Apollo 11 Hoax Photo Evidence Debunked
Today is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing – a date which always brings out the moon landing hoax conspiracy theories.
Conspiracy theorists believe the 1969 Apollo moon landing was a hoax staged by the United States government in a cold war ploy to make the Soviet Union believe the U.S. was technologically superior.
Citing photographs taken on the moon, the conspiracy theorists point out discrepancies as evidence they were faked, such as a photo of the American flag waving on an airless moon.
National Geographic examines eight photos and debunks the most common conspiracy theory claims.
So why is the American flag waving on the moon?
“The video you see where the flag’s moving is because the astronaut just placed it there, and the inertia from when they let go kept it moving,” said spaceflight historian Roger Launius, of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
The astronauts also accidentally bent the horizontal rods holding the flag in place several times, creating the appearance of a rippling flag in photographs.
Apollo 11 moon landing video
Check out National Geographic for the other Apollo 11 hoax photos explanations.
Check out the National Geographic website for explanations
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This is a bebunking?? Looks more like weak excuses to continue the cover-up.. I guess the govt. had nothing to do w/ 9-11 and the economic collapse also..Wake Up America, you’ve been had and they are not done yet!!
Wait till swine flu season….
Wow Stinger, you sure do like the kool-aid. This is not “bebunking” it’s debunking genius. Make sure your tin-hat doesn’t get too tight.
Wow, Stinger Missile. You are indeed a true conspiracy theorist. Do you enjoy spouting these theories because it makes you feel important? As if you are the only person aware of the great conspiracy? Are you a space expert? Have you been to the moon? Why would the US government fake a moon landing several times? Seems like a lot of work once we had already gained the edge on the Soviet Union. Or was that part of the conspiracy too, to make everyone “think” there’s not way they would fake a landing multiple times? I advise that it’s not America who should wake up, but you. Please. There are many good psychiatrists and good medicines for paranoid schizophrenia out there.
Come on folks- wake up…40 years ago America was in governmental Hell. Thats why the Hippie movement was so big. to squash the paranoia created by the Feds but we have come a long way since then, though the Govt. is still squashing NASA and keeping them back. But Space exploration is needed more than Military expandering. Can you believe all the wars over. And a clear path to space exploration ? What a DREAM !
My dad was in 9/11, and he lived. I laugh at conspiracy theorists, at how compleatly stupid they are. They will blame aliens before they will blame Muslim terroists. Its the stupidist shit ive ever herd. What would the Government have to gain by faking 9/11 or the Apollo moon landing, becids losing millions of dollars. Give me a break.
David
You don’t need a break, you need spelling lessons.
Stinger, and all you other conspiracy theorists, whats it like having egg on your face????
The recent photos of the landing sites must really hack you off! And with more to come!!!
Oh, you got this one wrong, what else have you gotten wrong?