Problem with the "fake eclipse" theory: Eclipses can (and have) been predicted for hundreds of years. An easy way to determine whether an eclipse is fake or not would be to find an old (pre-space age) book with predicted dates of eclipses, like a Farmer's Almanac, and compare them to those predicted now.

As was widely reported, government used NASA to fire two rockets during the eclipse. This was announced beforehand and was done intentionally. I do agree that these two rockets may have been the "occulter" components described in those German articles. The launch may indeed have been a test to see if the components could simulate an eclipse. It would be best to do that during a real eclipse - if they succeeded during a time when an eclipse was unexpected, it certainly would have revealed it's existence. My guess is that the test succeeded. The question is "why?". What possible advantage could there be to creating eclipses?