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This page is a list of famous hoaxes See also

a hoax by Professor of Physics Alan Sokal
Sokal published a paper purporting to take seriously the idea that the laws of physics are social constructs
- he objective was to satirize post-modernist theories in the social sciences
link to his paper: Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity (nyu.edu)
see:
- https://www.school4schools.com/wiki/index.php?title=Literary_Analysis_and_Criticism#Sokal_affair
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair

on April 1, 1974, pranksters climbed atop the dormant 3002 ft high volcano, Mt. Edgecumbe, near Sitka, Alaska
a helicopter had dropped off old tires, kerosene, smoke bombs and rags, which the pranksters lit and threw into the crater
a Coast Guard helicopter was dispatched to observe the eruption and instead saw a man standing by spray-painted show reading, "APRIL FOOL."
see
- https://school4schools.com/wiki/index.php?title=Geography_fun_facts_%26_oddities#Volcanos
- https://www.iflscience.com/environment/the-greatest-april-fools-day-prank-of-all-time-took-four-years-to-plan-and-involved-a-volcano/ Greatest April Fools Day Prank of All Time (iflscience.com)]
- http://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_eruption_of_mount_edgecumbe/

File:Great Blue Hill from Trillium.jpeg
Great Blue Hill in Massachusetts. On April 1, 1980 a local news station reported it was erupting.
at 6:00 pm on April 1, 1980, a Milton, MA news station aired a fake news bulletin that announced that a nearby, small mountain was erupting
- the report was one week after the tremendous eruption of Mt. St. Helens
- the report showed edited statements of concern by Massachusetts Governor and President Carter
- panicked residents called the police and the state Civil Defense office
- some were reported to have fled the area
at 11:00 the state apologized for the hoax
the producer of the 6:00 news segment was fired the next day
- in addition "failure to exercise good news judgment," the producer had also violated FCC rules regarding use of "stock footage" (old news footage) without identifying it as such

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 ** http://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_eruption_of_mount_edgecumbe/
+=== Great Blue Hill eruption prank ===
+* [[File:Great Blue Hill from Trillium.jpeg|thumb|Great Blue Hill in Massachusetts. On April 1, 1980 a local news station reported it was erupting.]] at 6:00 pm on April 1, 1980, a Milton, MA news station aired a fake news bulletin that announced that a nearby, small mountain was erupting
+** the report was one week after the tremendous eruption of Mt. St. Helens
+** the report showed edited statements of concern by Massachusetts Governor and President Carter
+** panicked residents called the police and the state Civil Defense office
+** some were reported to have fled the area
+* at 11:00 the state apologized for the hoax
+* the producer of the 6:00 news segment was fired the next day
+** in addition "failure to exercise good news judgment," the producer had also violated FCC rules regarding use of "stock footage" (old news footage) without identifying it as such<br />
 == Historical hoaxes ==