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May 22, 2023 · There was no explosion or fire near the Pentagon at the time the photo was shared, as confirmed by the Department of Defense and local emergency responders.
- Tom Norton
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May 23, 2023 · The Pentagon is located in Arlington County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. In a tweet on May 22, the Arlington County Fire Department (ACFD) debunked rumors about an explosion at the...
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May 22, 2023 · Social media users began sharing an image of an alleged explosion at the Pentagon. One iteration on Twitter received over 180 retweets and 200,000 impressions. However, there is no evidence of any such explosion. If there was an explosion, media outlets would have covered it, yet none have.
- Elias Atienza
May 22, 2023 · The U.S. Department of Defense refuted online claims that there was an explosion near the Pentagon on the morning of May 22, 2023. An image circulating on social media appears to be AI...
May 22, 2023 · A false report of an explosion at the Pentagon, accompanied by an apparently AI-generated image, spread on Twitter on Monday morning, sparking a brief dip in the stock market.
May 23, 2023 · The Pentagon, the headquarters building of the U.S. Department of Defense, is located in Arlington County, Virginia. A Pentagon spokesperson also told ABC News that no explosion had occurred. But throughout the morning, the fake image and misleading caption picked up steam on Twitter.
Sep 11, 2001 · Two Pentagon security officers state categorically that a plane (which they believed was Flight 77) flew north of the Citgo gas station (since demolished) located west of the Pentagon on South Joyce Street at Columbia Pike, rather than flying south of the gas station as stated in official reports.
