“3 reasons why NASA Stopped Exploring The Ocean. This will shock you,” reads an X post published as a part of a thread on November 14, 2024.
It claims the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, known worldwide as NASA, ended ocean exploration when they found thousands of people dįed “at the very depth of the oceans (sic)”.
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A screenshot of the false claim, taken on November 20, 2024
The thread, retweeted more than 4,600 times, comprises five posts. The first has two photos, while the second features a minute-long video.
The photos show what looks like two men – one standing, the other prostrate – with a sea plant in the background. The video, meanwhile, pans to an underwater environment, revealing more of the humanlike figures.
The claim is emphasised in the third and fourth posts while the last post offers discounted gadgets from the global smart-accessory brand Oraimo.
Founded in July 1958, NASA “leads studying Earth science, including climate, our Sun, solar system, and the larger universe” (archived here).
While its main focus is aeronautics and space exploration, it also collects and analyses “long-term ocean data from satellites”.
However, the claim that the agency stopped studying the oceans because it discovered corpses underwater is false.
AFP Fact Check traced the source of the photos and video to a TikTok account called “exploracao.subaquatica” whose name appears in the X post.
The TikTok account published the video on October 28,...
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