Wild declare that Earth will ‘lose gravity for seven seconds’ debunked as NASA speaks out
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A leaked document claiming to be from NASA hints at Earth losing gravity for a whopping seven seconds later this year, but the truth, as always, is not as exciting as the theory
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What we know as wild claim that Earth will ‘lose gravity for seven seconds’ debunked as NASA speaks out
- NASA has debunked a baseless conspiraacy theory which has gone wild on social media after it was claimed that 40 million people could lose their lives on a single day due to the Earth’s gravity “turning off”.
- According to conspiracy theorists the massive “secret” was uncovered in a NASA document named “Project Anchor” as the allegedly leaked document stated the Earth would lose gravity for seven seconds.
- Theorists believed the horror ordeal would be caused by an “intersection of gravitational waves” triggered by colliding black holes. The wacky theory alleges leaked NASA document placed the date of the phenomenon on August 12, at exactly 2.33pm
- Social media users have struggled to pin-point the origin of the rumour however one of the earliest known places of references to the wild theory is on Instagram in a post made by @mr_danya_of.
- The Instagram user wrote: “On August 12, 2026, the world will lose gravity for seven seconds. NASA knows. They’re preparing but won’t tell us why.” They claimed the cosmic phenomenon would cause “40 million deaths from falls. Infrastructure destruction. Economic Collapse lasting over ten years. Mass panic.”
- The NASA spokesman said: “A total solar eclipse has no unusual impact on Earth’s gravity. The gravitational attraction of the Sun and Moon on the Earth, which doesn’t impact Earth’s total gravity, but does impact tidal forces, is well understood and is predictable decades in advance.”
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