An image of the burning Pentagon with a large black cloud rising above the US Department of Defense headquarters in Virginia has gone viral on the web.

The photo, most likely generated by artificial intelligence and released by a Twitter account (verified with a blue check) that promotes the QAnon conspiracy theory, caused a slight drop on Wall Street for about ten minutes.

The S&P 500 fell 0.26 percent but quickly rallied once the Pentagon picture was proven false.

The US Defense was forced to deny : "We can confirm that this is false news and that the Pentagon was not attacked today," said a spokesman. Firefighters in Arlington, Virginia also reacted, assuring on social media that there were no explosions or accidents at or near the Pentagon.

(Unioneonline/D)

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