(What happened next will not surprise you.) The Washington Post, June 24, 2014, The Onion launched a parody site called Clickhole, and not everyone got the joke.Our rating: Falseīased on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that Wilmore said a quote about "someone knocking on the space station door from outside." The quote was published in March 2015 on the satirical site ClickHole. The website itself has a disclaimer warning its content is fictitious, but social media posts sharing the quote have no such disclaimer. As a result, readers of the second-generation post are misled, as was the case here. The Facebook post is an example of "stolen satire," in which made-up claims published and labeled as satire are captured via screenshot and reposted in a way that makes them appear to be legitimate. ClickHole is not intended for readers under 18 years of age." "ClickHole uses invented names in all of its stories, except in cases where public figures are being satirized," reads the disclaimer. "Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental. Wilmore's quote and others mentioned in the article aren't real – a disclaimer at the bottom of ClickHole's website acknowledges its content is satire. More: 'Star Trek' star Tim Russ helps detect asteroid for NASA's upcoming mission (There are only seven generally recognized.) Mae Jemison, the first female Black astronaut, is quoted saying "there are a bunch of extra continents you can see from space" and that, so far, she's counted 18. The March 2015 article includes ridiculous quotes from other well-known astronauts.Ĭharles Duke, a member of the Apollo 16 moon landing, is quoted comparing the feeling of being in space to being a potato. Wilmore's eerie encounter with the two Ramirezes was published on ClickHole, a parody site launched by The Onion in 2014 to poke fun at sites like Upworthy and BuzzFeed. Story originally published on satire site USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook users who shared the claim for comment. Wilmore, a veteran of two NASA spaceflights, never said this, though. The post and similar ones have racked up hundreds of interactions across Facebook and Instagram, according to CrowdTangle, a social media insights tool. The purported quote ends by saying the encounter "really puts life on Earth into perspective."įact check: Man claims to sell land on the moon, despite legal obstacles saying he's the real Ramirez," the quote reads. "Meanwhile, the Ramirez inside with you is pleading to keep the airlock shut." "When you tell the guy this over the radio, he starts banging on the door louder and harder. But a man with that name was already sitting in the command module next to Wilmore. 1 Facebook post.Īccording to the quote, Wilmore saw an astronaut outside the space station claiming to be someone named Ramirez. "You never know true beauty until you see Earth from space, or true terror until you hear someone knocking on the space station door from outside," reads a quote attributed to NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore and shared in a Sept.
While no definite signs of extraterrestrial life have surfaced yet, some people on social media beg to differ. Whether humanity is alone in the universe is an age-old question. Watch Video: Astronauts have pizza party on the International Space Station The claim: Astronaut Barry Wilmore said a quote about 'someone knocking on the space station door from outside'
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