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Fact Checking the Moon statue

Posted by codesucker • 6/17/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: fact checking

This article was sent to me by a friend I trust.. I read the article and it seems to 'cool' to be true

theunexplainedmysteries.com/moon-statue.html

From the article

"WASHINGTON, DC - A noted scientist has just produced proof that the lunar surface was inhabited by intelligent life: a 10-inch angel sculpture embedded in a moon rock.

Geologist Dr. Morris Charles revealed last week that NASA lab workers chipped the angel from one of the rocks brought to Earth by Apollo 11 astronauts 40 years ago, in 1969. Dr. Charles was a NASA scientist himself for 23 years but left the agency in 1987. He still maintains close ties to many of his former colleagues."

How does one go about fact checking this sort of thing? Any ideas? Do you think it's real?

User Comments

6/17/09

hatingtherain

Call NASA, and see what they say.

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1. 6/17/09
  
  hatingtherain
  
  I only skimmed the article, but it claims the human race has only been on the Earth for 30,000 years....
2. 6/17/09
  
  hatingtherain
  
  You may also want to research Dr. Charles. I saw the name Zacharia Chitchin mentioned in there. He's been known to create fake artifacts to prove his theories at times. I suspect anyone who works with him, phd or not.
6/17/09

timethief

FWIW the original post is found here
thecrit.com/2009/05/05/200000-year-old-statue-found-on-moon/
I also agree that if they are claiming it's an Apollo find then NASA is the place to go for verification.

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1. 6/17/09
  
  PetLvr
  
  Actually ... it originally was posted on Weekly World News back in April 2009
  
  weeklyworldnews.com/alien-alert/7929/200000-year-old-statue-found-on-moon/
  
  And .. you know it's true! Because Agent Kay said so..
  
  – Agent Kay, (Tommy Lee Jones) in the blockbuster movie hit “Men In Black” called us the “best damn investigative reporting on the planet” !
6/17/09

cookingasshole

total BS

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1. 6/17/09
  
  Sam1982
  
  agreed - being that it's an angel would suggest that extraterrestrials follow earth bound beliefs.
  
  Did anyone catch the date of the original article - I couldnt see it but it sounds like an april fools news bulletin to me
2. 6/17/09
  
  hatingtherain
  
  Even if it were completely true, still the "implications" they came up with are laughable.
6/17/09

FreakSmack

THis article claims that the also found moon pies on the moon

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1. 6/17/09
  
  cookingasshole
  
  I like moon pies!
2. 6/17/09
  
  FreakSmack
  
  don't click the link
  I know not what i did till it was too late
6/17/09

codesucker

So i guess the consensus is that it's fake

too bad. it would've been cool

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6/18/09

wagerwitch

Hmmm - why does everyone assume that anyone with wings are angels?

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6/18/09

deviki

wow ok that is weird .....but i still have hard time buying it

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