**VERDICT: FAKE (Manipulated Media)**

VERDICT: FAKE (Manipulated Media)

Viral Snippet: “BREAKING: NASA scrambling after millions of birds fall dead from the sky during the eclipse. Government knew and didn’t warn us.”

The Reality Check: This circulating video uses spliced footage. The dead birds are from a 2011 weather event in Arkansas, and the audio of “panic” is from a movie. No animal die-offs occurred during the total solar eclipse. The only thing falling during the eclipse was the temperature.