I think the devotees of conspiracy theories are influenced primarily by
movies. There have been many movies involving people victimized by (usually
nameless) top-secret government agencies. I guess seeing this theme
repeated so often causes it to seem real to some. Certainly the Watergate
scandal and the Warren Commission's inadequate investigation of the JFK
assassination don't help. In the case of the moon landings, there was a
film that presented this scenario, although I do not recall its title.
Another similar film, "Wag the Dog" deals with a phony war, staged to
salvage the political career of the American President. It is based on a
novel in which the theme is that George Bush and Saddam Hussein conspired to
stage the Gulf War.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Barker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 7:33 AM
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Subject: Re: OT : Sept. 11th, 2001
I don't know why this was never done I assume there's some practical reason
why not, but I understood there was going to be a Japanese mission to map
the lunar surface in great detail and this would be able to show the
equipment left behind, if any.
I assume all these conspiracy theories stem from the JFK assignation and
from Watergate. After those events people are always sceptical of
everything the government claims.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Fochtman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 11 September 2002 15:04
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT : Sept. 11th, 2001
At 07:22 AM 9/11/02 -0400, Wirt Atmar wrote:
>Sibrel, of Nashville, Tenn., said he does not believe Aldrin or anyone else
>has ever walked on the moon.
And yet if they were to point the Hubble Telescope towards the moon and
take pictures of the lunar landing sites with the equipment left behind
(which I think they've done) this would still not satisfy these skeptics.
Perhaps we should put them on a rocket and send 'em there to see for
themselves first-hand... :-)
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