# Sovereign Citizens-- Please tell me this is fake

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sovereign-citizens-please-tell-me-this-is-fake/769572>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 24, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sovereign-citizens-please-tell-me-this-is-fake/769572 "2016-10-24T07:38:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sovereign-citizens-please-tell-me-this-is-fake/769572/1041 "2024-07-24T19:35:08Z")

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Up! Up! And AWAYYYYYYYYyyyyyyyy!

[A self-declared ‘free citizen’ flying an unlicensed plane almost caused a midair crash, feds say (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-self-declared-free-citizen-flying-an-unlicensed-plane-almost-caused-a-midair-crash-feds-say/ar-BB1qyZ7W?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=63efd59d90b04b54b8c844753622ba21&ei=32)

S.C.-adjacent pilot used to run a sightseeing flight company in Alaska. One of the final reviews before closing down in 2021 was: “The owner is a flat earther and is quite off his rocker.”

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