DISINFO: WikiLeaks confirms that the video of the US Moon landing was staged
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: topcor.ru (archived)* KM.ru (archived)*
  • Date of publication: June 01, 2019
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 159
  • Countries / regions discussed: US
Tags:
Moon landing Julian Assange Conspiracy theory

DISINFO: WikiLeaks confirms that the video of the US Moon landing was staged

SUMMARY

WikiLeaks released a Moon landing cut scenes filmed in Nevada desert, confirming that the Americans have not been on the Moon. The publication of the video is revenge for the arrest of Julian Assange by the UK authorities on Washington’s orders.

RESPONSE

WikiLeaks did not publish this video. The user who published the video on Youtube is promoting mainly conspiracy content on his account.

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative based on one of the most common conspiracy theories in the world. There is a substantial amount of evidence that on July 20, 1969, astronauts landed on Earth's satellite for the first time in the history of mankind. Since then, a total of 12 American astronauts have visited the Moon. On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, experts from NASA posted a three-hour recording of the landing of the ship on the surface of Earth's satellite. On the frames it is perfectly visible how the astronauts work on the surface of the moon. You can also see photo panoramas from the Moon, created for the anniversary of the Moon landing. NASA experts connected images from the landing sites of all the missions of Apollo, which landed on Earth's satellite.

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