Apollo 11 TV Tapes Go Missing

Richard W.M. Jones writes "On July 21st 1969, Honeysuckle Creek observatory brought us the first TV pictures of men on the moon. The original signals were recorded on high quality slow-scan TV (SSTV) tapes. What was released to the TV networks was reduced to lower quality commercial TV standards. Unfortunately John Sarkissian of Parkes Observatory Australia reports that 698 of the 700 boxes of original tapes have gone missing [warning: large PDF] from the U.S. National Archives. Even more worryingly, the last place on earth which can actually read these tapes is scheduled to close in October this year. The PDF contains interesting comparisons which show that if all you've seen are the TV pictures from the landing, you really haven't seen the first moon walk in its full glory."

Comments

Re:So....

[observer7]

But they're already nuts. That's why they're conspiracy theorists. so watergate was just a made up thing and nixion never really had a breakin at watergate ...i knew those nutty dems was making up history as they went .

Re:How can you "lose" 698/700 boxes???

[gd23ka]

What is stopping you then from becoming one?

Consider this:

1. There are many discrepancies in the pictures and film footage they claim they took on the moon such as
wrong shadows, light reflections that shouldn't be there etc.

2. The high definition master copies of that material disappear

3. Even the equipment to read these tapes is put out of reach by closing down the facility it was available at.

1+2+3=?

But hey, it's just a "Conspiracy Theory", right? Nothing to get excited about because real stuff gets reported
by real people in real newspapers and on real TV stations, right? All the other folks out there, they're no
smarter than you or else they'd be on TV so they're just a bunch of cooky conspiracy theorists so never mind
listening to them, okay? Atta-boy. Here, watch a Battle-Star Galactica Episode instead, that will help take
your mind off this crap.

The real moon conspiracy

[iendedi]

The real moon conspiracy is not "Did we walk on the moon?" but "How did we get there?"

It appears to be reasonably clear that Americans were on the moon in the 60s (left intentionally vauge). But there are very significant problems with the Apollo story.

(#1) The most significant problem in the story is the Van Allen radiation belt. Go do your research on this sucker and the absolute lack of radiation shielding on the Moon lander. We are talking dead astronauts before they reach the moon. WAY BEFORE.

(#2) Fuel. If you know how to do the math, do the math. Could the Apollo actually propel the lander to the moon in the time it took? Or... go look it up... there are some interesting quotes by Wernher van Braun on the net about the size of rocket actually required (hint: bigger than Apollo).

(#3) Sound, Vibration and lack of exhaust burn/crater under the lander on the moon. Just watch the video of the lander (where is the sound and vibration from the thrusters). Then go look at the pictures of the lander on the moon (where is the charred earth and crator from the exhaust of the lander?)

(#4) The lander taking off from the moon. Go watch this one. Anyone with half a brain will find the video amazingly funny. A small pop and woosh! Off goes the lander like a rocket without exhaust...

But, the fact is, we do have equipment up there (laser reflectors, etc..) Much of the video footage really is unimaginable to fake and the rocks we have could not all have been found in Antarctica, right?

So, we are left with a mystery. The mystery isn't "did we go?". The mystery is "what is the secret behind how we got there?"

Can anyone say "Military technology"... Or perhaps "Advanced propulsion systems" ???

Am I a conspiracy nutbag or has the US been in possession of high aerospace technology (such as antigrav) for more than 40 years? You be the judge. But don't be hardheaded and blind.