Brief
Apollo 11
The claims the writer was given for Apollo 11, in the order they were given.
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After the Apollo 11 crew's liftoff from the Moon in the Lunar Module Eagle and rendezvous with the Command Module Columbia in lunar orbit, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)'s unit relocated to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena to cover the remainder of the flight.
“After the heady events of that unforgettable 32 hours... the successful liftoff of the Lunar Module "Eagle" and rendezvous with the Command Module "Columbia," still in lunar orbit—CBS moved our unit up the street, to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena.”
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The unidentified man handed reporters a mimeographed broadsheet dated 1969-07-22 claiming that NASA had faked the entire Apollo 11 lunar landing on a soundstage in Nevada, along with a small aluminised mylar American flag.
“The date was July 22, 1969... someone with an obvious "in" to JPL was handing out a mimeographed broadsheet to all the real reporters … claiming that "NASA has just faked the entire Apollo 11 Lunar Landing… on a soundstage in Nevada!"”
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During the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong took manual control and flew the Lunar Module over a crater surrounded by rocks to a landing site about 8 kilometres further downrange in the Tranquility Base area than the intended landing site.
“his inability to know precisely "where" Neil Armstrong had actually touched down after he took manual control and flew the LM over "a crater surrounded by rocks" to a landing site about five miles further "downrange" in Tranquility than the intended landing site”
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NASA was determined to refine lunar landing procedures for Apollo 12 because the official landing-location uncertainty of Apollo 11 had dragged on for several weeks after the crew returned and were debriefed.
“Because this official "landing uncertainty" had dragged on for several weeks, well after the crew had returned and been debriefed, NASA was determined to refine the lunar landing procedures for the next Mission, Apollo 12.”
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The Moon-landing-hoax conspiracy theory originated as far back as the Apollo 11 mission itself.
“this idea (most recently advanced by a few well-known self-promoters such as David Percy, Bill Kaysing and the late James Collier) had its origins as far back as the Apollo 11 mission itself”
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Buzz Aldrin has continued to struggle with an inability to remember certain parts of the Apollo 11 mission up until recent years.
“Aldrin has continued to struggle with his inability to remember certain parts of the Apollo 11 mission right up until recent years.”
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While reviewing Ken Johnston's photo albums with Ken Johnston, Richard C. Hoagland found an official Apollo mission patch from the early days of the Apollo programme.
“As he and Ken were thumbing through the pictures in Ken's vast photo albums, they had come across an official Apollo mission patch from the early days of the Program[Fig. 5-1].”
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8
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module was named Eagle.
“NASA was demonstrably enmeshed in the sorts of strange mythologies that groups like the "Masons" and the "SS" thrived on; the Apollo 11 Lunar Module was named "Eagle,"”
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Richard C. Hoagland regards the $20 billion NASA Apollo exploration programme of the Moon as, in effect, a disguised "Osiris/Horus Lunar Landing Program" derived from ancient Egypt.
“Thus, it turns out that the $20 billion NASA Apollo Exploration Program of the Moon was, in fact, nothing less than a disguised “Osiris/Horus Lunar Landing Program” … straight out of ancient Egypt.”
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The Apollo programme cost approximately $20 billion.
“the $20 billion NASA Apollo Exploration Program of the Moon”
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The Apollo 8 Lunar Orbit Insertion celestial star match occurred over the Apollo 11 landing site because fundamental celestial mechanics determined where on the far side of the Moon the Service Propulsion System engine on Apollo 8 had to fire to decelerate the spacecraft into lunar orbit.
“For instance, Apollo 8’s lunar orbit insertion “match” had been over the Apollo 11 landing site, since fundamental celestial mechanics determined “where” on the Farside of the Moon the SPS engine on Apollo 8 *had* to fire, to successfully decelerate the spacecraft into lunar orbit”
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12
Richard C. Hoagland's research team reconstructed a set of ritual temple locations comprising the Giza Plateau on Earth, the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 lunar landing sites, the Viking 1 Mars landing site, the Mars Pathfinder landing site, and Cydonia.
