Old Clip of Flares in Dubai Viral as Iran’s Attack Amid US-Israel Aggression

The viral clip shows skydivers performing with flares in the sky in December 2022.

Fact-Check: This video is old from December 2022 from Dubai.

(Source: The Quint) 

A video is being shared on social media platforms to claim that it shows missile attack by Iran on Dubai, visible in the city's night skyline.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

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News and fact-checking platform NewsMobile also uploaded this clip on their Facebook page mentioning the same claim.

(Archives of similar claims can be found here, here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false as this video is old from December 2022 and shows skydivers performs with flares in Dubai.

What we found: At first, we divided the viral clip into multiple screenshots and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them.

• It led us to a post on Instagram featuring the same video by 'LovinDubai' from 12 December 2022.

• The post noted that the clip allegedly showed "asteroids incoming to Dubai."

Later, the same Instagram page uploaded a 'fact-check,' stating that the Dubai Astronomy Group responded to them that the occurrence was “definitely not a meteor shower,” but rather “skydivers and the flares they are using.”

Additionally, the viral clip predates the ongoing situation between Iran and USA-Israel, making the claim false.

The Quint has reached out to the Dubai Astronomy Group for an independent verification and the story will be updated once a response is received.

Conclusion: The viral clip is old from December 2022 and predates the ongoing situation between Iran and USA-Israel.

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