Old footage of electrical explosions caused by strong winds appears to be a directed energy weapon attack in Louisiana
The Facebook page with propaganda content in the Albanian language "Investiguesi Shkrimor" published a video yesterday (August 16), with the caption "The energy weapon (DEW) that destroyed the Hawaiian Islands is now destroying Louisiana...".
The page in question is claiming that the "Directed Energy Weapon" (DEW) were used and were the cause of the fire outbreak in Hawaii, which left over 100 people dead.
Based on the same assumption, the caption also claims that the same thing is happening in another US state, Louisiana, as seen in the footage shown in the video.
But after verification, hibrid.info has found that the video material is from 2018 and that the claim published in the caption is untrue.
Link to the video material published by "The Writing Investigator":
The video's caption claims that directed energy weapons (DEW) are being used on the US population.
This claim has also circulated on English-language conspiracy websites (see here and here).
After research, hibrid.info has found the original video published on Youtube, of what appears in the footage published by "Investiguesi Shkrimor", on Facebook (see here).
The video dates back to 2018 and shows electrical explosions that occurred in Kenner, Louisiana – USA. From the findings of hibrid.info, it is understood that these are electrical explosions, caused by strong winds, which subsequently left the residents of this area without electricity (see here).
Analyze:
From the fact-checking and analysis, it turns out that the claim raised by the post made on the “Investiguesi Shkrimor” Facebook page is untrue. In fact, the images presented are real, however, the claim made is completely fabricated.
So there was no attack with the type of weapons claimed, but the explosions seen and heard in the video were caused by damage to the electrical grid due to bad weather.
For this reason, hibrid.info, based on its work methodology, assesses this claim as "fake news".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.