The 1978 hollywood film capricorn one did much to popularize moon landing conspiracy theories. Admittedly, i made the same joke back in 2014 before i had even heard of kaysings book. Bill kaysings 1976 book, we never went to the moon. One of the most popular theories as to why the moon landings couldnt have happened has to do with something called the van allen belts. How america faked the moon landings paperback july 31, 2004 by charles t. The moon is not covered with american flags, metal junk and pizza boxes like most of the earth. How moon landing conspiracy theories spread before the. America s thirty billion dollar swindle by bill kaysing was published. You can now read my most popular essays online, free of charge. Moon landing hoax film claims to show how nasa faked apollo 11 mission nasa astronauts faked distant shots of the earth from,000 miles away by filming a window of their spacecraft while in. These are two huge belts of radiation that surround the earth, shaped by earths magnetic field and pounded with highenergy particles from the suns wind. Youve probably heard of conspiracy theories that the moon landing was a hoax those are false, and easily debunked.
Below is a transcript from the interview with stanley kubrick, in which the 2001 space odyssey director admits on camera that, the moon landings all were faked, and that i. Patrick murray which allegedly shows famed director stanley kubrick giving an interview admitting that the moon landings were faked. It is important to note that this conspiracy did not occur directly after apollo landed on the moon, in fact, the theory was not first introduced until a few years later when the book, we never went to the moon. It is being reported that the apollo 11 missions, which landed men for the first time on the moon, was in fact fake. America never landed on the moon, russias vladimir markin. Why so many people still think the moon landings were faked the moon. Apollo 11 was so central to america s image and its collective self.
Stanley kubrick admits he helped nasa fake moon landings. Nasa lacked the technical expertise to put a man on the moon. Apollo 11 really landed on the moonand heres how you can. In recent years, the specter of a fake moon landing has been raised by figures as disparate as the infowars founder alex jones who treated it as a deathly serious issue, rogan who conjured it. Another piece of evidence that kaysing spends considerable time on throughout the book is the fact that the practice sessions that astronauts conducted look like a fake moon landing.
A cult of conspiracy theorists believe nasa faked the apollo moon landings. Youve probably heard of conspiracy theories that the moon landing was a. Nasa faked the moon landings people who think that the apollo moon landings were not all that they seemed at the time believe that nasa faked. Never mind the secret studios in warehouses or what have you, the whole moon landing. From the moonwalks and rover rides to the return splashdowns, every step of the way you will see how the event was staged here on earth. If we assume the hypothesis of fake moon landing as a valid one, soviet reaction to the situation as well as us counter reaction is kind of not obvious. If the moon landings were faked, then one question that naturally arises is. S government or nasa official involved in the moon landing has said that the mission was a hoax. Most of the work that ties kubrick and the shining to the moon landing can be found on the internet, a prime example being the page on author and filmmaker jay weidners website called secrets of the shining, or how faking the moon landing nearly cost stanley kubrick his marriage and his life.
How i faked the apollo moon landing ozy a modern media. Astronaut michael collins looks back on apollo 11 mission, 50 years lateron july 16, 1969, collins, buzz aldrin and neil armstrong set off to. Is this where nasa filmed fake lunar landings on earth. They kinda want to believe apollo 11 was maybe a hoax. Moon landing sceptics often cite the van allen radiation belts as a reason why nasa must have faked the moon landings. According to kaysing, the chance of a successful manned mission to the moon. If the moon landings had been faked indeed, if any part of them had been made up, or even exaggeratedthe soviets would have told the world. Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the apollo program and the associated moon landings were hoaxes staged by nasa. Unlike all of the other proof over the years about the moon landing hoax, this video will examine how nasa themselves have inadvertently admitted that we never went to the moon. Chinese lunar rover finds no evidence of american moon.
A fascinating indepth account of how nasa and the american government faked the apollo moon landings of the 1960 s and 70 s. Conspiracy theories that the moon landing was actually a hoax that the u. Mission commander neil armstrong took this photograph with a 70millimeter lunar surface camera. Were talking about someone that, as a child, went to space camp and studied astronomy in college. You can order copies of my books and pamphlets on the materials available page. Newly homeschooling parents of america, have rewritten the common core standards.
