
Claim: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin admitted the Apollo 11 moon landing was staged on a movie set.
FALSE
Example: [Collected via e-mail, November 2014]
Is it true that Buzz Aldrin admitted the Apollo 11 moon landing was fake? Sounds unlikely...
Origins: In November 2014, the Huzlers web site published an article recycling the old conspiracy theory that the moon landings were fake events staged on movie sets, claiming
One of the astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, confirmed that the
It is being reported that the Apollo 11 missions, which landed men for the first time on the moon, was in fact fake.
Shortly thereafter links and excerpts referencing this article were being circulated via social media, with many of those who encountered the item mistaking it for a genuine news report. However, that article was just a spoof from Huzlers, a web site that offers users the ability to "Create your own news prank and trick your friends by sharing it" and has a history of publishing fabricated news stories (such as one about pop star Justin Bieber's admitting to being bisexual and one about the 2014 Super Bowl being rigged). The Huzlers site also carries a disclaimer on its pages noting that "Huzlers.com is a combination of real shocking news and satire news to keep its visitors in a state of disbelief."
Last updated: 9 November 2014