Use this tag for questions regarding whether a video is authentic or genuine.
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Is this video of a boxing kangaroo match authentic?
Video link here
It's awesome, weird, and unbelievable at the same time. If it was edited, I'm not sure how they did it. It LOOKS authentic but I would want confirmation.
Anyone who has more info on this video?
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Was the MH17 video taken in Ukraine-held territory?
According to MISH'S
Global Economic
Trend Analysis,
On the CBS program “Face the Nation,” Mr. Kerry referred to a video that the Ukrainians have made public showing an SA-11 unit heading back to Russia after the downing of the plane with “a missing…
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Did Kobe Bryant jump over a car?
There is a YouTube video that went viral about a sports star, Kobe Bryant, jumping over an Aston Martin. I'm really skeptical that his management would let him attempt that, but is there any evidence about whether the video is authentic?
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Is the series of YouTube videos "Cutting Peoples Earphones, Then Giving Them Airpods" fake?
The video "Cutting Peoples Earphones, Then Giving Them Airpods" has attained over 53 million views at the time of writing (2022-10-03) making this a highly popular video on YouTube. Despite the popularity I wasn't able to find any specific evidence…
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Is this magnetically-controlled balls video fake?
This video shows a cool trick involving a powerful electromagnet and balls with controlled electromagnets inside them. The result looks very cool. According to the video, the balls are controlled by a computer, which is what allows for the intricate…
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Is Casey Neistat's video of himself flying under a drone genuine?
In this video a vlogger shows off themselves flying, doing jumps and snowboarding uphill by being attached to a large drone.
Was he effectively being dragged and lifted by the drone?
user37434
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Is this a video of Russian high school children assembling an assault rifle as part of their core education?
I came across an interesting video found on Facebook. It claims to be high school children in Russia working within a high school course. The interesting thing is that the children are assembling and disassembling an assault rifle. I have my doubts…
user11643
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Is this video of someone dodging cars authentic?
I came across the below gif thanks to the security.stackexchange.com chat and while this looks more realistic than most "man dodges cars" viral videos, I'm still skeptical.
Here is the accompanying YouTube video I found, and the car horns sounded…
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Does the video Experiments in the Revival of Organisms depict genuine results?
The video in question, which is in the public domain. Warning: may contain disturbing imagery.
http://archive.org/details/Experime1940
The 20 minute 1940 Russian video purports to show the results of early experiments by Doctor Sergei Brukhonenko…
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Is there faked Soviet footage of Yuri Gargarin's space flight?
In this clip Joe Rogan says there is faked footage from the Russians of the Yuri Gargarin's space flight. He uses this as an example of "prior-work" for faking the Apollo space landing. I'm not sure which footage he's talking about, but has any…
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Is it possible to disable a vehicle with microwave oven magnetron from that distance
In a well-known Youtube channel there is a scene where a scooter had some kind of short circuit caused by magnetron used as a weapon from a distance. I never saw this channel to have fakes but one guy does not believe, saying:
OK, rough…
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Does Holmes's Loch Ness video show Nessie?
Holmes's Loch Ness video shows an object (or, as claimed, Nessy) floating in the Loch Ness.
What is the origin of what was captured on video?
It's at 1m02s in this video.
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Does this video show an ISIS car bomb sent flying by an explosion?
The Daily Mail and Independent have reported on this video, which claims to show an ISIS car bomb being sent flying by an explosion. The original YouTube video can be found here:
A screencapture of the video is shown below:
However, both sources…
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Is this CCTV video about a chair moving by itself in Essex theatre fake?
from various sources around the internet
Daily Mail
Is this theatre haunted? CCTV footage captures the spooky moment a chair moves all on its own... hours after a medium's show
Get ready to feel a ghostly shiver down your spine. This is the
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Make fire with a potato, salt, and toothpaste?
I saw a video recently that seemed to show a fire being started from a potato, salt, toothpaste, a couple of wires, and what appears to be cotton.
A video showing this is HERE. To summarize, it looks like they:
cut a potato in half
cut a rounded…
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