Conspiracy

Bizarre conspiracy about Earth's gravity is proven wrong as date passes

By T.K. Randall
August 16, 2026

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) We've heard our fair share of peculiar conspiracies over the years, and some of them are so bizarre that it's hard to imagine how anyone could have ever believed them to be true.

One of the most recent suggested that on August 12th, 2026 at 19:33 ET (14:33 GMT), the Earth's gravity would simply switch off for a period of seven seconds.

The basis for this bizarre claim was an alleged leaked NASA document about something called Project Anchor - a document that doesn't actually seem to exist anywhere online.

The idea actually caused a great deal of concern earlier this year, in particular regarding the potential consequences of everything and everyone floating freely and then falling back down.

Some had even suggested that 40 million people could die from falling injuries. "The Earth will not lose gravity on August 12, 2026," a spokesperson told Snopes at the time.

"Earth's gravity, or total gravitational force, is determined by its mass."

"The only way for the Earth to lose gravity would be for the Earth system, the combined mass of its core, mantle, crust, ocean, terrestrial water, and atmosphere, to lose mass."

As things stand, August 12th has come and gone and there has been absolutely no sign of any gravitational anomalies - nobody floated into the air and nobody died from anomalous falling injuries.

Suffice to say - this is one conspiracy that has been well and truly debunked.

Source: Mail Online

Tags: Gravity