“After considerable discussion, we agreed on our own “reconstruction” of the following “ritual temple” locations: The Giza Plateau on Earth (for obvious reasons); the Apollo 11 (because it was the location of the first manned landing) and Apollo 12 (because of the landing on Hitler’s birthday and “the Kennedy Connection”) lunar landing sites; Viking 1 (because it was the first NASA landing on the planet Mars); the Pathfinder landing sites (because of the 19.5 x 33º location); and, of course, Cydonia (because of the Face and City Complex).”
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13
At the Apollo 12 landing site, the sky pattern at the moment of Apollo 11 touchdown, approximately 1,370 kilometres due east, showed Orion's Belt on the eastern horizon, which Richard C. Hoagland considers an extremely significant alignment in the ancient Egyptian stellar religion signifying resurrection.
“Fig. 5-8 - Apollo 12 landing site sky pattern at Apollo 11 touchdown, ~850 miles due east. Orion’s belt on the eastern horizon is an extremely significant alignment in the ancient Egyptian stellar religion - unmistakably signifying “resurrection.” But … of *what*? (Hoagland)”
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The Apollo 8 Lunar Orbit Insertion occurred on 1968-12-24, exactly as Orion's Belt rose on the eastern lunar horizon over the future Apollo 11 landing site.
“Fig. 5-10 - Apollo 8 Lunar Orbit Insertion, December 24, 1968 - exactly as Orion’s Belt rose on the eastern lunar horizon over the *future* Apollo 11 landing site.”
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President John F. Kennedy addressed a Joint Session of Congress on 1961-05-25, formally announcing Project Apollo.
“Fig. 5-13 - President John F. Kennedy addresses a Joint Session of Congress, May 25, 1961 (inset) -- formally announcing Project Apollo.”
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Most sources crop the official Apollo 11 crew portrait to disguise Buzz Aldrin's prominent display of his Masonic signet ring.
“Fig. 5-14 - Official Apollo 11 crew portrait. Most sources crop this image to disguise Aldrin’s prominent display of his Masonic signet ring. (NASA)”
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Richard C. Hoagland speculated that the hidden Egyptian motif of the Apollo programme patch might be a literal acknowledgment that in the Apollo missions, Osiris' children were returning to their rightful place among the stars.
“So Hoagland asked himself: what if the reason for the hidden Egyptian motif of the Apollo patch wasn’t merely “homage” to a long forgotten myth, but a literal acknowledgment that in Apollo Osiris’ children were returning to their rightful place among the stars?”
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According to Agency lore, NASA Director of Space Flight Development Abe Silverstein consciously drew on Greco-Roman mythology when naming the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects.
“According to Agency lore, NASA Director of Space Flight Development Abe Silverstein had consciously tapped Greco-Roman mythology in the naming of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects.”
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The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia drew its name from Saint Columba, a sixth-century monk who, according to Masonic lore, brought a "sacred stone" said to be the stone upon which Jacob rested his head when he received his vision of a heavenly ladder, from Egypt to Scotland.
“And, the Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia drew its name from St. Columba—a sixth-century monk who, in Masonic lore, brought a “sacred stone” (said to be the stone upon which Jacob rested his head when he received the vision of his heavenly ladder) to Scotland from Egypt.”
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The names of Project Mercury, Project Gemini and the Apollo programme were approved at a NASA conference in 1960-07.
“The projects' names were approved at a NASA conference in July 1960.”
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21
Apollo 10 launched on 1969-05-18 as a full-up dress rehearsal for Apollo 11, acting as a pathfinder for the Eagle lunar module by following the same descent path that Apollo 11 would follow two months later.
“Launched on May 18, 1969, Apollo 10 acted as a pathfinder for Apollo 11's "Eagle," following the same descent path that Apollo 11 would two months later.”
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Richard C. Hoagland and Ken Johnston used transcripts from the Apollo 11 mission logs to reconstruct the post-landing lockdown procedures Aldrin and Armstrong went through, determining that Aldrin's communion ceremony took place precisely thirty-three minutes after touchdown on the lunar surface.
“Using transcripts from the Apollo 11 mission logs, he and Johnston painstakingly reconstructed the post-landing lockdown procedures that Aldrin and Armstrong had gone through on that historic day. In doing so, they determined that the ceremony took place precisely thirty-three minutes after touchdown on the lunar surface.”
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When Richard C. Hoagland entered the time thirty-three minutes after the Apollo 11 touchdown into his astronomy software, Sirius was calculated to be hovering over the landing site at precisely 19.5 degrees above the lunar horizon.
