When it comes to conspiracy theories, man on the moon is one of the biggest to hit the nation. There is no doubt that going to the moon is one of the biggest events in history so, why did it end up as a conspiracy theory? Conspiracy theories usually start due to some type of mistrust.
In the 70’s a movie came out in which NASA and American astronauts faked a landing on Mars. It was one of the things that started people asking questions and many began to wonder and even imply that maybe the moon landing was actually a fake as well. This movie was released in the post-Vietnam War and post-Watergate era when the public already had reasons to distrust the government. This made it easy for many of them to believe that the moon walk was all one big hoax.
By 2001 a program aired on Fox television called “Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?” and this got a lot of people stirred up all over again. This show, along with some books, offered the public proof that the landing was a fake in the form of discrepancies between photographs and the official version of the moon landing. There are even websites devoted to proving these accusations are true.
For this reason, conspiracy theories about the man on the moon landing of 1969 have surfaced stating it was all a hoax. The fact that there may be some evidence to support this theory has made it even more believable. A few of these are listed below.
- There are some images that show the night sky without any stars.
- Videos show the American Flag waving but there is not suppose to be air on the moon.
- When viewing the footage the shadows of the astronauts appeared to be cast in several different directions even though the sun was the only light source.
- Many of the images were unclear even thought the technology during that time could have provided clear images.
- There were thousands of photographs taken without flaws even though the cameras were fitted to the chest of the astronauts so there was no viewfinder for them to look through. The pictures were taken by the body movement of the astronauts so there should have been some mistakes.
However, it’s important to note that there is a lot of evidence that points to this event being true as well. For example, the moon rocks that were studied by scientist all across the globe came from somewhere.
Dozens of astronauts have followed in the footsteps of those first ones to walk on the moon all those years ago. Plus, you simply have ask, why would NASA, the astronauts and the government fake something that would have such an impact on the world? What would they have to gain?
Eventually, technology will find a way to prove that man truly did walk on the moon in the sixties or it will prove that the conspiracy theories, man on the moon is a hoax, is actually the truth. Until that day, there will be a lot of speculation and the public will continue to keep their theories alive.
