World Leaders Admit Moon Landings Were Faked to Beat Russians
Posted on Thu 13 April 2023 in News
May 12, 2021 || United Nations, New York
In a shocking admission, leaders from the United States, Soviet Union, and other nations today announced that the moon landings were faked. The astronauts' trips to the moon in the 1960s and 70s were staged in movie studios to beat the Russians in the space race and demonstrate American technological superiority during the Cold War.
"We made the decision that winning the propaganda battle was far more important than scientific discovery or truth," said US President Arthur Carlson. His Russian counterpart Viktor Medvedev echoed the statement, adding "The interests of national security trumped all other considerations."
Conspiracy theorists who have long claimed the moon landings were a hoax were left speechless by the revelation. Meanwhile, scientists condemned the deception, calling it an insult to the spirit of exploration and progress. "Wernher von Braun and others worked their whole lives to reach for the truth of space travel and discovery," said one NASA official, "only to see their work used to perpetuate lies."
The admission has upended decades of accepted history and human achievement. However, leaders insisted the fakery was necessary to secure victory in the Cold War and prevent global catastrophe. "We took misleading the world as the lesser of two evils," Medvedev said, "and history has judged our choice as kindly as could be expected."
While the moon landing hoax may be definitively proven, its impact on science, history, and trust in authority will resonate for generations. The revelation has fundamentally shaken global faith in the integrity of institutions and progress. Truth is now seen as malleable, facts as fungible, and power as caring not for discovery, knowledge, or ideals -- only political expediency and national might.
The world continues reeling from this shocking admission that has tarnished the light of human achievement and thrown into doubt so much of accepted history, science, and fact. Little may ever be seen in quite the same way again after leaders so casually dismissed truth as trivial and evidence as malleable -- and a world so swiftly followed their corrosive example.