Brief
Alan Shepard
The claims the writer was given for Alan Shepard, in the order they were given.
1
Alan Shepard hit famous low-velocity golf shots on the Moon.
“Alan Shepard’s famous (low velocity) golf shots on the Moon”
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One notable frame from Ken Johnston's Apollo 14 collection is known as "Mitchell Under Glass" (AS14-66-9301), showing astronaut Edgar Mitchell deploying the TV camera just north of the Apollo 14 landing site, taken by Commander Alan Shepard early in EVA-1.
“One particularly spectacular frame stood out—what has come to be known as 'Mitchell Under Glass' (AS14-66-9301)—a shot of astronaut Edgar Mitchell deploying the TV camera just north of the A-14 landing site, taken by Apollo 14 Commander Alan Shepard early in EVA-1, as part of the preceding panorama sequence.”
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3
There have been persistent rumours that Neil Armstrong and Alan Shepard were also Freemasons, though this has never been confirmed.
“There have been persistent rumors that Neil Armstrong and Alan Shepard were also members, but it has never been confirmed”
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4
Richard C. Hoagland speculated that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin may have been pre-selected for the Apollo 11 mission for the same reasons he believed applied to Alan Shepard and America's first manned sub-orbital flight in 1961.
“or maybe (as he found out with Alan Shepard and America's first manned sub-orbital flight, back in 1961 …) the men themselves—Armstrong and Aldrin—had, for some reason, been pre-selected.”
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5
Alan Shepard took the Apollo 14 landing site panorama held in the Ken Johnston Collection.
“Color Fig. 4 - Apollo 14 landing site panorama from Ken Johnston collection taken by Alan Shepard.”
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Alan Shepard had a curious inner-ear problem that took him off flight status for six years, from 1964 following his 1961 sub-orbital Freedom 7 flight until he was reinstated in 1969.
“For Shepard, it was a curious inner ear problem, which took him off flight status for six years, from 1964 (following his historic sub-orbital Freedom 7 "hop" in 1961)until he was miraculously "cured" and reinstated in 1969.”
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Alan Shepard underwent a secret and then-innovative inner-ear surgical procedure that allowed him to command Apollo 14 to the Moon in 1971.
“He had a secret and then-innovative inner ear surgical procedure, which allowed him to ultimately command Apollo 14 to the Moon in 1971.”
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8
During the last extra-vehicular activity of Apollo 14, Alan Shepard surprised NASA and the nation on live television by taking the first golf shot on the Moon.
“It was during the last EVA of Apollo 14, you might remember, that Alan Shepard surprised NASA and the Nation on live television—and achieved a unique claim to history as well—with his famous "… first golf shot on the Moon."”
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9
Richard C. Hoagland found a deliberately faked photograph in the middle of Alan Shepard's own account of his journey to the Moon in the photographic section of Moon Shot.
“It's when you begin to examine the *photographic* section of their joint authorship, "Moon Shot," that the real problems begin. There, right in the middle of Shepard's own account of his amazing against-all-odds personal journey to the Moon… … Is a *deliberately* faked record of the trip [Fig. 12-4].”
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10
Only two Apollo 14 astronauts, Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell, landed on the Moon, and each had one Hasselblad camera.
“since there were only *two* Apollo 14 astronauts who landed on the Moon—Shepard and Mitchell—and just two Hasselblad cameras (one for each of them)”
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The golf shot photograph published as a two-page spread in Alan Shepard's Moon Shot shows both Shepard and Edgar Mitchell simultaneously in the same image, which no single Hasselblad camera could have captured.
“who took THIS Hasselblad shot—published as a two-page spread (note the central binding in the reproduction), in Shepard's own "space biography?" ... Both astronauts—Shepard and Mitchell—are seen simultaneously *in the same photograph?*”
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12
Edgar Mitchell erected a colour television camera at the Apollo 14 landing site two days before Alan Shepard's golf shot, and it broadcast a running sequence of images to Earth in parallel with Shepard's live radio transmission.
“The only other camera which could have taken this particular image was the color television camera, erected by Mitchell at their landing site soon after first emerging from the lunar module "Antares" two days earlier. In fact, this camera did send back to Earth a running sequence of television images of this event, in parallel with Shepard's live radio transmission as he took his swing”
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13
Alan Shepard boasted during his live radio transmission of the Apollo 14 golf shot that the ball "went miles and miles."
“boasted that the ball "went miles and miles."”
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Richard C. Hoagland found that in the faked golf shot photograph in Moon Shot, the flag pointed the opposite direction and Alan Shepard's body position differed from the real event.
“we noted, among other things, that the flag was pointing the opposite direction in the photo, Shepard's body position was different”
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AS14-66-9301, known as "Mitchell under glass," is a real Apollo 14 photograph taken by Alan Shepard of Edgar Mitchell setting up the television camera at the beginning of their first lunar extra-vehicular activity.
