Power & elitesSpain Misleading
Viral claim that the EU gave Spain €160bn for railways
The figure is real but matches the whole recovery plan; Maldita adds up €8.287bn in rail items.
Rumor Post: What is going around, with the evidence up front
Internet cultureAndorra, Spain False
Claim that Owono published a letter and announced retirement
Maldita.es labels it False on 5 November 2026. FC Andorra's note of 3 November is a club condolence, with neither that letter nor that retirement.
Internet cultureUnited States False
Claim circulates that a woman piloted the Florida jet
Internet cultureUnited States False
Claim circulates that El-Sayed shrugged off girls' locker rooms
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GeopoliticsIran Partly true
Claim: a Tehran billboard threatens Donald Trump's life
The slogan, Enghelab Square and a second board are what an AFP dispatch and two other accounts share. A detail that appears on only one page stays out of the checked account.
GeopoliticsUnited States Partly true
Claim: the Pentagon is activating an 'apocalyptic plan' for its bases
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UFOs & spaceWorld Misleading
Claim: 50,000 photos reveal another Moon, but the colour is exaggerated
A Spanish mystery site presents a Moon of blues and oranges as a surprise. NASA has explained for decades that these are real compositional differences, with the colour exaggerated on purpose.
UFOs & spaceUnited States Partly true
Claim: the Pentagon's seventh UFO files release is 'disturbing'
The Pentagon has published 28 old and recent documents on unidentified aerial phenomena. The release is real, but it does not prove an extraterrestrial origin; that it reveals something hidden is the reading of those sharing it.
MysteriesWorld No evidence
A claim circulates of an 'invisible colonisation' through DNA
A mystery site proposes that an advanced civilisation could colonise a planet by modifying its species. It offers no data; the checks we have read of supposedly 'extraterrestrial' remains found earthly remains.
Internet cultureSpain, France False
Claim: video shows looted goods sold in France. It is Madrid
Full Fact places the footage on Madrid's Gran Vía and online since at least 29 September, before the French protests turned to looting.
Internet cultureUnited Kingdom False
Facebook posts claim Waterstones sells cheap 'Bestsellers Boxes'
Full Fact rated two posts offering book boxes for very little money as false. Here is what it found, and what it did not say.