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The Moon Landing Conspiracy Theory

Was the Famous Moon Landing a Hoax or Was it Real?

By Scott LavelyPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
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**THIS IS SIMPLY A THEORY, NOT MEANT TO DEFAME OR INSULT ANY COMPANIES, PEOPLE, COUNTRIES, AND ANY OTHER PARTIES**

The moon landing was widely debated and still is to this day; was it real or was it simply a hoax? I do have my beliefs when it comes to this, but I'll get to that later.

In order to properly understand why this came about, we need to understand what went down (allegedly or factually); Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the two men that worked with NASA to do this moon landing. Prior to take off, there's photographic proof of them practicing on mock-up stages of the moon so they knew what to do and how to stand the flag, etc. Conspiracy theorists believe that they did this as a practice and then NASA made a bigger mockup where they actually shot the video, not on the moon, but in a staged area on Earth. This moon-landing mission was part of the Apollo project led by NASA and humans finally made it to the moon on July 20, 1969. An example is in the first photo of the attached video.

One big issue with this landing video was the flag; after being unraveled, the flag began to wave (second photo in the video). Many people asked how this was possible? NASA claims that it waves due to how it was planted by the men, which you can see them plant it in the videos on youtube and you can take that either way you want.

There is one big issue that people point out; the stars! Where are they? Now, there actually is a decent explanation for this (in my opinion); a person can see stars when visiting space, but cameras cannot pick up stars because the light that's already there is making the stars look a lot dimmer than they originally are. It's basically like how you can't see stars during the day but you can at night; it depends on the amount of light available at the time. The third picture in the video is an example of what I am referencing; the pictures do not contain stars because of the light that's available in space at the time.

One piece of evidence proving this theory is image 4; the rock labelled "C." For those unaware, props used for movies, films, TV shows, videos, etc. are labelled with numbers and letters so they know where each one goes in a scene. Did this "rock" just forget to be overturned so the letter was hidden?

When the Apollo 11 mission's craft landed on the moon, there was no crater; it should have created some form of a crater due to the force of the land and clearly there is none (picture 5).

Picture 6 showcases an image reflected in one of the astronaut's helmets—a stage light. If all of this was not staged in some film studio, then why is that there? How is it there? How could that just be part of the Apollo 11 equipment?

This was a little shallow look into the conspiracy, but for those interested in more information, read up on it! Personally, do I think that the moon landing was fake? Yes, of course. There's too much evidence for the moon landing to not be fake and the statements I mentioned before of sites "debunking" the theories of the multiple lights and stars, they got their information from NASA. I am not saying that the moon landing is fake and that NASA is doing any form of damage control, but do any of us actually know 100% if it's real or not? No, only the people and companies involved will.

works cited:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories

https://www.elitereaders.com/proofs-moon-landings-faked-conspiracy-theorists/

https://spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/know-moon-landing-really-happened/

https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/why-do-photographs-taken-in-space-not-have-stars-in-them.html

sources for pictures (in order): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories

https://www.elitereaders.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Moon-Landings-Hoax-1.jpg

https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/why-do-photographs-taken-in-space-not-have-stars-in-them.html

https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/why-do-photographs-taken-in-space-not-have-stars-in-them.html

https://www.elitereaders.com/proofs-moon-landings-faked-conspiracy-theorists/

https://www.elitereaders.com/proofs-moon-landings-faked-conspiracy-theorists/

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Scott Lavely

I am a transgender individual trying to bring light to LGBTQA+ in the USA and other areas of the world

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