“When he plugged that time into his astronomy software, he got quite a shock: Sirius was hovering over the Apollo 11 landing site at precisely 19.5° above the lunar horizon.”
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In November 1969, four months after Apollo 11, NASA landed Pete Conrad and Alan Bean on the Moon in a pinpoint landing right beside the Surveyor 3 probe, within walking distance of it.
“Just four months after Apollo 11, in November, 1969, NASA set Pete Conrad and Alan Bean down (for their "pinpoint" lunar landing …) right beside Surveyor 3—literally within walking distance”
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Richard C. Hoagland found that Orion's middle belt star, Alnilam, was on the east-southeast horizon and rising, only twelve arc minutes below the zero horizon at the time of the Apollo 11 landing, and closer still to zero as Aldrin's Osiris ceremony commenced a thousand miles to the east.
“Orion's middle belt star, Alnilam, was on the east-southeast horizon, and rising; it was a hairs breadth away at the Apollo 11 Landing (only twelve arc minutes below the zero horizon), even closer to dead band "zero" (~three arc minutes) as Aldrin's "Osiris" ceremony, a thousand miles to the east, commenced”
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According to official NASA history, Neil Armstrong took over manual control of the Eagle lunar module during the Apollo 11 landing and flew it approximately 8 kilometres further west of the intended landing site, reportedly because of rocks.
“According to the official NASA history, Neil Armstrong took over manual control and flew the Eagle "five miles further west of the intended landing site," supposedly because of "rocks."”
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During the Apollo 11 landing, Neil Armstrong nearly exhausted the Eagle lunar module's fuel supply while manually flying to a new landing spot, coming within a few seconds of having to abort the landing and return to orbit.
“In doing so, he nearly exhausted the LM's supply of fuel, and thus risked the entire lunar landing; just a few seconds more, and Armstrong would have had to abort the landing and return to orbit.”
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Richard C. Hoagland considers the constellation Orion more prominent in the Apollo mission patch description than Apollo himself, questioning why the programme was named Apollo rather than Orion.
“Even this description, full of line after line about “Orion” compared to a single mention of Apollo shows how much more important Orion is to the patch than Apollo. So why call the Program “Apollo” at all?”
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Richard C. Hoagland considers the future Apollo 12/Surveyor 3 landing site, rather than the Apollo 11 landing site, to be the anchor point of the entire lunar ritual network he proposes.
“strongly implied that *this* was the "anchor point" of the entire "lunar ritual network" … *not* the Apollo 11 landing site.”
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Richard C. Hoagland regards the Greco-Roman designation of Apollo as ill-fitting for humanity's first venture to another world.
“No matter how you look at it, the Greco-Roman designation of Apollo just doesn’t fit such a noble and risky venture of Man’s first foray to another world.”
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When Buzz Aldrin posed for the official Apollo 11 crew portrait, he made sure his Masonic signet ring was prominently visible.
“When he posed for the official Apollo 11 crew portrait [Fig. 5-14], he made sure that his Masonic signet ring was prominently visible”
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With Ken Johnston's help, Richard C. Hoagland discovered that Buzz Aldrin had carried a Masonic apron with him to the Moon on Apollo 11.
“With the help of Johnston, Hoagland discovered that Aldrin had also carried a Masonic apron with him to the Moon”
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Buzz Aldrin carried a flag from the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite to the Moon on Apollo 11.
“a flag from the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction”
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The Society for Planetary SETI Research (SPSR) cited the Apollo program and the cessation of unmanned lunar probes a few years afterward as an example supporting their funding-protection theory.
“They cite the Apollo program (and the cessation of the unmanned lunar probes a few years before) as a stark example of how this would come to pass”
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Richard C. Hoagland considers the Ranger, Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter programs to have been run to support the manned Apollo program rather than independently.
“The simple fact of the matter is that the Ranger, Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter programs were not run independently of the manned program at NASA, but to support it.”
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Richard C. Hoagland considers Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong more logical choices than Gene Cernan to represent the Apollo past at the 2004 announcement, since they had participated in similar NASA events, were better known to the public, and had delivered generous and memorable remarks.
“Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong would seem much more logical choices, since they had already participated in numerous NASA events like this one, were far better known to the general public than Cernan, and had always delivered generous and memorable remarks.”
