Friday, 4 September 2015
NASA Confirms 15 Days of Darkness in November 2015
THIS IS A HOAX MAIL
On 14 July 2015, the web site Newswatch33 published an article
titled “NASA Confirms Earth Will Experience 15 Days of Complete Darkness in
November 2015,” claiming:
The source of this hoax stated that it was confirmed by NASA. So, I
checked NASA’s homepage and even searched November blackout , 2015 November
blackout in their website. I also checked Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Twitter profile
to see if there were any news about the blackout. I also searched for Charles
Bolden in Twitter since the hoax also stated that it was him who confirmed the
total blackout. All I could find in their profiles and search results were
their excitement in discovering Pluto as a Planet once again.
the Newswatch33 web site is not a legitimate
news outlet. Newswatch33 is a fake news site began darkening the doorstep of
social media networks shortly after the nearly identical NewsWatch28 fake news
site shut down in mid-2015. Moreover, the “15 days of darkness” yarn was lifted
from an older (debunked) viral rumor that has been around the online block
several times before.
