Hoaxes | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/hoaxes/RSS feed for HoaxesenTue, 15 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000How Dreams of Buried Pirate Treasure Enticed Americans to Flock to Florida During the Roaring Twentieshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-dreams-of-buried-pirate-treasure-enticed-americans-to-flock-to-florida-during-the-roaring-twenties-180986376/1925 marked the peak of the Florida land boom. But false advertising and natural disasters thwarted many settlers' visions of striking it rich in the land of sunshineTue, 15 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-dreams-of-buried-pirate-treasure-enticed-americans-to-flock-to-florida-during-the-roaring-twenties-180986376/Alleged Alien Corpses Displayed to Mexican Congress Did Not Convince Scientistshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/alleged-aliens-corpses-displayed-to-mexican-congress-did-not-convince-scientists-180982900/Self-described UFO expert Jaime Maussan, whose claims of extraterrestrials have been debunked in the past, said the specimens were "non-human"Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:14:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/alleged-aliens-corpses-displayed-to-mexican-congress-did-not-convince-scientists-180982900/What the History of 'Spirit Photography' Portends for the Future of Deepfake Videoshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/history-spirit-photography-future-deepfake-videos-180979010/Today’s video hoaxes can be downright ugly. But image-makers have been fooling viewers from the beginningThu, 18 Nov 2021 13:56:26 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/history-spirit-photography-future-deepfake-videos-180979010/Did Francis Drake Really Land in California?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-francis-drake-really-land-california-180973219/New research suggests that one of the state’s greatest historians had a hand in perpetrating an infamous hoaxThu, 26 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-francis-drake-really-land-california-180973219/Yes, the United States Certainly DID Land Humans on the Moonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/yes-united-states-certainly-did-land-humans-moon-180972161/Moon-landing deniers, says space scholar and former NASA chief historian Roger Launius, are full of stuff and nonsenseThu, 16 May 2019 12:31:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/yes-united-states-certainly-did-land-humans-moon-180972161/Why Do So Many People Still Want to Believe in Bigfoot?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-so-many-people-still-believe-in-bigfoot-180970045/The appeal of the mythical, wild man holds strongTue, 21 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-so-many-people-still-believe-in-bigfoot-180970045/