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On 1994-07-20, at a White House ceremony marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong appeared frustrated and gave a highly emotional address.
“on the occasion of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Apollo 11, at a White House ceremony on July 20, 1994, Armstrong himself had seemed frustrated. He started his highly emotional address”
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Buzz Aldrin admitted to and described the Apollo 11 crew's encounter with a UFO in a July 2006 program on the Science Channel.
“July 2006 on the Science Channel in America. In the program, Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, admits to and describes the Apollo 11 crew's encounter with "a UFO."”
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Buzz Aldrin described the object encountered by Apollo 11 as a double ellipse or bell-shaped object that seemed to pace the spacecraft for hours.
“He described the object, which seemed to be pacing the Apollo 11 spacecraft for hours, as a "double ellipse" or "bell-shaped" object.”
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The Apollo 11 crew made extensive observations of the unidentified object with the onboard telescope in the Command Module because they were concerned about it.
“The crew was so concerned about it that they made extensive observations (and presumably took photographs, although this is not stated in the show) with the onboard telescope in the Command Module.”
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The Apollo 11 crew, unable to identify the object, cautiously asked NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to relay the location of the discarded S-IVB third stage rocket relative to their position.
“Failing to identify the object, they cautiously asked NASA to relay the location of the discarded third stage rocket, the S-IVB, relative to their current position.”
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NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), not understanding why the information was requested, told the Apollo 11 crew that the S-IVB was approximately 9,700 kilometres distant and well behind them.
“NASA, not understanding why the information was requested, nevertheless told the crew that S-IVB was some 6,000 miles distant and well behind them.”
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Buzz Aldrin said that neither Neil Armstrong nor Mike Collins believed the object encountered near Apollo 11 was anywhere near as far away as the S-IVB.
“Aldrin on the show stated that none of the other two crewmen of Apollo 11—Armstrong or Collins—believed that the object in question was anywhere near that far away.”
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The Apollo 11 crew decided that discussing the unidentified object on an open broadcast channel to Houston could disrupt the mission, so they agreed to say nothing more about it until their debriefing upon return to Earth.
“Eventually, the crew decided that discussing the object on an open broadcast channel to Houston could disrupt the Mission (Aldrin stated that he "feared we would be ordered home, *before* the landing), so they agreed to say nothing more about it until their debriefing upon return to Earth.”
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Buzz Aldrin feared that the Apollo 11 crew would be ordered home before the Moon landing if they discussed the unidentified object on an open broadcast channel.
“Aldrin stated that he "feared we would be ordered home, *before* the landing”
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Buzz Aldrin did not state whether the debriefing about the unidentified object actually took place after Apollo 11's return to Earth.
“Aldrin did not state if that debriefing actually took place.”
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George Herbert Walker Bush's announcement of the Space Exploration Initiative was made at a ceremony at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum honouring the Apollo 11 crew.
“His announcement at a Smithsonian Air and Space Museum ceremony honoring the Apollo 11 crew caught many by surprise, since as late as a few days before the ceremony reporters were convinced that Bush would not be announcing any new space programs.”
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Richard C. Hoagland believes Farouk El-Baz, Kenneth S. Kleinknecht and Wernher von Braun would have breathed a sigh of relief when the Apollo 11 images of Neil Armstrong came back ghostly, dark and low in contrast.
“Fahrouk El Baz, Ken Kleinknecht and Wernher Von Braun must have breathed a huge sigh of relief when the images of Armstrong came back ghostly, dark, and full of contrast.”
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Richard C. Hoagland argues that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) choosing to send an unproven, poor-quality black-and-white camera to the Moon on Apollo 11, despite the existence of superior colour technology, is consistent with concern inside the agency about how much viewers would be able to see.
“Despite the existence of a vastly superior color technology, NASA chose to send an unproven and very poor quality black and white camera to the Moon on Apollo 11. This is exactly the behavior you would expect if the powerful cabal inside the agency was concerned about how much viewers would be able to see.”
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In mid-2006, a story broke in the national media concerning high-quality television recordings of the Apollo 11 mission having gone missing.
“In mid 2006, a story broke in the national media concerning the existence of high-quality T V recordings of the Apollo 11 mission having “gone missing.””
