Is it true?
Short, sourced answers to claims that go viral. Each verdict uses the same evidence labels as our dossiers.
- Speculative
Is there a 12,068-year solar cycle?No evidence for a fixed 12,068-year cycle. Extreme solar storms are real, but the dated ones come at irregular gaps.
- Legend
Was the Philadelphia Experiment real?No record supports it. The story traces to letters sent to a UFO author in 1955 and 1956.
- Established
Is the Face on Mars real?The hill is real. The face is not. Sharper images since 1998 show an ordinary eroded mesa.
- Established
Was there a civilization before Sumer?Builders, yes, thousands of years earlier. Sumer is still our earliest clear civilization, with Egypt close behind.
- Speculative
Will a pole shift flood the continents?The best-known flood map's dates have already passed. Magnetic pole flips do not move continents or oceans.
- Contested
Did Oswald act alone in killing JFK?Oswald fired the shots. Whether anyone helped him is still disputed, and the CIA did hide things from investigators.
- Speculative
Is the government hiding UFOs?It has hidden UFO secrets before, mostly its own spy planes. No public evidence yet shows alien craft.
- Established
Was the Moon landing faked?No. Six crews landed from 1969 to 1972 and left equipment we can still photograph and bounce lasers off.
- Established
Is Antarctica an ice wall hiding something?No. The "wall" is the front of real ice shelves, and the treaty said to seal Antarctica off opens every station to inspection. It hasn't expired.