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Marines investigating three pyramids
video hoaxEvidence status
Altered Alaska exercise footage and natural peaks do not establish this mission.
Editorial assessment of this proposition; not a numeric confidence score.
Claim or proposition being examined
Leaked video shows Marines entering newly discovered Antarctic pyramids.
Limitations
Inclusion documents a claim; no independent truth inference from circulation. Category must remain visible.
Catalog review date reported: 2026-10-28. This is inherited catalog metadata, not a new verification of the linked source.
Frame at 00:11 from the original official Spartan Pegasus exercise video, filmed in Deadhorse, Alaska on 22 February 2017. The record’s linked fact-check identifies this source footage behind altered Antarctic-pyramid clips. This is Alaska, not Antarctica, and Army paratroopers, not Marines entering pyramids.
Staff Sgt. Daniel Love / United States Army Alaska; DVIDS video 511224, VIRIN 170222-A-NC 569-510, 22 February 2017. Public domain.
Exact source-video context, not a claim that this particular frame was the altered shot. Preserve original on-screen unit text.
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Image rights and evidence limits
Public domain explicitly stated on exact DVIDS video page; credit and nonendorsement notice retained. Still only, no music/audio redistribution.
Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.
Sources and what they support
Links document the record, the claim’s circulation, an assessment, or reuse terms as labeled. A source link is not automatically corroboration.
- claim documentation or assessmenthttps://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2022/04/fact-check-marines-are-not-investigating-three-ancient-pyramids-in-antarctica.html
- image reproduction provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://www.dvidshub.net/video/511224/spartan-pegasus-short-teaser
- image reuse conditionshttps://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright
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