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The Apollo 11 television images were sent from an antenna mounted on top of the Lunar Module to three tracking stations on Earth: Goldstone Tracking Station in California and the Honeysuckle Creek and Parkes facilities in Australia.
“The Apollo 11 TV images were sent from an antenna mounted on top of the Lunar Module to three tracking stations on Earth: Goldstone in California and the Honeysuckle Creek and Parkes facilities in Australia.”
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The original Apollo 11 lunar surface television signals were transmitted in a format called Slow Scan TeleVision (SSTV).
“These original signals were in a format called Slow Scan TeleVision, or SSTV.”
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The Apollo 11 lunar surface camera provided a progressive 320 scan lines at 10 frames per second in black and white.
“The camera carried to the lunar surface provided a progressive 320 scan lines at 10 frames per second (hence the Slow Scan TV moniker) in black and white.”
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Because the Slow Scan TeleVision (SSTV) signal from Apollo 11 could not be directly translated to broadcast television, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) had to develop a Slow Scan Converter to provide a real-time television signal to viewers.
“Because the SSTV signal could not be directly translated to broadcast TV, RCA had to develop a Slow Scan Converter to provide a TV signal to the viewers in “real time.””
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The Slow Scan Converter used for the Apollo 11 broadcast had serious limitations that resulted in a broadcast signal of only 262.5 vertical lines of resolution.
“This converter had serious limitations however, and they led to a broadcast signal that was only 262.5 vertical lines of resolution, about half as sharp as a then standard TV signal and on a par with the old “kinescope” recorders of the 1950’s.”
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The original Apollo 11 Slow Scan TeleVision (SSTV) signals were recorded using a video technology that would eventually be used in the Betamax and VHS recorders of the 1980s.
“Fortunately, the original SSTV signals were recorded, using a video technology that would eventually find its way into the Betamax and VHS recorders of the 1980’s.”
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A group of enthusiasts, including some of the original site engineers from Goldstone Tracking Station and the Australian tracking stations, searched for the original Apollo 11 Slow Scan TeleVision (SSTV) tapes for several years and found they were missing.
“Unfortunately, when a group of enthusiasts, including some of the original site engineers from Goldstone and the Australian tracking stations tried to find the original SSTV tapes, they found that they were missing. For several years, they have been searching for them, only to discover a very dry hole.”
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Richard C. Hoagland asserts that there is an Orion-Osiris Egyptian connection to both the Apollo program and the new space initiative.
“We have further shown that there is an undeniable “Orion-Osiris” Egyptian connection to both the Apollo program and our new space initiative.”
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Richard C. Hoagland raises the question of whether Apollo was John F. Kennedy's ultimate "deep black mission," undertaken at the start of his administration, and whether his knowledge of it was the real reason for his assassination.
“If this *was* Apollo’s ultimate “deep black mission”—a Mission that John F. Kennedy was somehow convinced to undertake at the beginnings of his Administration—is this also, as we’ve asked earlier, the *real* reason for his murder?”
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Following the Apollo 11 mission, procedures required that the Slow Scan TeleVision tapes be shipped to the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland.
“Following the Apollo 11 mission, procedures required that the tapes be shipped to the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland.”
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In 1970, the Apollo 11 Slow Scan TeleVision tapes were moved to the U.S. National Archives under Accession #69A4099.
“In 1970, the tapes were moved to the U.S. National Archives in Accession #69A4099.”
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All of the Apollo 11 Slow Scan TeleVision tapes sent to the Goddard Space Flight Center are missing, and none of the original Apollo 11 SSTV tapes has been found.
“In fact, *all* of the SSTV tapes sent to Goddard are now missing, and to this date *not one* of the original Apollo 11 SSTV tapes has been found.”
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According to a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) paper by former Apollo tracking station engineer Bill Wood of Goldstone Tracking Station, many people at NASA were stunned when it was decided to use the black-and-white Slow Scan TeleVision camera instead of the Sequential Color Camera to cover the first Moonwalk.
“According to a NASA paper by Bill Wood, former Apollo MFSN station engineer from Goldstone, there were a great many at NASA who were utterly stunned when it was decided to use the black and white SSTV camera instead of the Sequential Color Camera to cover the first Moonwalk.”
