Even though the mid-air explosion in the skies looked like a meteor shower, experts suggested that the event could have happened due to a space junk burn out.
Musk's death hoax started doing the rounds just a day after billionaire investor Ron Baron sold $1.8 million worth of Tesla shares, causing the company's share prices to dip.
The reverse-merger represents the largest injection of capital into Lucid Motors since Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund invested more than $1 billion in 2018.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the comment during an invite-only live chat on Clubhouse app, where he also discussed Mars exploration, Tesla, cryptocurrencies and Covid-19 vaccine.
Oxford University researchers turned CO2 into jet fuel and water by using an inexpensive iron-based catalyst that can make the aviation industry carbon neutral in the coming years.