Alien Figure in the Dollar Bill Is a Hoax
The Claim
Increasing the contrast on a dollar bill reveals the figure of an alien.
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Social media users recently shared a claim purporting that increasing the contrast on a dollar bill reveals the figure of an alien.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the circulating claim and found it to be fake. The circulating image is altered.
The One Dollar Bill
Misbar’s team compared between the circulating image and authentic images of the U.S. one dollar bill and found that the circulating image is fabricated. The scanned one-dollar bill can be seen below.
A high-resolution image with increased contrast can also be seen below.
The claim is a hoax that has been shared for years now. Misbar’s team found several social media posts circulating the claim in the past.
Conspiracy Theories About the Illustration on Dollar Bills
There are many conspiracy theories about the symbolism of illustrations on U.S. money bills.
Although some theories might seem outlandish, they usually garner a lot of attention.
One of the most famous conspiracy theories purports that a properly folded U.S. $20 bill reveals images of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Snopes previously investigated the claim and found it to be unsubstantiated.
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