In an earlier thread see
here Jay mentioned that he had heard versions of the moon hoax story that appeared pre 1974.
The following may or may not be relvant to this matter but may have some bearing on just how the moon hoax thing got started.
In the editorial ("
7/20/69") for the November 1969 (Vol. LXXXIV No. 3) issue of Analog, then editor John W Campbell Jr wrote of the Apollo Eleven footage:
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It added to my feeling that this whole thing was a rather primitive science-fiction movie-poorly photographed on old-fashioned black-and-white film and with too much unexplained and seemingly pointless action. We're used to such slick lighting, and efficient choreography and editing in our movies, that the real thing seemed pretty artificial!
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(November 1969 Analog, Page:6)
This comparision between the actual Apollo footage and the output of Hollywood is also made at an earlier point in the editorial:
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I have just finished watching the greatest show ever staged; if absolutely nothing ever came of it, that magnificent science-fiction movie...
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(November 1969 Analog, Page: 4)
Now these were the thoughts of a well known science-fiction author, and more to the point someone who knew that the landings were genuine:
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...Sol isn't a binary, so filming on location we were stuck with one-source lighting.
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(November 1969 Analog, Page:5)
I'm therefore wondering just how many people had thoughts similar to the one expressed in the first quote and then discussed that impression amongst friends, given the way rumor spreads I'm quite sure that at some point, "
It (the footage)
gave me the impression I was watching a movie..", became "
I'm sure the footage (of the moon landing) I saw was a movie..."
Of course I could be totally wrong
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