A video widely shared on Facebook this year purported to show an unknown man on the balcony during the fire.

The man is even shown in slow motion and enlarged:

https://www.facebook.com/2232782300270142/videos/429870584440063/

The video was filmed on TV. The man appears to be wearing a long, light-colored piece of clothing and something light-colored on his head. Many Facebook users agree that it must be a Muslim wearing a turban.

Focused

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The problem with filmed recordings from TV is that most cameras are not very good at recording a television image. The video above is a good example, as the blurry, pale footage quickly leads to (wrong) interpretations.

However, the original video can be seen on YouTube! We have embedded the relevant passage (from minute 42) here:

Let's compare again with a screenshot:

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Screenshots: mimikama.org

For better recognition, we have brightened the image on the right:

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Screenshots: mimikama.org

So this man isn't that mysterious, he's a firefighter!

Conclusion

The filmed live stream is very pale, blurry and distorted in perspective due to the TV recording, which led to speculation. But even in this video you can see, at the latest in the enlargement and slow motion, that the “turban” reflects (which turbans usually do not do).

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This is a French firefighter with a yellow safety vest and the shiny helmets that are common in France. In the original stream on YouTube you can even see several firefighters walking around in the same place in the church minutes before and after.

We have summarized all previous fakes and false reports regarding the Notre Dame fire in a separate article


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