Welcome to You’d Have to be Crazy to Believe This! Here
every week we will cover a different conspiracy theory and the mystery
surrounding them. I want to do this not because I personally believe all of
these but because I think they are fascinating to read about. Plus I want to
know what parts you guys believe are fact and what parts you believe are
fiction. So lets get into the first one!
I thought I’d start this off with the granddaddy of them
all: the moon landing. On July 20th, 1969, during the cold war, the
U.S. beat Russia to the moon. Pioneers Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on
the moon and notoriously took “One small step for man, one giant leap for man
kind.” Or did they? There are a lot of people out there who believe the moon
landing footage the public saw was actually created on a soundstage in
Hollywood in order to fool the Russians into thinking we beat them to the moon.
Here are some reasons why.
One of the first things most people notice about the moon
landing pictures is that there are no stars. Being in space one would
automatically assume that there would be stars everywhere. Well some say the
people who produced the footage of the moon landing choose to not include stars
for fear of placing them incorrectly in the sky, which would be a dead give
away to the falsehood of the moon landing. However NASA has accredited the lack
of stars to the poor video quality of the time.
Another alleged proof that the moon landing was fake is the
fact that the flag was blowing in the wind. Aldrin and Armstrong famously
planted an American flag in the moon, as a symbol of the American victory
against Russia. The flag triumphantly waved in the “wind” proclaiming the
United States Victory. But many conspiracy theorists say due to the lack of
atmosphere, there should not have been any wind on the moon. That
alternatively, the flag was blowing because of special effect put in place
during the staging of the moon landing. This allegation has been addressed as
well. NASA as said that the flag was not actually blowing in the wind, but
instead was rippled and creased because of the way it was stored during the
ride to the moon.
The next piece of evidence that the falsehood of the moon
landing is the “C” rock. If you look
closely at the photos from the moon landing, there is a rock that is clearly
marked with the letter “C.” Some would say this rock was a marked prop from the
set of the moon landing. NASA has never given a concrete explanation for this;
they suggested it might have been an error in developing the photos or a stray
hair that landed on the rocks.
The last piece of evidence and the one I find most
compelling is this photo of what appears to be a studio light reflected in the
helmet of one the astronauts. Whether or not it’s a light is still up for
debate but many theorists say this object appears to be hanging from something,
not something you would see in space. There has been no credible explanation
for this but some would say it’s just a light reflection or a camera filming
the historic journey.
While these are not the only examples of why the moon
landing was fake, these are some of the most famous and compelling reasons as
to why its was faked. If you are interested in reading more on the subject you can checkout this TIME article here. If you want to hear more from the people who believe this sort of thing (a website I found most amusing and helpful) check out MoonLandingHoax.org for more info. So what do you think? Do you think the moon landing was
faked? Did these pieces of evidence change your mind? Let me know in the
comments! Until next week!!
