MOON LANDING-A HOAX?

THEORY

• Moon landing was hoax by U.S. government to claim their victory in the space race over Russia.
• A small percentage (7%) of Americans believed it was a hoax.
• After Apollo landing in seventies, why hasn't U.S. been back to the moon ?

FLAG THEORY

• Conspiracy theorists have pointed out that pictures of the American flag show the flag fluttering.
• Problem-no air in the moon's atmosphere-no wind to blow flag.

BLAST CRATER

• If NASA had truly landed on moon, there would be a blast crater underneath the lunar module to mark its landing.
• On any photo or video, no crater is visible.
• Moon's surface is covered in dust and this seems not to have been displaced.

MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES

• On the moon, the sun is the only light source.
• All shadows should have run parallel to each other.
• Videos and photos show shadows fall in different places, different directions.
• Conspiracy theorists say other light sources were present-suggesting that the landing photos were taken on a film set.

THE VAN ALLEN BELT

• In order to reach the moon, astronauts had to pass through what is known as the Van Allen radiation belt.
• The belt is held in place by Earth's magnetic field and stays perpetually in the same place.
• The Apollo missions to the moon marked the first ever attempts to transport living humans through the belt.
• Conspiracy theorists contend that the sheer levels of radiation would have cooked the astronauts en route to the moon, despite the layers of aluminum coating the interior and exterior of the spaceship.

THE UNEXPLAINED OBJECT

• After photographs of moon landings were released, then Conspiracy theorists were quick to notice a mysterious object in the reflection of an astronaut's helmet from Apollo 12 mission.
• The object appears to be hanging from a rope or wire and has no reason to be there.

SLOW-MOTION WALKING AND HIDDEN CABLES

• In order to support claims that the moon landings were shot in a studio, conspiracy theorists had to account for the apparent low-gravity conditions, which must have been mimicked by NASA.
• For example, if you take the moon landing footage and increase the speed of the film x2.5, the astronauts appear to be moving in Earth's gravity.
• As for the astronauts impressive jump height, impossible in Earth's gravity, hidden cables and wires have been given as an explanation for the height.
• In some screenshots outlines of supposed hidden cables can be seen. Photo-suggests a wire, though very vague.

LACK OF STARS

• Another argument for the hoax is total lack of stars in any photographic/video evidence.
• The moon has no clouds, so stars are always visible and much brighter.
• Pictures of stars can be taken from Earth.

THE "C" ROCK

• One of the most famous photos from the moon landings shows the letter "C" engraved on it.
• The "C" looks almost perfectly symmetrical, making it unlikely to be a natural occurrence.
• Conspiracy theorists suggest it is a prop with the "C" as a marker for an alleged film crew.

THE LAYERED-CROSS HAIRS

• Cameras used by astronauts during moon landings had many cross-hairs to help with scaling and direction.
• Cross-hairs are imprinted over the top off all photographs.
• Certain images, however, clearly show cross-hairs behind objects in the scene, suggesting the photographs may have been edited or doctored after being taken.
• This photograph is one example of the cross-hair behind an object.
• Conspiracy Theorists speculate that NASA printed man-made objects over a legitimate photo of the moon to hoax the landings.

DUPLICATE BACKDROP

• Two photos from Apollo 15 mission shown in previous slide have identical backdrops.
• One photo even shows the lunar module.
• When photos were taken, the module had already landed. How can it be in one photo and not another?

THREE ASTRONAUTS DIE IN FIRE

• Virgil Grissom, Edward White, Roger Chaffee-three astronauts who died in fire while testing equipment for first moon mission.
• Conspiracy Theorists suggest they were executed by the U.S. government, which feared they would expose the truth.

REFERENCES

• (2015, April 15). Conspiracy Theories. Retrieved from http://content.time.com
• Josh Fox.(2012, December 28). 10 Reasons the Moon Landings Could be a Hoax. Retrieved from http://listers.com