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TIL a simple trick for spotting fake moon landing footage
I was watching a documentary with my dad in Denver last month, and he pointed out how the flag's movement in one clip didn't match the vacuum physics. What's the most convincing debunk you've seen for a popular theory?
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hannah3202mo ago
Wait, so @ryanm60 are you saying the famous "waving flag" video is totally from a training exercise? That's wild if people are using that as proof. What about the other big one, like the crosshairs supposedly being behind objects in photos? I saw a breakdown where they explained the camera's glare made it look that way. Which of those arguments actually holds up under real science?
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That flag movement thing is a common mix-up. The clip people reference is actually from a training simulation on Earth, not the lunar surface.
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foster.tessa2mo ago
My uncle in Phoenix still brings up the crosshairs thing every Thanksgiving. It's like people grab onto one weird detail and ignore the whole picture. I see it with cooking videos too, where someone focuses on a tiny editing cut and claims the whole recipe is fake. Once you start looking for these little "gotcha" moments, you spot them everywhere, from news clips to home repair tutorials online.
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