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4 Greatest Conspiracy Theory Of All Time

The Greatest Conspiracy conference. Nor was their extensive print or engine was throttled back and shut down prior to
web news coverage of the invention of the first contact with the surface of the Moon. If the
Theory of All Time stone tool or the first time a human created fire. vehicle’s engine had been engaged at anything
Even most of World War II took place off near its ten-thousand-pound thrust capability, it
camera. could not have landed.
Quick and easy responses to moon
By contrast, every step of NASA’s effort • The flag moved. The American flag
landing hoax claims to get to the Moon was meticulously that was displayed on a rod extending
documented from within and without. This horizontally from a flagpole did not move
by Guy P. Harrison thoroughness left behind many thousands of because of wind. It moved because of the
documents, photographs, and audio/video astronaut’s manipulation of the flagpole during
What is the single best conspiracy theory of all recordings, as well as millions of typed and his effort to drive it into lunar soil.
time? Which one is so ambitious in its reach, so handwritten words. Artifacts, the tangible • They lied. Hundreds of thousands of
outrageous in structure, that it deserves top hardware, from lunar mission are currently on NASA personnel and contractors might have
ranking? Sorry 9-11 Truthers, great effort but no display in numerous museums around the lied and then kept lying about it for all these
gold. No glory for the chemtrails crowd either. world. And there is the Moon itself. Astronauts decades, but I doubt it. Over the years I have
Illuminati, Antichrist, and grassy knoll returned with more than 842 pounds (382 interviewed more than twenty Apollo engineers,
enthusiasts must accept disappoint as well kilograms) of Moon rocks that have been shared mission control personnel, and astronauts.
because the single greatest conspiracy theory and studied by scientists in many countries for Maybe they lied to me about their work and
ever cooked up by a human mind is the Apollo decades. None of these experts have expressed personal memories, but I doubt it. There are too
Moon landing hoax claim. This is one so bold doubts of the rocks’ origin. many people telling the same story. Faking a
and audacious that the Earth itself could not Crossing 240,000 miles of cold, hostile Moon landing would be easy compared to the
restrain it. space was a technological achievement ahead of challenge of getting thousands of conspirators to
In case you haven’t been paying its time, an amazing moment of intelligence and keep the lie all these years.
attention, millions of sober and sentient beings courage. I have discussed the hoax claim with • The US lied because it was determined
around the world at this moment reject the six believers in several countries and found the to win a public relations war with the USSR.
Apollo lunar landings of the 1960s and 1970s as following to be the most common reasons And the Soviet Union could have won by
real events. Millions more have significant people doubt or reject Apollo. I offer rebuttals exposing such a vast American fraud. But the
doubts about whether or not they occurred. here as brief as possible for ease of use. Please Soviets, also technologically sophisticated in
Some say this is not worth paying attention to arm yourself with these quick answers so you space, knew the landings were real and
because it is too silly. I disagree for two reasons. can push back against the idea that one of our acknowledged it.
First, it’s sad that these believers are missing out greatest moments never happened wherever you • NASA could have faked it. Maybe
on the greatest of all human adventures. They encounter it. NASA could have produced convincing video
are human, too, and should enjoy some of the • The US government has lied about on a terrestrial sound stage that was good
awe and pride that comes with feeling other things. Of course it has, and will again. enough to fool non-experts. But why do it so
connected to it. Second, the Moon hoax belief However, pointing out that the US government many times? There were nine missions to the
should be explored and addressed because it is capable of lying does not prove that it lied Moon, six of which landed. The Apollo 16 and
offers us a brilliant example of how anything about Apollo. Watergate is not evidence of 17 crews each spent three days there. Why? If
can be believed when intellectual waters are Moongate. this was all a daring PR stunt, why increase the
muddied and people fail to protect their • The absence of stars in photographs. risk of discovery with multiple missions? Why
thoughts and dignity with good thinking. Cameras were set for the proper exposure to make it necessary for so many astronauts and
Make a short list of important and photograph well-lit astronauts wearing white ground personnel to lie and maintain the cover
spectacular historical events, and it’s clear that suits and the highly reflective Lunar Module, up? If this were a hoax, doesn’t it seem more
the Apollo Moon missions were unique in the not the faint light of distant stars in dark space. likely that NASA would have faked one landing,
way they were documented. There were no Had the cameras been set to properly capture had a big parade, and then promptly shut down
cameras at the Battle of Marathon. No NPR the light of stars, the astronauts would have the operation?
reporters at the French Revolution. The Mongol been overexposed.
invasions came and went without a single press • No blast crater under Lunar Module. In Continued on Page 5
order to land, the Lunar Module’s descent