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2025-03-12 12:47:58 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DC6C134176D35BA74F77323074F3BC12820E8B786D9A6EEED43AC1CD32DD1D2D
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The image and claim about a “former pilot exposing poisons being sprayed daily in our skies” reference the long-debunked conspiracy theory of “chemtrails”: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/apr/10/facebook-posts/chemtrails-didnt-cover-sky-during-solar-eclipse-th/ https://www.aerosociety.com/news/chemtrails-debunked/ https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-62240071 Persistent contrails form under specific atmospheric conditions, such as high humidity: https://www.spartan.edu/news/trails-in-the-sky-all-about-contrails/ https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/24/9219/2024/ https://www.globe.gov/web/s-cool/home/observation-and-reporting/contrails/the-science-of-contrails
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