Misleading: UFO Visuals in Kerch

Olawale Ameen

News

11th June 2021

Photos and video shared have been circulating since 2019 (Screenshot).

The Claim

UFOs were spotted at Kerch.

News posted on

Emerging story

A Facebook page, Mystery on the World, recently shared a story saying that residents of the Crimean region of Kerch filmed some unidentified flying objects in the sky.

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Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar’s analysis of the post and story from News Port reveals that the photos and video shared have circulated since 2019. A reverse image search revealed the image was first published by this Russian site in 2019, although it has now been deleted. Also, the picture, video, and story were first published by Blitz.bg, another Russian platform, on August 26, 2019, which referenced Daily Star as its source.

Crimea is located south of the Ukrainian region of Kherson, which it connects via the Isthmus of Perekop, and west of the Russian region of Kuban, and the Strait of Kerch separates it. However, the Crimean bridge links it up. Russia annexed it in 2014.

There have been a few reports of UFOs being spotted across the world, as reported by Statista in this report and here, but the story posted by Mystery on the World is misleading even though it attempts to set the record straight by pointing out that the sighting indeed occurred ‘a while ago.’