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Jul 26, 2022 · A photograph of astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin proves the 1969 moon landing was faked because a ceiling is visible in the background.
- The Claim: Video Shows Buzz Aldrin Admitting The Moon Landing Didn’T Happen
- The Post Takes Clip of Aldrin Out of Context
- Our Rating: False
- Our Fact-Check Sources
An Instagram post claims to show astronaut Buzz Aldrin admitting that the famous 1969 moon landing"didn't happen." The Oct. 4 postfeatures a video showing an audience member asking Aldrin, who is seated on a stage, what the "scariest moment" of his journey to the moon was. He appears to respond by saying, “It didn’t happen. It could have been scary...
The clip featured in the Instagram post was taken from a Q&A Aldrin did at the Oxford Unionin March 2015. The Union describes itself as "the world's foremost debating society," but there's no debating whether the moon landing happened. NASA, museums, newspapers and libraries house a trove of information about the mission. This includes an array of ...
Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that a video shows Aldrin admitting the moon landing didn’t happen. In the full video, Aldrin tells stories about his experiences on the moon. There is widespread documentation that the moon landing happened.
Buzz Aldrin’s website, accessed Oct. 7, Q&A AT THE OXFORD UNIONHistory, Dec. 3, 2019, When Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong Were Nearly Stranded on the MoonHistory, Jan. 30, 2019, 1969 Moon LandingPolitiFact, Oct. 6, Aldrin didn’t say the moon landing was a hoaxNov 15, 2023 · By Reuters Fact Check. November 15, 202311:49 AM PSTUpdated 6 months ago. A photograph of astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, descending the Apollo Lunar...
Jul 11, 2020 · Buzz Aldrin says Moon landing image was 'so well staged'. The legendary astronaut stepped foot on the lunar surface on July 21, 1969, just 20 minutes after his colleague – Neil Armstrong...
- Callum Hoare
Apr 6, 2023 · Our verdict. There is no evidence Mr Aldrin has ever directly admitted this. The three clips used as evidence for this claim have all been taken out of context. A Facebook reel, played more than 800,000 times, claims to show former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin admitting he had never been to the Moon.
Feb 16, 2022 · Some social media users are sharing old footage of Buzz Aldrin commenting on how coverage of the moon landing was animated as evidence that the event was faked.
