Vaishali (NCR-Delhi), Sept.23: A documentary- Conspiration Theory: Did we land on the moon? was screened at NISCORT here today during the World Around This Week session.
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| Mr. Sudhir Tandon at NISCORT |
Mr. Sudhir Tandon, the former deputy director of Doordarshan, who animated the session began by explaining what a documentary is. He defined it as- ‘a record of facts which can be verified and presented without colouring it with fictional elements.’ He then called upon the students to judge for themselves, whether what he was going to screen was a documentary or not.
The film screened the footages presented by NASA, the American Space Agency as a proof that Neil Armstrong was the first to set his foot on the moon on July 16, 1969. Who can forget his historical saying, ‘one small step, yet a giant leap of mankind?’ The film takes those very pictures, footages and historical background to prove that the whole exercise was a fake one.
Bill Kaysing, the moon hoax investigator sarcastically says, “If you cannot make it, fake it.” In a Cold War situation, when the erstwhile USSR was making rapid strides in astronomy, USA wanted to show that it was not far behind. The documentary using the footages of Apollo spacecraft of NASA, demolishes the so called ‘giant leap’. Mr. Kaysing has this to say:
i. In the NASA footages the stars are not seen.
ii. The American flag is fluttering because of wind (and we know there is no air on the moon)
iii. No crater is created at the place where the spacecraft had landed.
iv. The shadows of the spacecraft and the astronauts show the elements of artificial lights.
v. No human could survive due to radiation in the atmosphere beyond a point.
vi. Between 1964 to 1967 at least 10 astronauts died (probably they were the prospective ‘whistle-blowers’) by accident. It was rather a sabotage as men like Grierson knew too much.
The documentary therefore concludes that it was a fake exercise conducted somewhere in Area-51, a well protected American Army Base. Mr. Kaysing goes on to say, “Perhaps it is the most expensive film (fiction) ever made spending over 40 million US dollars!” The documentary concludes, ‘more is going on than meets the eye’.
Well, the Niscortians were stunned as they had to have a re-look at the books of history. The documentary was indeed an eye-opener, leading to the question- whom to believe then?
Thomas D’Silva, II MJ
