Moon Landing Conspiracy Theorists

[Bison Bud]

I watched a documentary last night about folks that think that the moon landing back in 1969 was faked.  I for one feel that this was one of the most important events of our times and have trouble believing that there are so many folks out there that appear to think that the whole thing was faked and the extent they will go to try to stir up the controversy.  To these conspiracy theorists I have a question:  If the whole thing was faked to fool the Russians and the rest of the world, then why did we go back 5 more times?  The first one would have been enough to put the Russians in their place and as elaborate as faking this thing would have been, don't you think that follow up flights to the moon would increase the odds of getting busted faking it?  Frankly, I don't see how anyone can ignore all the actual evidence that the landings really took place.  However, I'm not sure NASA has ever told the whole story either and probably never will.  In any case, I'd like to have input from some of these theorists to explain their position on the 5 successful return trips as well as the miraculous, yet unsuccessful, Apollo 13 flight, as this never was mentioned in the documentary.   Good luck and good shooting to all!

[John Kloehr]

Faking it would have been more difficult and more expensive than just going there. For those who might still believe it was faked, I offer this:

 

[Rip Snorter]

I'd bet you can find as many who think the Earth is flat.  Gotta have something crazy to wake up to!

[Yul Lose]

My step dad swore it was fake, everyone else in the family knew it wasn’t. There was no convincing him otherwise.

[Subdeacon Joe]

Getting the hundreds of thousands of people involved to keep quiet about it would be impossible. 

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

These are the same people that think 9/11 was done by our own people just to start a war. 

[Blackwater 53393]

Throughout history, there have been phonied up events and massive hoaxes, BUT THAT WAS NOT ONE OF THEM!!

 

 

Too many people devoted or even risked their lives and a few gave theirs to make our space program the success that it was!!  
 

The conspiracy theorists who deny that it happened are shouting at the darkness!!

[Pat Riot]

I had a subordinate at work get very disrespectful and aggressive with me when he said the moon landing was fake and I called him a pinheaded fool. The reasoning I used with him was “How did 400,000 people keep the secret of the ruse up to this day?”

After a few minutes more of listening to his  buffoonery I pulled rank and told him to just shut the hell up and never speak of this again in my presence.  
 

Over the years I have encountered those that believe the moon landing was fake, the earth is flat and 911 was a conspiracy and they aren’t even worth a “Bless their little hearts.” I have no time for them. 

[Trailrider #896]

The real question is are those people real? We certainly need some AI, as there is very little real intelligence on Earth. If you really want to get into it with someone, ask Dr. Aldrin (he is only "Buzz" to his intimates) whether he went there or not. Just be sure you are more than arm's length from him when you do! 

[Buckshot Bear]

[Buckshot Bear]

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

yes it's fake.

 they got Stanley Kubrick to produce it; and mr Kubrick, being his usual self, insisted on authenticity and filmed it on site ..... on the moon.

 

 

 

 

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[Trailrider #896]

36 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

yes it's fake.

 they got Stanley Kubrick to produce it; and mr Kubrick, being his usual self, insisted on authenticity and filmed it on site ..... on the moon.

 

 

 

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Astronomy artist Chesley Bonestel painted one image of a crater on the Moon. This was years before Sputnik I. When Apollo 11 landed on Tranquility Base, the crater was identical to the one Bonestel had painted! (I had an art course in middle school with his nephew!)

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

10 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

I had a subordinate at work get very disrespectful and aggressive with me when he said the moon landing was fake and I called him a pinheaded fool. The reasoning I used with him was “How did 400,000 people keep the secret of the ruse up to this day?After a few minutes more of listening to his  buffoonery I pulled rank and told him to just shut the hell up and never speak of this again in my presence.  
 

Over the years I have encountered those that believe the moon landing was fake, the earth is flat and 911 was a conspiracy and they aren’t even worth a “Bless their little hearts.” I have no time for them. 

These are the same people that think con trails are poison, the all of the last fifteen or twenty Democrat presidents did a great job, that we have no business bombing Iran, Whoopy Goldburg is a genius, and will spend hours talking about the different aliens from outer space.  

 

(They NEVER get that one right.  None of us them ever looked like that!)   😮

[Rye Miles #13621]

When I hear someone say the moon landing was fake, I delete them from my life because they’re idiots! 

[Sixgun Seamus]

I never encountered a fake moon landing "expert" until several weeks ago. We had to have a service repairman in for our dishwasher. I'm not sure how we got on the subject  but he was adamant that it was faked. I gave valid answers to questions he asked but there was no reasoning with him. I just shut up and he had to get to his next appointment. 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

19 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

Getting the hundreds of thousands of people involved to keep quiet about it would be impossible. 

You mean like they did with flying saucers at Area 51?  

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

11 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

They took a mascot with them?

 

11 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

They took a mascot with them?  I's like to see that 'roo jump in the lower gravity.

[Cypress Sun]

I've never met anyone who believes, at least verbally, that the moon landing(s) were faked.

 

I do have a friend that absolutely believes that 9/11 was set up by the government, the planes were really grey drones and that "controlled demolition" brought down the towers. At first, I tried to show him the facts that show he is wrong about the planes by showing him a VCR tape I have that consists of the entire day's events. I left work shortly after the first collapse of the second tower to be hit and as soon as I got home, I started the tape and taped the entire day. I showed him video of the exact place on the tower(s) where the collapse started. He still refused to give up his conviction that it was all a big conspiracy to start a war. We made a rule between ourselves so that our friendship would endure...we don't talk about 9/11.

