This web
page will show how, and where NASA faked the lunar
approach, lunar orbit, lunar landing, and lunar take
off, for all the Apollo Moon landing video's.
Contrary to what many believe, the sequences were
not shot in a desert, Hollywood studio, or Area 51.
There may have been the odd picture taken at Area
51, and a few Apollo pictures that were taken in
some remote desert, but the majority of stills and
video were performed at Langley Research Center,
Hampton, Virginia. Scientist's at NASA knew in the
early 60's that a manned mission to the Moon was
impossible within 8 years, and a plan to fake the
Moon landings was put into operation.
NASA's
fake Moon pictures were taken at various locations
such as KSC, JSC, LRC, and of course the odd one
or two desert locations. I would also like to
point out to that the art of faking both still
photographs, and movie film is as old as
photography and film itself. The 1930's film "King
Kong" showed a huge gorilla scaling up the Empire
State building. If it's on film are we led to
believe it's real? No of course not, but that is
exactly what PAN's, (Pro Apollo Nutters) are
claiming. Their ridiculous debunking claim is that
digital manipulation of photographs and film was
not available back in the 1960's, but they did not
have digital artifacts back in 1930 when the film
"King Kong" was made.
Langley is NASA's space research facility, and
staff are sworn to secrecy. All files pertaining
to the Apollo (fake Moon missions) are stored
there and not due for declassification until 2026.
Other artifacts including the burnt out Apollo 7
capsule which killed Grissom, Chaffe and White.
They have the facilities to perform anything, fake
backgrounds, simulated orbiters etc. First piece
of evidence is the large 250 foot traverse crane
shown below. Notice fake Moon crater
surface created beneath the crane.
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This
crane was PURPOSELY built in 63/64 to perfect the
lunar landing as close as possible to the real
thing, and used to suspend both astronauts, and
the LM itself. It enabled movement of the
astronauts and LM in all directions, i.e., up
down, left right, forward and reverse. The trial
runs were so good, and with NASA, fully aware that
a Moon landing was impossible, opted to use the
setup for faking the alleged film of
lunar landing, and take off, whereby the flag is
blown over.
According to Bobby Braun and other NASA officials
the idea was to teach the astronauts how to land a
rocket propelled LM. However NO ROCKET POWERED LM
WAS EVER SUSPENDED FROM THIS CRANE. In any case
anyone with the slightest gumption knows that it
is IMPOSSIBLE to control a rocket engine. If the
PAN's disagree, then perhaps they could direct me
to a video or film showing how the feat was, or
could be accomplished. The landings were
controlled purely by traverse and lowering of the
LM in the same way as a conventional crane.
Below
are more pictures showing mock LM suspended from
this crane. In the center (left) picture note the
circular objects on the ground floor. The vast
expanse of ground area beneath this crane was
ideal for creating mock lunar landscapes. In
reality the area was covered with gray ash,
(possibly from some coal fired power station or
boiler house), or plain cement. The circular
objects were then raised by crane to create
authentic looking Moon craters, as shown later.
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The far
right picture above is a time lapse sequence taken
at night. Notice spotlights on crane gantry, and
how it illuminates the ground surface. The mock LM
was traversed full length of crane, and
simultaneously lowered at the same time in order
to create an authentic looking lunar landing, when
viewed from within the mock LM itself. Power
supply to the mock LM was by cable from crane
tower. This enabled a large fan, (fitted beneath
the mock LM), to create the dust scatter effect of
a rocket engine as it descended to the fake Moon
surface. The film shown to public of the LM
supposedly blasting off from the Moon's surface
was also created beneath this crane at LRC. The
mock LM was simply attached to the crane, and
hoisted very rapidly at the same time a pathetic
looking blast off sparks was enacted beneath it.
The film was then speeded up for showing to the
public, and it is interesting to note that the
camera filming this sequence cut short once the LM
had reached the crane maximum height. In other
words WHY didn't the camera continue to film the
LM until it was out of view? Quite simply because
it was not possible to do under the circumstances
in which the "lift off" was faked.
The
above pictures were taken by Bob Nye on June 20
1969, one month before Armstrong, err, supposedly
stepped on the Moon. Picture on right shows the
lander hovering above fake Moon crater surface
beneath the crane. Believe me folks this is how it
was done, even if Pro Apollo Nutters say no way.
