After an expedition to the South Pole, a “flatist” American conspiracy theorist admits that the Earth is round

Only fools don’t change their minds. Like 16% of Americans, Jeran Campanella was convinced, against all scientific evidence, that the Earth is flat. It took a $35,000 trip to Antarctica to shake his convictions, which he had ardently defended for ten years on his YouTube channel “Jeranism” with 164,000 subscribers.

“The sun does exactly what these guys said, as far as circling around the southern continent”he admits in a YouTube live, filmed this Saturday, December 14 in front of a scientific base in Antarctica. Having gone there as part of a project entitled “The Final Experiment”, bringing together supporters of the flat Earth and the round Earth, Jeran Campanella intended to check whether or not the sun was present in the sky 24 hours a day. 24.

The sun 24 hours a day at the South Pole

According to the theory of the flat Earth, the latter would be a disk bordered by the “wall” of Antarctica. Above, a dome, like that of a snow globe, would encompass the Sun, Moon and stars. The solar star would make one revolution in 24 hours, which explains the play of shadows, creating day and night.

This conviction was undermined by an observation made by the American flat artist: the sun shines continuously at the South Pole. For what ? Because the Earth is spherical, the sun remains visible in the sky even at midnight in this territory, during the austral summer (December-January). Phenomenon commonly known as “the midnight sun”.

“Okay guys, sometimes we make mistakes in life”says Jeran Campanella in his video. “I was pretty sure there was no sun 24 hours a day”he justifies himself, aware that he risks being “charlatan’s treatise”. But accepting this turnaround.

In 2018, Jeran Campanella already appeared in a highly successful American documentary, “Behind the Curve”. The director set out to meet the community of flat enthusiasts, convinced that there is a global conspiracy aimed at making people believe in the roundness of the Earth. Six years later, Jeran Campanella changed sides.