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Got accused of faking a moon landing video at my uncle's party in Ohio
Last Saturday I showed my family a 4K clip I shot of the moon through my telescope, just a simple zoom in on the craters. My uncle Dave, who never even looks up, said it looked too smooth and that NASA probably paid me to fake it. He kept going on about how the shadow angles were wrong, but my footage literally had timestamps and GPS data. Has anyone else had a relative go full conspiracy mode over something you actually recorded yourself?
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ryanm601mo ago
Hold on, maybe Uncle Dave has a point. You say the footage is real, but what would a random telescope shot from Ohio even look like? Real moon footage through a scope is usually shaky, grainy, and blurred by atmosphere, not smooth and perfect. Also, GPS data is easy to fake with the right app, and timestamps can be edited in any video program. Sounds like you put more work into defending it than actually filming it. Props to NASA for upgrading their faking game, though.
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leehall1mo ago
Man, @ryanm60, I feel you on this one. It's frustrating when people throw out all this tech talk about faking GPS and timestamps, but they ignore the simple stuff, like how the moon looks through a cheap scope on a humid Ohio night. I've taken my fair share of blurry, wobbly phone shots through a telescope, and they never look like a NASA promo either. That smooth, perfect footage does seem too good to be true, and honestly, it makes me question the whole thing too. You're not crazy for doubting it, trust me.
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