Picture on left, taken at night, looks like a
realistic Moon setting, although I am in no doubt
that some out there will actually say this photo
is the Moon. I have heard so much BS from the Pro
Apollo Nutters nothing would surprise me. The
light source seen in left picture is the same
light source that highlights Buzz Aldrin in the
controversial picture of him allegedly on the
Moon. Those lights are fixed at top of crane
gantry, as shown in earlier picture.
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The
picture shown above shows Armstrong at the site in
January 1970. This is 6 months after he
supposedly landed on the Moon, and likewise Apollo
12 had done the same. Evidently he returned to the
simulation site 6 months later to figure out how
he could do it, having conned the world into
believing he actually did land on the Moon 6
months before this picture was taken.
Pictures below show how astronauts were
suspended from the crane in order to simulate
low gravity. They eventually settled for an
upright position with the astronaut suspended by
strong elastic bungee cord, so that his feet
were only just touching the ground, the same way
as a baby bouncer. You can try it yourself by
placing a given weight at the end of an elastic
band. As the astronauts walked in a given
direction, the overhead crane moved in the same
direction. This enabled the astronauts to
literally float along in a crude "Moon walk"
fashion.
There
is a classic piece of film, and I have only ever
seen it once. It shows two astronauts supposedly
on the Moon, but one astronaut is following behind
the other in a dead straight line, and at a fixed
distance. Two partners in a strange desolate place
would not walk in such a stupid fashion, and so
far apart. It's obvious both are following a given
line/route, i.e., the line or route in which the
two overhead cranes are forcing them to follow. In
the pictures below, it can be seen how astronauts
were suspended from this crane. It is interesting
to note that high backward leg swing in far left
picture. That high backward leg swing is identical
to the back leg swing in the Apollo 17 photo of
Harrison Schmitt supposedly tripping up on the
Moon (shown right). In another video sequence of
Apollo 17 astronauts supposedly cavorting on the
Moon, one of them is actually suspended 2 feet
horizontally off the ground. This sequence lasts
for a couple of seconds, so how do NASA officials
explain that, and why is it that no one else has
passed comment on this totally absurd picture
shot? It's clear evidence that person in space
suit is suspended from wires, or some other line.
The picture below shows astronaut suspended via a
tubular spring to create the "bounce effect" as
though they were walking in reduced gravity on the
Moon.
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PART TWO
The Studio Moon
Set
Still
not convinced? Then maybe this NASA archive, dated
26 August 1969, and copied word for word, will
change your mind. It relates to Donald Hewes, who
oversaw operations/filming with the fake landing
and take off. Read it, then think hard about it.
Why were NASA phaffing around with fake lunar
landscapes, one month AFTER Armstrong supposedly
pulled it off for real? Answer, to make the fake
film look ever more realistic, when future, higher
quality images were broadcast to an already
gullible audience.
Looking down from the top of the
gantry on to the simulated Lunar Surface. James
Hansen writes: "To make the simulated landings
more authentic, [Donald] Hewes and his men filled
the base of the huge eight legged, red and white
structure with dirt and modeled it to resemble the
moon's surface. They erected floodlights at the
proper angles to simulate lunar light and
installed a black screen at the far end of the
gantry to mimic the airless lunar "sky." Hewes
personally climbed into the fake craters with cans
of everyday black enamel to spray them so that the
astronauts could experience the shadows that they
would see during the actual moon landing." (p.
375) From A.W. Vigil, "Piloted Space Flight
Simulation at Langley Research Center," Paper
presented at the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, 1966 Winter Meeting, New York, NY,
November 27 - December 1, 1966. "Ground based
simulators are not very satisfactory for studying
the problems associated with the final phases of
landing. This is due primarily to the fact that
the visual scene cannot be simulated with
sufficient realism. For this reason it is
preferable to go to some sort of flight test
simulator which can provide real life visual cues.
One research facility designed to study the final
phases of lunar landing is in operation at
Langley. ... The facility is an overhead crane
structure about 250 feet tall and 400 feet long.
The crane system supports five sixths of the
vehicle's weight through servo driven vertical
cables. The remaining one sixth of the vehicle
weight pulls the vehicle downward simulating the
lunar gravitational force. During actual flights
the overhead crane system is slaved to keep the
cable near vertical at all times. A gimbal system
on the vehicle permits angular freedom for pitch,
roll, and yaw. The facility is capable of testing
vehicles up to 20,000 pounds. A research vehicle,
weighing 10,500 pounds fully loaded, is being used
and is shown [in this picture]. This vehicle is
provided with a large degree of flexibility in
cockpit positions, instrumentation, and control
parameters. It has main engines of 6,000 pounds
thrust, throttle able down to 600 pounds, and
attitude jets. This facility is studying the
problems of the final 200 feet of lunar landing
and the problems of maneuvering about in close
proximity to the lunar surface."
