Fake Chinese Rocket Images Go Viral
The Claim
Visuals depict the Chinese rocket in India, Palestine, and Iraq.
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Social media users are circulating a collection of photos and videos, claiming that they show the Chinese rocket falling in India, killing thousands. Other users shared videos claiming it shows the Chinese rocket in Palestine and Iraq Skies.
Misbar’s Analysis
None of the images circulating are related to the Chinese rocket. The viral photo belongs to fires that occurred in previous years in different countries. Also, there were no victims from the Chinese rocket.
The photo users alleged to be in India was found on Getty Images depicting fires in Kuwait in April 2012.
This image published on the Lehighvalleylive website on April 27, 2011, was found in an article reporting an explosion at the former Spectra Gas facility in Alpha, New Jersey.
This photo from India shows a fire in the slums of Noida in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
This video shows a fiery meteor that illuminates the atmosphere of several Iraqi provinces, including the capital, Baghdad—definitely not related in any way to the Chinese rocket.
The video above initially shows the Chinese CZ-5B Rocket at sea dusk on May 4, 2021.
The spread of these visuals corresponds with media reports about the possibility that a Chinese rocket launched into space last Thursday.