Where did the moon landing conspiracy theory originally. Russia suggests america has never landed on the moon and calls for an investigation into what really happened vladimir markin has demanded an investigation into the moon landings. Kennedy had promised to send a man to the moon within the decade. As soon as the first capsules were in orbit, some began to dismiss the images as phony and the testimony of the astronauts as bullshit. If you are here at my website, it is probably because you heard about my controversial books, nasa mooned america, last skeptic of science, or world trade center lies and fairy tales. The apollo lunar module would have had to pass through this large zone of lethal radiation in order to travel to the moon, which, according to the critics this would almost certainly have killed the astronauts. Scientists from the argonne national laboratory put up a detailed rebuttal of the major claims made about the moon landing faked conspiracy on the labs website. An astronomer, who interviewed 14 nasa apollo astronauts about whether the moon landings actually happened. Fake moon landings exposed impossibility of landing on the moon. Chinese lunar rover finds no evidence of american moon landings.
We debunk these moon landing conspiracy theories and more. These recent allegations have given credence to conspiracy theorists who have been claiming for decades that america has never gone to the moon. And yet there are some among the true believers who will allow. The extent to which even the sight of this book infuriates that. An early and influential book about the subject of a moonlanding conspiracy, we never went to the moon. The americans were not able to safely land a man on the moon in 1969. On 20 july, 1969, neil armstrong planted his foot on the lunar surface.
Wagging the moondoggie the center for an informed america. In order to support claims that the moon landings were shot in a studio, conspiracy theorists had to account for the apparent lowgravity conditions, which must have been mimicked by nasa. There has been a new video going around let out by an alleged filmmaker t. Moon landing faked why people believe in conspiracy theories.
Millions still believe the 1969 moon landing was a hoax. We thought we would try and bring some clarity to it as most times weve seen it posted around the internet its been very unclear. Buzz aldrin admits apollo 11 moon landings were fake. Until 1989, russians claimed they were not trying to reach the moon first and that the u.
Claims in the book and subsequent sources clarification needed including that. Opinion polls over the years regularly show that around 5% of americans believe the apollo moon landings were faked, former nasa chief historian roger launius recently told the associated press. Why the moon landings could have never ever been faked. The first person to give real voice to moon hoax conspiranonesense was bill kaysing, a technical writer who had worked for rocketdyne until 1963, and who later selfpublished a book. Americas thirty billion dollar swindle, was selfpublished in 1976 by bill kaysing, a former us navy officer with a bachelor of arts in english. A lot of people, in fact, pretty much shut down at the mere mention of the moon landings being faked, refusing to even consider the possibility facebook, by the way, is definitely not the best place to promote the notion that the landings were faked, in case anyone was wondering. One of america s greatest accomplishments was landing on the moon, so why would the government want to fake it. In his book, kaysing introduced arguments which he said proved the moon landings were faked. Moonlanding hoax still lives on, 50 years after apollo 11. On any video footage or photograph of the landings, no crater is visible, almost as though the module was simply placed there.
Moon landing fakedwhy people believe in conspiracy. Opinion polls over the years regularly show that around 5% of americans believe the apollo moon landings were faked, former nasa chief historian. The americans were so desperate to get to the moon in 1969 that they were prepared to take an extreme risk and fake a landing. The most obvious answer and the one most frequently cited by skeptics is to reclaim a sense of national. New psychological research helps explain why some see intricate government conspiracies behind events like. Although these claims were false and easily debunked, they have persisted to this day. Is it possible that the famous american moon landings were nothing but an illusion. America s thirty billion dollar swindle, was one of the first and most influential texts regarding moon landing conspiracy theories. A particular bugbear in the fox news documentary was a poll claiming that 20% of americans believed the moon landing was faked. Conspiracy theorists then argue that nasa staged the moon landings in a film studio and that there are telltale signs on the footage and the. And all of that reflective rubbish racing across and blighting the night scare is just especially bad floaters in my aging eyes.
On july 20, 1969, the apollo 11 lunar module landed on the moon. Based on kaysings book, it imagined that a mars landing was faked in a. The wildest moon landing conspiracy theories, debunked. The origin of moon landing conspiracy theories quartz. If the moon landing was fake, wouldnt russia know it. It has been suggested that if you take the moon landing footage and increase the speed of the film x2. And while the debate over the authenticity of the moon landings will. Why the apollo 11 moon landing conspiracy theories have endured.
It was the culmination of an immense effort by the scientists and engineers. Moon landing hoax film claims to show how nasa faked. Bill kaysing july 31, 1922 april 21, 2005 was an american writer who claimed that the six apollo moon landings between july 1969 and december 1972 were hoaxes, and so a founder of the moon hoax movement. The general idea behind most moon landing conspiracy theories is that the landing was faked on a sound stage with actors, a set, and professional lighting.
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