Russian singer and composer Yuri Loza has claimed that the Earth is stationary, comparing the movement of the planet to riding a bicycle.
Speaking to Fifth Channel, the musician behind the hit song The Raft reiterated his belief in flat Earth theory. He insisted that the planet remains motionless while the Sun travels around it.
Loza said he does not believe scientific statements regarding planetary motion. He stated that he does not see the Earth flying through space at high speeds or revolving around the Sun.
According to Loza, all physical and chemical laws, as well as observations, demonstrate that the Earth does not move. He asserted that if the planet rotated at high speeds, the atmosphere would have escaped into space.
The performer also pointed to the movement of clouds as evidence for his position. He said that clouds fly at high speeds, sometimes overtaking the ground, which he argued would be impossible if the atmosphere were tied to a rapidly moving globe.
Flat Earth claims and UN emblem
Loza previously claimed that a spherical Earth could never be mapped onto a flat surface. He stated that the emblem of the United Nations features a fairly accurate map of a flat Earth rather than a round globe.
Background on singer and scientific consensus
Yuri Loza is a veteran Russian pop singer and songwriter who rose to prominence during the 1980s. He is best known for his hit song The Raft. In recent years, Loza has frequently generated public attention by questioning established scientific facts and historical consensus in television appearances.
Fifth Channel is a national television network based in Saint Petersburg. Flat Earth belief is a fringe pseudoscientific view that rejects modern astronomical consensus. Modern astronomy and space exploration have long confirmed that Earth is a globe revolving around the Sun.
The United Nations emblem displays a world map centered on the North Pole using a standard polar projection. While flat Earth proponents often cite the design, cartographers use such projections strictly to represent spherical geography on flat media.
