Theo's experiments demonstrating that the Apollo Moon landings couldn't possibly have happened are ingenious and compelling. However to put the matter beyond doubt, I offer another line of corroborating evidence.This is a photograph of the alleged "launch" of the Apollo 9 mission. It was given to me by a conspiracy theorist yesterday. (At the time, he was gently raving to non-one in particular under a railway bridge while apparently trying to catch butterflies in his mouth - but otherwise he seemed to be perfectly sane.)
If you look closely, you will see that the "rocket" is in fact a coke bottle.
I am frankly amazed that so many so-called intelligent people have been fooled by this blatantly obvious fakery for so long. Thank God for conspiracy theorists. Where would we be without them?
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Tagged - Conspiracy Theory, Moon Landing, 9-11, Fallacy, Skepticism.
5 comments:
I am certain I have seen that grasping, evil hand somewhere before... wait a minute... I have! It's George W Bush.
I am not one to make unfounded accusations, but methinks there might be some cunning product placement going on here... drink Coke!
I'm sure it was a Pepsi rocket !!
No, no, you've got it all wrong. People like you who attribute to these conspiracies and feed their theorists give legitimate organizations and their members a bad reputation. This photo has been circulating for years, and has since been explained and clarified by experts at various Government agencies. NASA explains that due to the particular angle of incidence posed by the body of water on this given day, coincidentally combined with the angle which the sunlight is hitting this body of water has created a phenomenon known to few as Negative Refraction, creating this unusual optical illusion, which has a canning resemblance of a Coke bottle. (See graph below submitted by NASA). A NASA spokes-person has ruled out any conspiracy theory by classifying this incident as a “simple case of Photonics”. The hand, he went on to explain, is “a coincidence”.
So what’s next? Are you going to start telling children that Santa is myth created by Al Qaeda to infiltrate their young, unbiased minds?
And as for you Theo, we can see right through your trickery. The Apollo rocket was black and white, NOT red. (and the Moon does not have a knot in the bottom of it.) "Do your homework next time before you try to mock science."
(Can't seem to include picture. Sorry.)
And yes, I meant Uncanny.
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