 

I watched man walk on the moon for the first time live in black and white, I have no doubt that it was real.

[John Kloehr]

8 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

These are the same people that think con trails are poison...

You might want to take a closer look at the dangers of di-hydrogen monoxide.

[Bison Bud]

First of all, thanks to all that contributed here!  Frankly, I find it amazing how locked into a conspiracy some folks can get.  I have a step son that also swears that the whole thing was faked and that is one of the reasons I watched the documentary I mentioned in the opening statement.  Anyway, I have discussed it with him on multiple occasions and even shown him photos from the lunar orbiter of the actual landing site still visible on the moon's surface.  His response to that was that he could make that up in the back of his pickup truck.  He tried to use a photo of one of the astronauts standing on the moon saying that there are no stars in the sky of the photo, but I told him that he was photographed in bright sunlight and asked him if he could see stars in the daytime.  I also told him that when the camera was stopped down enough for the proper exposure of the astronaut, that the sky would indeed be black, but he wouldn't buy that one either and still insists that this is proof positive that the whole thing was faked.  Anyway, it is indeed surprising to me that anyone can be that narrow minded or maybe stupid is a better word, but they are indeed out there!  Thanks for kicking in here and good luck and good shooting to all.  

Edited August 30 by Bison Bud

[Blackwater 53393]

When I encounter people like that, I just step back and move away slowly.

 

If you argue with idiots, they’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!!

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

47 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

When I encounter people like that, I just step back and move away slowly.

 

If you argue with idiots, they’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!!

Rush Limbaugh used to say not to argue with an idiot because onlookers might not be able to tell the two of you apart.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

2 hours ago, John Kloehr said:

You might want to take a closer look at the dangers of di-hydrogen monoxide.

Many years ago a well-known mid-western college (I don't recall which one) had a professor who sent about 100 students out to make a point.  Their job was to take surveys of people on the street, young and old and anything else, stating that di-hydrogen monoxide was a very dangerous substance that was all over the world.  It is highly addictive, is used by virtually everyone, everywhere, causing injuries, illness, and death to millions, nay billions of people.  If anyone tried to get rid of the addiction they would die a horrible death in a very few days.  People fought and died over it, gave it to their children, friends, and strangers.  It could be found in sports, recreation, all kinds of medicines, used in most food and was used on our crops before they were even planted.  

 

All governments, every industry, every religion, every social structure, every nationality and culture was involved!

 

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE! 

 

In a two or three week period these students collected thousands of responses and when they had categorized and counted the results, they found that some 20% simply laughed their butts off another 35% or 40% caught on right away but didn't find it funny at all, some refused to answer and some just walked on by, BUT 19% WANTED THE GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY AND EVERY ONE ELSE TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THE HORRLE MENACE OUT OUR LIVES AS QUICLY AS POSSIBLE!

 

They signed petitions, volunteered to help, some offered to donate to the cause, wear buttons, put flags in their yards, pass out bumper stickers, and join public demonstrations, contact elected officials, help with street and phone surveys, or whatever else was needed.  

 

They were really fired up....

 

....TO DO AWAY WITH WATER!

 

And now they breed and vote and beat the drums for some other outlandish garbage.  Many hold important positions in government, education, every industry the news media and entertainment...everywhere.

Edited August 30 by Forty Rod SASS 3935

[Stump Water]

I guess it was about 2000 or so, I read a very lengthy treatise about the Oklahoma City Bombing.  The author's premise was that there was no possible way that one truck packed with explosives could have done that much damage.  He went into great detail about where and how numerous shape charges were placed in order to cause the damage that occurred and that it was not possible that McVeigh acted alone.  He certainly put a lot of work into the piece.

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Edited August 30 by Stump Water

[Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life]

I worked on the Apollo and Saturn Rocket Programs at North American Aviation (My Dad, wife & Father in Law also worked on it there too). It wasn't fake, we did land men on the moon....and return them to earth. There is too much evidence and progress since 1969 to doubt that it happened. 

Edited August 31 by Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life

[Cypress Sun]

4 hours ago, John Kloehr said:

You might want to take a closer look at the dangers of di-hydrogen monoxide.

 

They're making it for the new data centers.

 

It's true, look it up!

[watab kid]

On 8/29/2026 at 11:25 AM, Subdeacon Joe said:

Getting the hundreds of thousands of people involved to keep quiet about it would be impossible. 

even harder to prevent one of them publishing a book about it - if they had details to make it good , 

[Trailrider #896]

5 hours ago, Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life said:

I worked on the Apollo and Saturn Rocket Programs at North American Aviation (My Dad, wife & Father in Law also worked on there). It wasn't fake, we did land men on the moon....and return them to earth. There is too much evidence and progress since 1969 to doubt that it happened. 

As I posted above, don't get within arm's length of Dr. Aldrin if you question whether he and Neil were there! 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

I think these and other conspiracy theories just make for good click-bait on the internet.  People visit these sites to read rubbish and the author (I use that term generously) gets some advertising revenue for the visit.

[J-BAR #18287]

Conspiracies are secret.  If you know about it, it probably isn't.

[John Kloehr]

6 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said:

Conspiracies are secret.  If you know about it, it probably isn't.

That's just what they want you to think!

 

 

 

 

[Buckshot Bear]

[Subdeacon Joe]

54 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:

 

There's an HFY video on YouTube,  the Australian Space Navy used what was called "boomerang tactics." Strike,  swing wide, and return to Strike again. 

[Subdeacon Joe]