Our first conspiracy is about a man who noticed this strange scene in a 1928 Charlie Chaplin film, “The Circus”. The man, George Clarke, was watching the behind the scenes feature of this film and noticed something odd: A women seemed to be talking on a cell phone. This would mean the woman was a time traveler as there were no cell phone in 1928!
The reason we chose this one is for the reason that this entire conspiracy steams from social media. It was placed on a social site, spread through social sites, and is largely on social sites. This will be a prime example of how conspiracies can start on social media sites and spread like wild fire within a few days. Its origins were simply from one man with a discovery whom posted on a social video site, Youtube, which has been a huge thing of conversation recently. This is a great example because of how recent it was "discovered".
Original Video
Article Links:
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/26/5353411-cell-phone-time-traveler-from-1928?gt1=43001
http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2010/10/charlie-chaplins-cell-phone-a-time-traveler-caught-on-tape.html
http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/11/01/charlie-chaplin-time-travel-mystery-solved