Artemis II Delay Sparks Conspiracy Wave About a 1969 Moon Discovery
The sudden delay of NASA's first moon mission in five decades has set off a wave of conspiracy theories, including one about astronauts discovering life on the lunar surface in 1969. AJ Gentile, host of the podcast 'The Why Files,' said that a long-lost radio transmission from the Apollo 11 moon landing allegedly mentioned the discovery of alien beings watching the astronauts arrive. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin reportedly switched to a private medical channel during a radio blackout while approaching the moon. In this brief window, which NASA records exist, Armstrong and Aldrin allegedly told mission control back on Earth that they saw a group of beings 'parked' in a crater on the moon's surface. 'The story is they switch over to the medical channel and said "they're here. They're on the crater, and they can see us,"' Gentile explained during an interview on The Tucker Carlson Show on Monday. Despite the story being widely told over the last 57 years, no evidence has ever been produced that the Apollo 11 crew ever used the backup radio channel. Officially, the US government and the Pentagon have declared that there has never been any physical evidence recovered that proves UFOs or extraterrestrial beings exist. However, Gentile noted that former CIA psychics and other respected astronauts have also claimed there is something on the lunar surface that NASA officials have been keeping hidden since moon missions ended in 1972. Conspiracy theorists have claimed that a secret recording was made during the first moon landing, which spotted alien life in a lunar crater in 1969.
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A Lost Apollo 11 Transmission Allegedly Reveals Aliens Watching from a Moon Crater
AJ Gentile, host of The Why Files, revealed a 57-year-old claim that a secret transmission was made during the Apollo 11 moon landing that allegedly mentioned alien beings observing the event. The narrative centers on Armstrong and Aldrin switching to a private medical channel during a radio blackout and supposedly telling mission control they saw beings in a crater. Gentile noted that this claim has been widely repeated for decades, but no verifiable evidence has ever emerged to support it. NASA records have not surfaced any backup-channel use by the crew, and officials have consistently denied the existence of physical evidence proving UFOs or extraterrestrials. Nevertheless, Gentile pointed to stories from former CIA psychics and other astronauts who have suggested something remains on the lunar surface that NASA has kept hidden since 1972.
Remote Viewing on the Dark Side and Ingo Swann’s Claims
In the 1970s and 80s, the CIA conducted experiments with individuals who claimed they could perceive information about distant objects, events, or people, a process known as 'remote viewing.' Gentile recounted the story of famed remote viewer Ingo Swann, who allegedly saw towers, buildings, and human-like aliens working at a secret complex on the dark side of the moon during one of his psychic episodes in 1975. Swann, who died in 2013, made the shocking claims in his book 'Penetration: The Question of Extraterrestrial and Human Telepathy' released in 1998. Just like Armstrong and Aldrin allegedly claimed in their lost transmission, Swann chillingly said the beings present on the moon were aware of his presence and knew he was psychically viewing them all the way from Earth. 'Two of them pointed in my direction,' Swann explained. 'How could they do that… unless… they have some kind of high psychic perceptions, too?' Gentile added that Apollo 14 Edgar Mitchell also publicly stated his belief that UFOs were real, that extraterrestrials had visited Earth, and governments worldwide were lying about what they knew. 'Every astronaut has seen strange things in space. Edgar Mitchell is on record as saying UFOs are real. This is the sixth man to walk on the moon. This is not a kook. This is an American hero. So something's clearly going on up there,' Gentile declared during the podcast interview.
Skepticism Grows Online as Artemis II Delay Continues
On social media, many questioned whether humans have ever traveled to the Moon and pointed to the Artemis II delay as proof that NASA is not truly aiming to reach the lunar surface. One commenter on X said: 'Dude, SpaceX launches 20 rockets a year and y'all launch 1 every 3 years? Pathetic. Liars. We never went to the moon.' Another added: 'So was the green screen and wire harnesses not working or what? I doubt it takes a month to fix something stage techs can fix in a couple of hours max. Or is it the hairspray?' The article notes that NASA initially planned a four-astronaut, 10-day mission to circle the Moon and return by February 6, but weather and a fuel leak shifted the schedule. In a statement, NASA said: 'Engineers conducted a first run at terminal countdown operations during the test; however, the countdown stopped at 5 minutes left due to a spike in the liquid hydrogen leak rate.' The fuel-loading test was part of what the space agency calls the 'wet dress rehearsal,' where they load the Artemis II rocket with over 2.65 million liters of super-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen, which act as the propellants that ignite and blast the craft into space. According to NASA's current launch window schedule, Artemis II will now attempt to blast off on either March 6, 7, 8, 9, or 11. Another set of dates has been set aside during the first week of April if more problems delay the March mission.
