Why the moon landings had to be faked

The year was 1966, three years before the Apollo 11 mission that was due to take Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface of the moon. NASA had been running preparatory mission to the moon for several years, the Apollo program having started in 1961 following on from the Mercury and Gemini programs. Things were progressing well, and the demands of John F Kennedy to achieve a manned lunar landing by the end of the decade were on track for success. The Saturn V rockets were achieving sufficient thrust, the environmental controls and levels in the capsule had been successfully modified after the earlier Apollo 1 capsule fire had killed three astronauts. The radiation issues of travelling through the Van Allen belts had been successfully addressed, as had the shielding and monitoring to protect from solar flares. The final stage of the project was a more detailed analysis of the proposed landing sites and the structure of the moons surface itself.

There had already been several lunar landings of robotic probes and fly bys by lunar satellites taking high resolution images to finalise the development of the Eagle lander. It was at this point that a major issue materialised. It was spotted by imagining analysed at NASA's own image processing facility at Edwards Airforce base. The analysis revealed something which threatened the whole Apollo lunar program. The images showed clear evidence of square and circular structures under the lunar regolith, distinct and separate from the multiple impact craters that dot the lunar surface. A decision was taken to arrange a further series of images taken by the lunar satellites on a modified lower orbit to allow for more detailed imagery. It was as the orbits of the satellites were modified that the real problems began. The satellites were shifted towards the moon by 250Km reducing their altitude from 1200Km to 950Km and as the first satellite passed over the target area the last image sent showed a clear flash on the surface of the moon, and 23 seconds later communication with the satellite was lost.

Telescopic analysis revealed that the satellite was destroyed by a surface launched object that slammed into the satellite and completely obliterated it. At this point it was clear that there was already a presence on the moon, and rather than attempt a potentially disastrous manned landing a further robotic mission was launched as a secret part of the Apollo 9 mission. The robotic lander was equipped with communication equipment that was designed to allow non-terrestrial lifeforms to establish a communication link using recently developed laser technology, and this is precisely what happened. The link revealed in a series of encrypted messages that the moon was an observation outpost of an advanced civilisation that was being used to monitor the development of humanity. This revelation created a dilemma for NASA and a decision was taken to create an illusion not just to the watching population but to governmental and military level. No-one was to know that there was contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence, nor that the moon landings were called of. In order to achieve this, the flights went ahead, but were unmanned, the radio signals were recordings, broadcast remotely, the astronauts carried out their missions and lunar walks in a film set in the Mojave desert.

We could have gone, perhaps we should have gone, but the real reason for the faking of the lunar landings is a far bigger story than anyone suspects.