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False document
A '''false document''' is a technique, employed to create [[verisimilitude]] in a work of fiction, where an author tries to create a sense of authenticity beyond the normal and expected suspension of disbelief for a [[work of art]] by inventing and inserting documents that appear to be factual. The goal of a false document is to convince an audience that what is being presented is factual. 

==In politics==
(contracted; show full)as far-ranging as toys, games, lunch boxes, clothing and so on have all been created and in some cases generate as much or more revenue as the original programming. One big merchandising arena is publishing. In most cases such material is not considered [[canon (fiction)|canon]] within the show's mythology; however, in some instances the books, magazines, etc. are specifically designed by the creators to be canonical. With the rise of the Internet, in-canon online material has become more prominent.


The following is a list of "false document" in-canon supplemental material:
* ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' spawned three [[Books of Twin Peaks|canon books]]:
**''[[The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes]]'' {{ISBN|0-671-74400-3}}
**''[[The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer]]'' {{ISBN|0-671-73590-X}}
**''[[Twin Peaks: An Access Guide to the Town]]'' {{ISBN|0-671-74399-6}}
Additionally, a set of [[trading cards]] was produced which are also canon.
* ''[[Gary Troup (Lost)|Bad Twin]]'' {{ISBN|1-4013-0276-9}} is a canon tie-in novel for the TV series ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]''⏎
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== Hoaxes ==
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A number of [[hoax]]es have involved false documents:
* [[Salamander Letter]]
* ''[[The Report From Iron Mountain]]''
* The [[Oera Linda]] book
* The [[Hitler Diaries]]
* The ''[[Dossiers Secrets|Dossiers Secrets d'Henri Lobineau]]''
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* [[Curtis Peebles]] (1994). ''Watch the Skies: A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth'', [[Smithsonian Institution]], {{ISBN|1-56098-343-4}}

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