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Chain message stated on March 23, 2020 in a Snapchat screenshot:

Says "special military helicopters will spray pesticide against the Corona virus in the skies all over the country."

By Daniel Funke• March 24, 2020

X posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a Tweet:

“Here is the fire drone video that Twitter, Google, and YouTube didn't want us to see.”

By Noah Y. Kim• September 16, 2020

X posts stated on February 28, 2026 in on social media:

Video shows a US air base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, being destroyed by Iran.

By Zoe Weyand• March 4, 2026

Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2022 in a Facebook video:

Claims the U.S. military is using "polymer drone flies" that look and act like a large fly.

By Andy Nguyen• July 6, 2022

X posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a videos, articles and screenshots:

Says Joe Biden and Barack Obama “directly participated in a plot to have #SealTeam6 MURDERED, then arranged a massive cash deal as part of a cover up.”

By Daniel Funke• October 14, 2020

X posts stated on May 20, 2024 in a post:

Photos show bodies of people who died in the helicopter crash with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• May 21, 2024

Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel:

For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers."

By Amy Sherman• November 25, 2015

Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Israel War Room posted a helicopter emoji “minutes before the news of the Iranian President’s helicopter crash landing broke.”

By Loreben Tuquero• May 20, 2024

Viral image stated on January 09, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says a video shows drone footage of the killing of Qassem Soleimani.

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 13, 2020

X posts stated on January 30, 2025 in an X post:

“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”

By Sofia Ahmed• January 30, 2025

Chris Taylor stated on April 01, 2014 in a news release:

"Drone technology now allows an individual to be recorded in their homes by drones as small as birds and immediately uploaded to the internet."

By Dave Umhoefer• April 9, 2014

Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video:

The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 7, 2025

Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Iranian drone sent to Israel stuck in a power line in Iraq.

By Jeff Cercone• April 22, 2024

Instagram posts stated on January 06, 2020 in on social media:

"A bounty of $80 MILLION has been placed on President Donald Trump’s head by Iran as tensions between the country and the USA rise."

By Louis Jacobson• January 9, 2020

Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post:

The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”

By Sofia Ahmed• February 3, 2025

Facebook posts stated on December 09, 2024 in a video on Facebook:

Drones reported in the U.S., including around the U.S. Capitol, have directed-energy weapons that have a “space-based laser generating system that can create pestilence.”

By Madison Czopek• December 17, 2024

Marco Rubio stated on November 23, 2013 in a press release:

"Just days ago, Iran's Supreme Leader (Ali) Khamenei, who will oversee implementation of this agreement, was calling Israel a 'rabid dog' and accusing the United States of war crimes."

By Julie Kliegman• November 27, 2013

Kamala Harris stated on September 10, 2024 in a debate:

“As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, for the first time this century.”

By Sara Swann• September 11, 2024

Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in a video:

Video shows “California sets their own forest fires and claims them as climate change effects.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 20, 2022

Facebook posts stated on April 03, 2022 in a photo:

A photo shows a helicopter rescue mission in Afghanistan where wounded men were loaded onboard.

By Monique Curet• April 6, 2022

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