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According to Chariots for Apollo, the official National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) history of the Apollo missions, Max Faget was more than mildly upset that so much of the television, motion and still photography planned for Apollo 11 would be in black and white, calling it "almost unbelievable" that the culmination of a $20-billion programme would be recorded in such a stingy manner.
““Faget was more than mildly upset when he learned that so much of the television, motion, and still photography planned for Apollo 11 would be in black and white. To him, it was ‘almost unbelievable’ that the culmination of a $20-billion program ‘is to be recorded in such a stingy manner.’””
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Both the Sequential Color Camera and the Slow Scan TeleVision black-and-white camera were equally untried in the exposed lunar environment before Apollo 11.
“However, consider this other point; *neither had the SSTV black and white camera*. Both systems were equally “untried” in the exposed lunar environment.”
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The Sequential Color Camera was approved for use aboard Apollo 11 only inside the Command Module and was never allowed inside the Lunar Module.
“Unbelievably, the Sequential Color Camera was eventually approved for use aboard Apollo 11, but only *inside the Command Module*. It never was allowed inside the LEM.”
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The Apollo 11 black-and-white Slow Scan TeleVision camera used about as much power as a single Christmas light bulb.
“Instead, we had only one chance to record the historic events of that day, and it would all be recorded by a black and white camera that used about as much power as single Christmas light bulb.”
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The Apollo 11 checklist called for frequent alignment of the Abort Guidance System over the course of the mission, allowing Mission Control guidance engineers to get better fixes on the spacecraft's location and orientation.
“The checklist for Apollo 11 called for frequent alignment of the AGS over the course of the mission, allowing Mission Control guidance engineers to get better and better fixes on the spacecraft’s exact location and orientation as the mission wore on.”
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NASA's official position is that the Alignment Optical Telescope was not used to determine the actual position of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, only its orientation.
“The official NASA position is that this device wasn’t used to determine the actual position of the spacecraft, only its orientation.”
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No Apollo missions travelled near the lunar poles because of orbital latitude restrictions, and none of the mapping cameras they carried had high-resolution coverage of the polar regions.
“Because of their orbital latitude restrictions, no Apollo missions went near the lunar poles. None of the exquisite mapping cameras they carried had any high-resolution coverage of these intriguing regions.”
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Richard C. Hoagland interprets the letter "A" for "Apollo" on the official Apollo Program mission patch as a stand-in for "Asar", the Egyptian designation for Osiris.
“it becomes elemental to match the "A" (for "Apollo") as an actual stand-in for "Asar"—the Egyptian designation for "Osiris."”
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Richard C. Hoagland identifies the background stellar constellation depicted on the Apollo Program mission patch as Orion.
“because "Asar/Osiris" is none other than the familiar Greek constellation of "Orion"—which is, of course, the background stellar constellation on the patch itself.”
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During Apollo 11's July 1969 mission, Richard C. Hoagland served as official science advisor to Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) News Special Events and chief correspondent Walter Cronkite.
“I, of course, had been deeply immersed in all aspects of our CBS coverage of the upcoming Apollo 11 mission for months as official science advisor to CBS News Special Events and chief correspondent Walter Cronkite.”
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For the Apollo 11 flight, Richard C. Hoagland was assigned, at his own request, to the Downey, California facility of North American Rockwell, the prime contractor for the Apollo Command and Service Modules.
“For the actual flight of Apollo 11, I was assigned (at my own request) to the Downey, California facility of the prime contractor for the Apollo Command and Service Modules, North American Rockwell.”
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Richard C. Hoagland oversaw construction and special-effects use of a 'walk-through solar system' built by North American Rockwell technicians for Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)'s Apollo 11 coverage in an aircraft hangar.
“I was there to personally oversee construction and special effects use of my pet project for our nonstop CBS coverage of "Lunar Landing Day"—a "walk-through solar system" constructed by North American technicians specifically for myself and CBS in a huge, drafty aircraft hanger.”
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Richard C. Hoagland proposed that Walter Cronkite interview via satellite key engineers, project managers, and special guests connected to Apollo 11 within the walk-through solar system exhibit.
“It was in this miniature, recreated version of the solar system that I had successfully proposed that Walter Cronkite interview via satellite key engineers, project managers and "special guests"... to comment on the historic legacy of the Apollo 11 flight.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:22870-23089 testimony first hand
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The Apollo 11 astronauts splashed down in the South Pacific three days after departing lunar orbit.
