An image shows the aftermath of an Iranian hypersonic missile bringing down a US-Israeli linked spy satellite.
False. The image was taken from an AI-generated video posted in December, without any claims it was real. There have been no genuine reports of any satellite being brought down by Iran.
A fake image which is falsely claimed to show an Israeli-US satellite downed by Iranian missiles has been circulating on social media.
The picture is being shared on Facebook with the caption: “Iranian hypersonic missiles brought down a US-Israeli linked Spy satellite and radar monitoring systems.”
It appears to show part of what looks like a large satellite crashed into a highway. But this image is an AI fake, and does not depict real events.
The picture being shared is a still from a video which was posted in December by an account which regularly shares AI-imagined disasters involving objects crashing from the air, such as planes, helicopters and space shuttles.
This video was captioned: “POV from the scene a massive space station just landed near a busy area. Emergency teams are everywhere, people are gathering around, capturing the chaos… looks unreal, but don’t worry, it’s all AI-generated.”
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An image shows the aftermath of an Iranian hypersonic missile bringing down a US-Israeli linked spy satellite. False. The image was taken from an AI-generated video posted in December, without any ...