/chemtrails-conspiracy-theory Contrails are a well-understood meteorological phenomenon: https://www.aerosociety.com/news/chemtrails-debunked https://www.space.com/33763-atmospheric-scientists-debunk-chemtrails-conspiracy-theory.html https://edition.cnn.com/us/chemtrails-conspiracy-theory-explained-cec/index.html https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5117/511766757028/html/
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