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Joe Geiser <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:53:06 -0400
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> Yes, that was "Capricorn One" (although I believe it was a Mars
expedition,
> rather than a Moon landing, that was faked in the movie).

Although Capricorn One did this - I was referring to an actual group
of people who, if the web was available in the 70s (well, it was, but
not like we know it today), they'd have a site up extolling NASA to
"tell the truth" about the hoaxes.

> I dated a girl in the early '70s whose aunt didn't just disbelieve
in the
> Moon landings; she didn't believe ANY form of flight was possible.
She
> said that planes never really left the ground; they just ducked
into
> tunnels with scenery painted on the walls, and traveled underground
from
> one airport to another.  I'm serious; she really believed this (or
else was
> the best liar I've ever encountered.)

There are a number of pilots on this list, who would contend that she
is mistaken ;-)

> Wayne (another Warner Bros. cartoon fan)

Joe (who gets the Cartoon Channel too ;)

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