PANews reported on May 29th that blockchain analyst ZachXBT posted that an account named Thomas A. Whitaker created "viral panic" after the Blue Origin rocket explosion by exaggerating claims such as "the only launch tower was destroyed." The post further alleged that this account was a new alt account created by a previously used "trolling/traffic-grabbing" account that had manipulated public opinion, and that the account was posing as an American while actually residing in Canada. The post included screenshots of the account's past posts and its location information.