{"id":1420656,"date":"2022-04-05T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T21:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420656"},"modified":"2022-04-05T17:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T21:30:16","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-ufo-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-ufo-in-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A UFO In Venezuela?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-a-ufo-in-venezuela%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/111738114685113\/videos\/1789877917884808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows a UFO hovering over the skies of Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video shows a blimp floating over New Jersey in 2020, not a UFO in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video shows what appears to be a distant, stationary white light visible in an evening sky. The person filming the video, who is speaking Spanish, is one of several people who appear to have gathered on the side of a highway to examine the aerial phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHundreds of witnesses, military and police, what is going on!? In Venezuela,\u201d reads text included in the 20-second video. \u201cThe most incredible UFO OVNI footage!! Ever captured on camera.\u201d The same video was shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@strangeactivities\/video\/7027009042606198063?is_copy_url=1&#038;is_from_webapp=v1&#038;q=%40strangeactivities%20venezuela&#038;t=1645214779203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TikTok<\/a> in November 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, the footage was not filmed in Venezuela and does not show a UFO. Check Your Fact was able to identify the car dealership visible in the video as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardenstatehonda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Garden State Honda<\/a> in Passaic, New Jersey, placing the footage thousands of miles away from Venezuela. Various signs and buildings visible in the video match those visible in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@40.8512667,-74.1215599,3a,51.7y,67.85h,83.36t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saEu0DBYgqmE8qF6iwtRyCg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Maps<\/a> \u201cstreet view\u201d of the location available online.<\/p>\n<p>Many people in northern New Jersey reported seeing a UFO in September 2020, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/2020\/09\/ufo-over-nj-has-a-simple-explanation-dont-call-mulder-and-scully.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJ.com<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/15\/ufo-seen-flying-over-new-jersey-really-a-goodyear-blimp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Post<\/a>. Both outlets explained the object visible in the sky was actually a Goodyear blimp. Goodyear told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/ufo-sighting-goodyear-blimp-in-new-jersey-2020-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a> that one of its blimps had flown above northern New Jersey to film footage of an NFL game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the blimp shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/ufo-sighting-goodyear-blimp-in-new-jersey-2020-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> in September 2020 matches the recent footage shared on Facebook.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">From this angle it looks more metal but ya I can see how it looks like a blimp <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oTTXODs8cg\">pic.twitter.com\/oTTXODs8cg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacob Fuentes (@JacobFu87635897) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobFu87635897\/status\/1305734041187090434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Check Your Fact found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=UFO+Venezuela&#038;biw=1091&#038;bih=676&#038;tbm=nws&#038;ei=syoQYpalLImFytMPsKeS-AU&#038;ved=0ahUKEwjWytP8sor2AhWJgnIEHbCTBF84ChDh1QMIDQ&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=UFO+Venezuela&#038;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LW5ld3MQAzIICAAQgAQQxwMyCAgAEIAEEMcDMgYIABAHEB4yBggAEAUQHjIICAAQBxAFEB46BggAEAgQHjoHCAAQxwMQDToICAAQDRAFEB46CAgAEAgQDRAeUOwBWNcUYNQXaABwAHgAgAFaiAH1ApIBATaYAQCgAQHAAQE&#038;sclient=gws-wiz-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible reports<\/a> suggesting a UFO was recently spotted in Venezuela. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/03\/04\/fact-check-international-space-station-ufo-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The International Space Station Film A UFO For 22 Minutes?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation stemming from the 2020 incident has spread on social media. Check Your Fact previously <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/01\/19\/fact-check-ufo-sighting-mexico-august-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corrected<\/a> a false claim featuring footage from the same event that claimed a UFO had been sighted in Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook allegedly shows a UFO hovering over the skies of Venezuela.Verdict: False The video shows a blimp floating over New Jersey in 2020, not a UFO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1420656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1420656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1420656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1420656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}