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☆ Fact Check-Blue lightning video not proof of lasers used during Tropical Storm Idalia
  + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Satellite imagery from Aug. 27 showing blue lighting strikes inside Tropical Storm Idalia has been shared on social media alongside false claims that they are evidence of laser attacks or Direct Energy Weapons (DEW). We are being terrorized on the daily.”The video does show lightning during Idalia and not man-made lasers or weapons. Examples of previous satellite imagery by CIRA depicting lighting artificially colored in blue amid tropical storms are viewable (here), (here), (here). Reuters previously addressed false claims of lasers or direct energy weapons, or DEWs, causing extreme weather events (here), (here) and explosions (here). The blue lighting strikes viewable in the satellite imagery are a result of false color used by weather mapping organizations for visibility purposes.
Persons: Idalia, “, Matt Rogers, CIRA, Rogers, Read Organizations: Energy Weapons, Reuters, Outreach, Communications, Cooperative Institute for Research, Colorado State University, Environmental Locations: Florida, Bend
☆ Fact Check-The Simpsons did not show ‘directed energy weapon’ causing fire
  + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
An episode of the animated series “The Simpsons” depicted fires caused by sunlight reflecting off a chrome statue, not a “directed energy weapon,” as claimed in social media posts linking such weapons to August 2023 wildfires in Hawaii. Posts on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter (here), and Facebook (here), (here) link the clip to the natural disaster on Hawaii’s island of Maui with captions such as “The Simpsons predicting Direct Energy Weapons!?. The term “Directed energy weapons” (DEW) refers to technology that harnesses concentrated electromagnetic energy fired at the speed of light, according to an April 2023 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) (here) (here), (here). The full episode contains no references to directed energy weapons. Reuters Fact Check has previously addressed false claims of directed energy weapon use in the 2023 wildfires (here).
Persons: Monty Burns ’, “ Springfield, Read Organizations: Facebook, U.S, Government, Office, U.S . Department of Defense, GAO, YouTube, Reuters Locations: Hawaii, Maui, “
☆ Fact Check-Photo of beam striking Hawaiian church is altered
  + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
An image of the hall of Waiola Church in Lahaina, Hawaii in flames amid wildfires has been edited to add a laser beam. Posts on social media feature a burning structure with an orange beam hitting it on its roof ((here), (here), (here). The altered image suggests that the wildfires were caused by Direct Energy Weapons (DEW). The posts on social media flipped the image and digitally added what looks like a laser beam. An image showing a church in Lahaina, Hawaii on fire has been digitally altered to include a laser beam striking the building.
Persons: Read Organizations: Reuters, Direct Energy Weapons, Naval Research, Maui News Locations: Lahaina , Hawaii, Hawaii, United States, Lahaina
☆ Fact Check-Louisiana video of electrical explosions not ‘direct energy attack’
  + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
A video from 2018 of electrical explosions in Louisiana is being shared online as footage showing a “direct energy attack”. Direct energy weapons (DEW) are an emerging technology that uses concentrated electromagnetic energy to combat enemy forces and assets. People have claimed online that June 2023 wildfires in Canada, and August fires in Hawaii were caused by direct energy weapons. In another instance, social media users claimed a 2018 video of electrical explosions in Louisiana was evidence of DEWs in use in Hawaii (see Facebook users here), (here) and users on X, formerly known as Twitter, (here) (here). The video shows electrical explosions, not a “direct energy attack”, in Louisiana in 2018.
Persons: Kenner, Read Organizations: U.S . Department of Defense, Reuters, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Louisiana, Canada, Hawaii, Kenner , Louisiana, Local, West, Big
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