“arriving at JPL right after the three Apollo 11 astronauts blasted home toward Earth and "splashdown" in the South Pacific, three days later.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:24810-24945 testimony first hand
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During the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, NASA also conducted a fly-by of two unmanned Mariner spacecraft past Mars, only the second such Mars fly-by mission in NASA's history.
“The reason was that NASA had another mission underway during "the Epic Journey of Apollo 11"—a fly-by of two unmanned Mariner spacecraft past Mars, for only the second time in NASA's history.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:24953-25136 testimony first hand
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Richard C. Hoagland was Science Advisor to Walter Cronkite and Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) News, Special Events, advising CBS on the science of the NASA missions to the Moon and Mars during the Apollo Program.
“Science Advisor to Walter Cronkite and CBS News, Special Events, advising CBS on the science of the NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, during the Apollo Program”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:269-423 administrative first hand
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At the time the broadsheet was distributed on 1969-07-22, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins had already walked on the Moon and were still roughly halfway between Earth and the Moon, two days from splashdown in the South Pacific.
“The three Apollo 11 astronauts—Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, two of whom had just successfully walked on "the frigging Moon," and wouldn't splash down in the South Pacific Ocean for two more days, were still halfway between Earth and the "Sea of Tranquility."”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:29717-29979 testimony first hand
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Richard C. Hoagland believes NASA's entire lunar exploration programme, culminating in the Apollo Program, was conceived as a kind of alien reconnaissance followed by an alien artefacts retrieval programme.
“it is also our opinion that NASA's entire lunar exploration program—culminating with the incredibly successful manned Apollo Project—was carefully conceived, from the beginning, as a kind of "alien reconnaissance" followed by an "alien artifacts retrieval" program.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:9153-9410 opinion first hand
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There was no television picture of the Apollo 11 Moon landing on 1969-07-20 itself; what viewers watched at the moment of landing was animation.
“Because there wasn't any television. There wasn't anybody taking a picture. You watched animation.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:00:20.2-00:00:24.4 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin and the Apollo 11 crew were focused rather than worried about what they would say during the Moon landing.
“You're worried then. We were focused.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:01:12.1-00:01:13.6 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin was afraid Neil Armstrong might tell him to go out onto the Moon first and think up a few lines to say on stepping onto the surface.
“I was afraid that Neil might say, hey, you better go out first and, you know, think up a couple of lines to say when you step on the moon.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:01:15.0-00:01:20.9 testimony first hand
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On the Moon an astronaut cannot unzip the suit to urinate; the Apollo 11 crew used a device for this instead.
“But not on the moon, you know, you don't want to unzip. You do not want to unzip. ... But we got a little device.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:01:41.3-00:01:46.1 testimony first hand
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In the Apollo 11 Moon footage, Buzz Aldrin is the astronaut seen hopping up and down on the lunar surface.
“actually in the footage, you're the one that's bunny hopping ... you were the astronaut that started jumping up and down on the moon and doing some kind of a bunny hop.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:01:55.0-00:02:03.3 observation first hand
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The Spaceman's home contains a large collection of memorabilia from America's 1960s and 1970s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spaceflight programmes.
“His home is an extraordinary shrine to America's 1960s and 1970s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spaceflight programs, an obsession that began when he was a young boy. He has a prodigious collection of space program memorabilia.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:3392-3603 observation
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In the final months of his life, Edgar Mitchell told The Spaceman that he believed every Apollo mission was closely watched by intelligently guided craft of unknown origin, though he could not scientifically prove it.
“It was only in the last months of Mitchell's life that the astronaut finally took his friend into his confidence and told him that, incredibly, he believed – but could not prove scientifically – that every Apollo mission was closely watched by intelligently guided craft of unknown origin, and that he had seen these strange objects with his own eyes.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:7054-7400 testimony second hand
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Luis Elizondo drew a comparison between the manoeuvring of the object in the GIMBAL video and the docking manoeuvres of the Apollo Lunar Module approaching the lunar orbiter.
“The GIMBAL maneuvered in a way that reminded me of the old Apollo 11 lunar module... If you compare that maneuver to the way in which the object in the GIMBAL video rotates, you will see an uncanny resemblance.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 00:00:13.0-00:00:15.0 opinion first hand