A video showing a blast in an empty plot, resembling an underground explosion, is circulating on social media.
The claim: Users sharing claim that it shows "A classified underground nuclear test conducted at Rithora, Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, India."
What we found: We divided the video into multiple keyframes and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them.
We came across an article on Wikimedia Commons, which featured a similar frame as the viral video.
It was shared as "Subsidence crater in formation," from 2011.
It also included the source of the clip, which was available on YouTube on a channel called 'Nuclear Vault'. The video dated back to 2010 and gave courtesy of the video to the US Department of Energy.
We also found another video on YouTube by 'MyEarbot' dating back to 2007. It stated, "Historic underground nuclear test causes the surface to subside which forms a crater - seven such craters are used as disposal cells at the Area 3 Radioactive Waste Management Site. Provided by the US Department of Energy under Public Domain rules." (sic.)
This established that the video was old and could be traced back to 2007, likely to be originating from the USA.
We were unable to find any credible reports of a recent nuclear test that took place in UP, India.
India has performed nuclear tests in Pokhran, Rajasthan, in 1974 (Smiling Buddha) and in 1998 (Pokhran-II).
Conclusion: The viral video is old and unrelated to India. We found no reports to verify a recent nuclear test in the country.
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