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“NASA has confirmed that a huge rock will hit Earth’s surface on 07 October 2020”
Social media posts Claim dated 5 Oct 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

No such confirmation has been given by NASA. Also, NASA’s ‘Sentry: Earth Impact Monitoring’ list does not mention any such huge rock hitting the Earth on 07 October 2020

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 5 October 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 6 October 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.