“this (see Color Fig. 5) is a *real* Apollo 14 photograph, taken by Alan Shepard of his fellow astronaut, Ed Mitchell—as Mitchell was setting up the TV camera at the beginning of their first lunar EVA.”
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A faked centrefold image in Alan Shepard's book Moon Shot copies and reverses portions of the Apollo 14 Lunar Module Antares, adding astronauts, a golf ball, TV antenna, shadows and flag as cutouts from other Apollo 14 imagery, with the flag pointing in the opposite direction from the actual Hasselblad photograph and live television downlink.
“Fig. 12-4 - Faked “centerfold image” from Alan Shepard’s book “Moon Shot.” Portions of Apollo 14 Lunar Module Antares (L) is copied and reversed in right hand image. In addition, astronauts, “golf ball,” TV antenna, shadows and flag are added “cutouts” from other Apollo 14 imagery—with flag pointing in opposite direction from actual Hasselblad photograph (L) and live TV downlink.”
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Apollo 14 photograph AS14-66-9279, taken by Alan Shepard while standing on the east side of the Lunar Module, contains major elements of the same scattered-light geometry seen on Ken Johnston's version of photograph AS14-66-9301.
“ALSJ Archive frame AS14-66-9279 [Fig. E-3])—a photograph Alan Shepard took while standing on the east side of the LM—contains major elements of *the same scattered light geometry* as seen on Ken’s version of “9301” (where Shepard was standing to the west when he took that amazing photograph).”
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18
Alan Shepard felt that, during the period when the crew were doing a quantitative report of the light flashes, the flashes he observed appeared generally random in direction, without a consistent correlated pattern.
“in my case i couldn't really correlate a pattern out of it yeah i would think that the time period in which we tried to report them street by street flash by flash was representative and it was my feeling that it was generally random during that time period”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:00:39.1-00:00:56.0 opinion first hand
19
Alan Shepard never observed two light-flash streaks occurring simultaneously.
“I never did see two simultaneously either.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:02:46.1-00:02:48.0 observation first hand
20
Alan Shepard noted that despite the window shades being in place, light could seep in around their edges when the spacecraft rolled so that the sun struck some of the windows.
“Even though we had the window shades on, when we'd roll around so the sun would hit some of the windows, there'd be some light seepage around.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:07:09.2-00:07:14.5 observation first hand
21
Alan Shepard generally kept his eyes open during the light-flash observation period, except when avoiding sunlight seepage.
“During that time, at least I made the technique to keep my eyes closed, open otherwise... generally speaking, eyes were open.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:07:17.4-00:07:23.8 observation first hand
22
The Apollo 14 crew closed their eyes when Edgar Mitchell turned on his flashlight during the light-flash observation sessions.
“we closed our eyes when Ed flipped his flashlight on.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:07:23.1-00:07:25.5 observation first hand
23
Alan Shepard reported 10 light flashes in his right eye and 4 in his left eye during Apollo 14.
“Al, you had 10 right and 4 left”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:09:05.9-00:09:07.7 measurement
24
In one instance during Apollo 14, Edgar Mitchell reported a light flash at the same time that Alan Shepard reported a flash in his right eye.
“Ed, you said flash, and then Al, you said simultaneous with him, I had a flash in the whole right eye.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:09:52.1-00:09:57.4 observation
25
Alan Shepard considered the simultaneous light-flash reports with Edgar Mitchell to have occurred within a fraction of a second of each other.
“certainly within a fraction of a second, I think it was simultaneous.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:10:09.7-00:10:12.2 opinion first hand
26
Alan Shepard did not notice a halo effect following the light flashes he observed.
“I haven't really noticed a halo effect myself.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:11:04.7-00:11:07.6 observation first hand
27
Alan Shepard did not notice a preferred orientation for the direction of the light flashes he observed.
“I didn't notice any preferred orientation.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:15:43.1-00:15:45.2 observation first hand
28
Alan Shepard estimated his horizontal peripheral field of view as roughly 50 to 160 degrees.
“if you're talking about a horizontal peripheral field as being somewhere in the vicinity of 50 to 160 degrees”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:15:55.2-00:16:02.7 measurement first hand
29
Alan Shepard observed that some light flashes spanned as much as 50 to 60 degrees of his peripheral field of view.
“in some cases the light flashes would go across as much as 50 or 60 degrees of that.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:16:04.5-00:16:09.5 measurement first hand
30
In some cases, Alan Shepard observed a light flash appearing broken in the centre, giving the impression of two dots, one immediately following the other.
“In some cases I had the feeling it was two dots one immediately following the other, giving the impression of right to left, or top to bottom, or bottom to top, or left to right.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:16:16.2-00:16:25.0 observation first hand
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Alan Shepard considered that setting aside a definite period of time for observation was necessary, since without doing so the presence of other distracting thoughts made the light-flash phenomenon too random to quantify.
“I think that's the way you really have to go is to take a definite period, set it aside and do it because otherwise it's so random and so many other things going through your mind that It's the only way you can't even quantitate it.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:20:11.8-00:20:25.3 opinion first hand