Published in
James R. Hansen, Space flight Revolution: NASA
Langley Research Center From Sputnik to Apollo,
(Washington: NASA, 1995), pp. 373-378.
We now go inside the Langley
Research Center complex itself to see how they
faked the lunar approach and close orbit of the
Moon's surface. We've all seen the film supposedly
taken from the LM as it approached the Moon, and
then begin to orbit. The speed at which it changes
from approach to lunar orbit is utterly
ridiculous, as any craft traveling at that speed
would crash straight into the Moon. No one
could control a craft in such as way as shown in
the film, and in reality no one did. The following
pictures show exactly how it was done.
Size
does matter believe me, especially when NASA want
to create a fake lunar surface as shown in the
above picture on left. It literally dwarfs the two
men stood in front of it. It's unbelievable the
time, trouble and expense that NASA incurred
purely to fake the lunar missions. It was of
course done purely to convince the world they were
the leaders in space. This very large picture, and
others were used in conjunction with a rail
mounted camera, which also focused on a large
rotating PLASTER PARIS model of the Moon, ) shown
on the right). NASA knew, (after
Kennedy's speech in 61), that a lunar landing
before 1970 was impossible. Realizing this they
had no option but to fake the missions. A program
was launched at LRC to design props/backgrounds
etc. to convince the media they had achieved the
goal set by Kennedy. The pictures above were
scanned from a book, hence the poor quality,
however the following pictures are from NASA.
The
high resolution picture above left shows a 20'
diameter sphere which can be rotated from below.
In the left of that picture can be seen a huge
blank placard. This is the scene before
LRC staff began work on converting the sphere to
an authentic looking Moon complete with craters, (
for lunar approach), and the placards were to be
lunar orbit. Notice also the rail track around
placards, (there were 3 placards in all). Note
moving trolley on that track. The camera was
mounted on that trolley. It first began to film
the rotating sphere, (lunar approach), it then
swung around and began scanning the fake lunar
surface on placard, (lunar orbit).
The
picture above right shows the sphere after
modeling work. Pretty impressive eh? Notice how
background is in the dark. Remove that bloke from
the picture and you could EASILY pass this photo
as being taken by the Apollo command module
circling the Moon. It is evident that there were
many people involved in the faking of Apollo, and
NASA claim that if it were faked someone would
have spoken out by now. Well LRC staff are sworn
to secrecy, and they must have been 100% in favor
of the fakery, otherwise they would not have
participated in the first place.
The two
pictures above show how LRC made "plaster paris"
copies of the Moon craters on the placards. They
are checking that the craters are exactly to scale
and layout, as craters shown on the lunar
photographs previously taken by high magnification
telescope. (Editors Note: Lunar Orbiter Photos
1965-1967) Notice the sphere in left hand picture
after modeling work. This sphere had a light
inside it which was translucent on the outside,
hence the appearance. The large placards with Moon
craters was also backlit. Turn off all your
lighting, and you end up with the picture shown
below left. This is how the Moon would look in the
void of space if you could get close enough to it,
however no one, not even Armstrong could get
anywhere near to the real thing.
NASA
claim that picture on the right is far side of
Moon, taken by Apollo 8. Compare this sphere with
one shown above in left hand pic. It speaks for
itself does it not? In all of these pictures
notice the black background. This of course made
it easier for touching up photo's to ensure
that background space was indeed black.
These two pictures prove that you
do not need pressurized suits to create an
authentic Moon approach or orbit. Take a film
whilst approaching the plaster paris model, and it
would be enough to convince a gullible audience
that film was taken whilst approaching the Moon.
This
final picture shows Charlie Duke (pointing), and
John Young, at the simulator controls for lunar
approach/orbit. The picture on TV screen is
reminiscent of the pictures we saw on our TV
screens. We were told it was the Moon, but the
picture showing on TV screen in photograph is not
the Moon. It is a camera filming the plaster paris
model of Moon.
Both John Young and Charlie Duke were
heavily involved in faking of the Apollo Moon
missions.
So
there you have it. I have shown how NASA faked
lunar approach/orbit, and lunar landing/take, so
next time you see a film on TV of any Apollo
craft supposedly approaching, orbiting, landing
on, or taking off from the Moon, you will know
exactly how it was done.
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