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This post is just in time for the annual spaghetti harvest.

zarq — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:28:43 -0800

In the late 1970s the UK's Anglia Television ran a respected weekly documentary series: Science Report. But when the show was cancelled in 1977, the producers decided to channel Orson Welles in their final episode. The result was Alternative 3. Over the course of the hour, the audience would learn that a Science Report investigation into the UK "brain drain" had uncovered shocking revelations: man-made pollution had resulted in catastrophic climate change, the Earth would soon be rendered uninhabitable, and a secret American / Soviet joint plan was in place to establish colonies on the Moon and Mars. The show ended with footage of a US/Soviet Mars landing from May 22, 1962. After Alternative 3 aired, thousands of panicked viewers phoned the production company and demanded to know how long they had left to change planets. Background * WFMU * Museum of Hoaxes * Mental Floss * Wikipedia Conspiracy Theorists Who Claim It's All True * ZetaTalk * Above Top Secret * Thule.org * Bibliotecapleyades Alternate Video Link * Google Video The Book "Alternative 3" was written and published by Leslie Watkins. Free download in multiple formats from archive.org.

Moon turns out to be giant tree

dearsina — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:50:07 -0800

A rock given to the Netherlands as a gift by the American Ambassador to commemorate the Apollo-11 moon landing is tested and found to be nothing but petrified wood. Expect a "I told you so" from your neighbourhood conspiracy theorist at any moment. Looking forward to reading about your favourite encounter with / link to conspiracy theorists!

NASA Challenges Moon Hoax Conspiracy

KirkJobSluder — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 10:25:58 -0800

NASA Challenges Moon Hoax Conspiracy After decades of almost ignoring claims that the Apollo missions were hoaxed, NASA commissioned aerospace writer James Olberg to write an official rebuttle. Perhaps a bit more reasonable than the NASA Stooge, the book is aimed at the general public.

We've discussed

johnny novak — Tue, 21 Aug 2001 04:35:47 -0800

We've discussed whether the moon landings were faked, but now we have conclusive proof.