Viral video of strange light in the sky is not from Turkey
NewsMeter found that the video is from Kazakhstan and has been on the internet since September 2022.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 13 Feb 2023 11:36 AM GMT
Hyderabad: A video showing a strange light in the sky has gone viral on social media. People sharing the video have claimed that the ‘strange light’ appeared before the earthquake hit Turkey.
A Twitter user shared the video and wrote, “There have been a lot of videos coming out of Turkey showing strange lights in the sky before the massive earthquake. What the hell is that thing?!” (Archive)
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Several Facebook users also shared the video with the same claim.
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Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the video is from Kazakhstan and has been on the internet since September 2022.
On performing a reverse image search of the video’s keyframe, we found it published by a YouTube channel on 12 November 2022. According to the caption, the video is from Balkhash, Kazakhstan.
Taking a cue from this, we found street-view images of Balkhash on Google maps and found the same building as seen in the viral video.
Further, we found the stills from the video in an article published on 30 January. It said the video is from Kazakhstan and dates back to September 2022.
NewsMeter could not find the reason behind the light seen in the video. However, using geolocation, we found that the video is from Balkhash, Kazakhstan.
Hence, we conclude that the claim that the video is from Turkey is false.
