Post by gonehollywood on Jul 20, 2009 14:23:58 GMT -4
Okay. My first post - anywhere on the Internet. By way of introduction I live in Hollywood, CA USA. My profession is writer/director/DP
That out the way - the discussion:
I was recently asked by a well known producer to write a screenplay where one of the characters is a "hoax nut." Those are the Producer's words, not mine. So please don't be angry at me.
I thought of something very simple - Man did not walk on the moon.
Why did I think of that?
A funny thing happened to me when I was ten years old, summer of 1972. I was fishing with my Uncle in Tennessee for rainbow trout. On that day, for some reason, in 1972, my Uncle turned to me and said quite matter of fact - "Man never went to the moon."
What did he just say? Why on this Earth would a Col in the US Air force tell his ten year old nephew a statement like that? To kill my dreams of ever becoming an Astronaut?
Think about that for a moment. My father at the time was a Major in the US Air force and worked in SIGINT back then. But he was overseas and i had to wait six months for him to re-assure me that man did indeed go to the moon.
Okay - that still haunted me even as an adult. I asked my Uncle in 1984 (two years before he passed away) why did he say that to me when I was just ten years old? And he told some incredible tale - which he claimed was true:
He told me that the Apollo Astronauts had a facility set up somewhere in the Western US (wouldn't say where though) where they practiced all of the things they were going to do once there. He claims to have been there many times. In fact, he did have pictures with many of these guys, I did see those. And he said that all the photos were taken in this facility while these guys were training. He said he didn't believe that man went to the moon because those photos were the ones given out to the public. I asked him why? He said because NASA was unsure if the film or the transmissions would not make it back to Earth, they needed the people to see the evidence.
What?
That's why he believed man never set foot on the moon.
For the record, I believe man did make it to the moon. However, this was compelling. I forgot pretty much about that until recently when I was hired for this writing task. Off to the web to do research. For the past two months, I have been everywhere, pretty much seen it all. Quite frankly, I was shocked.
This guy in Australia has done a lot of work trying to convince people that man didn't really walk on the moon. All of you know him and you have referenced him here in your posts, as well as the others I have researched. Some of his speculation is well...interesting, Hmm.
Anyway, now for the question. Do any of you believe that it was a possibility that these photos were indeed taken before hand as a measure for back-up purposes?
If so, and some of the photos were mixed with the real ones - because I will admit to seeing some strange things in some of them, that even I can't explain, then isn't this a reason for all the hoax believers to continue forward with their claims? Maybe this really did happen? I don't know, I'm just saying what I was told. Interesting board, I liked reading through all the posts and visiting some of your websites. Keep it up.
That out the way - the discussion:
I was recently asked by a well known producer to write a screenplay where one of the characters is a "hoax nut." Those are the Producer's words, not mine. So please don't be angry at me.
I thought of something very simple - Man did not walk on the moon.
Why did I think of that?
A funny thing happened to me when I was ten years old, summer of 1972. I was fishing with my Uncle in Tennessee for rainbow trout. On that day, for some reason, in 1972, my Uncle turned to me and said quite matter of fact - "Man never went to the moon."
What did he just say? Why on this Earth would a Col in the US Air force tell his ten year old nephew a statement like that? To kill my dreams of ever becoming an Astronaut?
Think about that for a moment. My father at the time was a Major in the US Air force and worked in SIGINT back then. But he was overseas and i had to wait six months for him to re-assure me that man did indeed go to the moon.
Okay - that still haunted me even as an adult. I asked my Uncle in 1984 (two years before he passed away) why did he say that to me when I was just ten years old? And he told some incredible tale - which he claimed was true:
He told me that the Apollo Astronauts had a facility set up somewhere in the Western US (wouldn't say where though) where they practiced all of the things they were going to do once there. He claims to have been there many times. In fact, he did have pictures with many of these guys, I did see those. And he said that all the photos were taken in this facility while these guys were training. He said he didn't believe that man went to the moon because those photos were the ones given out to the public. I asked him why? He said because NASA was unsure if the film or the transmissions would not make it back to Earth, they needed the people to see the evidence.
What?
That's why he believed man never set foot on the moon.
For the record, I believe man did make it to the moon. However, this was compelling. I forgot pretty much about that until recently when I was hired for this writing task. Off to the web to do research. For the past two months, I have been everywhere, pretty much seen it all. Quite frankly, I was shocked.
This guy in Australia has done a lot of work trying to convince people that man didn't really walk on the moon. All of you know him and you have referenced him here in your posts, as well as the others I have researched. Some of his speculation is well...interesting, Hmm.
Anyway, now for the question. Do any of you believe that it was a possibility that these photos were indeed taken before hand as a measure for back-up purposes?
If so, and some of the photos were mixed with the real ones - because I will admit to seeing some strange things in some of them, that even I can't explain, then isn't this a reason for all the hoax believers to continue forward with their claims? Maybe this really did happen? I don't know, I'm just saying what I was told. Interesting board, I liked reading through all the posts and visiting some of your websites. Keep it up.