Flat Earthers just held first international flat earth conference

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Organisers have already planned a follow-up, with the 2018 Flat Earth International Conference scheduled for next November. Mr Sargent told BBC News: 'Nobody likes this uncomfortable feeling to be in this tiny ball, flying through space in this cast end of the universe.' Holding up a disc-shaped model of what he believes the Earth looks like, Mr Sargent added: 'So as far as what's underneath this, I don't know, it could be this thickness. 'It doesn't even have to be that think, because we can only drill down eight miles [13 km]. Heck, this is only fifty miles [80 km] deep, we don't know. 'Don't take my word for it - I could be a mental patient recently released from an institution.'

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Those who believed the Flat Earth Theory claim our planet is shaped like a flat disc instead of a sphere. Because Earth's surface looks and feels flat when we walk around it, the conspiracy theorists denounce all evidence to the contrary. The leading theory suggests Earth is a disc with the Arctic Circle in the centre and Antarctica, a 150-foot-tall (45-metre) wall of ice, around the rim. Theorists claim that satellite images and evidence pointing to a spherical Earth are part of a 'round Earth conspiracy' orchestrated by Nasa and other government agencies.

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