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Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Hoax Set
Lunarset
'That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind' - Neil Armstrong

Origin

Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Conspiracy

Type

Stage Set

Effects

Replicates lunar atmosphere

Downsides

Suspicion and disbelief

Activation

Presence on set

Collected by

Warehouse 13

Section

Floor Storage

Date of Collection

July 22, 1969

[Source]



Origin

In 1969, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and pilot Michael Collins were part of the first manned mission to land on the surface of the Moon. In 1969, the moon landing was also faked by the United States government. While Aldrin and Armstrong did set foot on the moon, this was not what the American public and, indeed, the world at large, saw on screen.

Due to last minute changes in the mission relating to Cold War espionage and military preparation, it was deemed too risky to allow potential enemies of the state to observe what the cosmonauts were installing and it was too late to pretend the launch was not happening due the prevalence of media attention. Instead, a very convincing set of the lunar surface was hastily constructed using high-end telescopes and government agents were conscripted as actors to take the role of the spacemen.

Almost immediately after the monumental event there were skeptics. People who claimed that such a feat of science and technology could not have been possible and that the entire thing had been a hoax. They were, of course, right, in a sense. The achievement of fooling the world by not actually fooling the world, as well as the very vocal doubters of the landing, both contributed to the effects of the artifact.

Effects

When anything enters the set of the landing, still in perfect condition, it will begin to behave as if it were in the reduced-gravity environment of the moon. As soon as the limits of the set are reached, it will resume regular gravity and atmospheric influences. The biggest danger involved is that there is no oxygen on set, meaning someone who would wander in accidentally could find themselves in significant danger.

A secondary effects is that anyone who does enter the set will be surrounded by a field of skepticism and paranoia, with other refusing to believe their claims of truth unless they, too, have been on the set.

Astronomy Artifacts
Astronomers Clyde W. Tombaugh's Photographic PlatesEdmond Halley's TelescopeErnst Chladni's PlateFritz Zwicky’s Meteor PelletsGalileo Galilei's AstrolabeHeinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers’ TelescopeJohannes Hevelius' QuadrantJohannes Kepler's Telescope LenseJohn Flamsteed's Star CatalogueKazimierz Kordylewski’s TelescopeLuis Alvarez's Iridium ChunkNicolaus Copernicus' Armillary SphereTycho Brahe's Prosthetic NosesVera Rubin's ProtractorWilliam Wales' Portable Observatory
Exploration Missions American Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Hoax SetApollo 13 Command ModuleApollo 15 Geologic Hammer and Falcon FeatherChris Hadfield's Acoustic GuitarColumbia Space ShuttleNavigational Software from the Mars Climate OrbiterPete Conrad's Space BootsRichard F. Gordon Jr's Spacesuit HelmetSaturn VThe Fourth AstronautWally Schirra’s Insignia PatchesWilliam Safire’s Apollo 11 Speech
Soviet / Russian Alexey Leonov's "Near the Moon"Laika's HarnessSputnik's AntennaUSSR Space CapsuleValentin Bondarenko's Cotton BallsValeri Polyakov's Blood Pressure CuffVladislav Volkov’s SpacesuitYuri Gagarin's Hockey PuckYuri Gagarin's SpacesuitYuri Gagarin's Lieutenant Pin
Other Edward Makuka Nkoloso’s Oil DrumMatroshka Experiments Mannequin
Natural Phenomenon Samples Chunk of the Chelyabinsk MeteorExplosive Meteor FragmentNWA 7034Piece of Halley's CometStar Jelly
Solar Prominence Donald Liebenberg's Eclipse GlassesÉvry Schatzman's TelescopeJohannes Fabricius' Camera ObscuraObelisk from St. Peter's BasilicaRa's ScepterRa's Solar Barge
Lunar Activity Chang'e's BuyaoJean Chastel's Silver GunLi Bai’s Rosewood Wall PanelsPrincess Kaguya’s Bamboo SwordSelene's TiaraTobias Mayer's Reflecting CircleWang Zhenyi's Lunar Eclipse
Exotic Physics Fred Hoyle’s Rubik's CubeGeorge Biddell Airy's Transit InstrumentHermann Weyl's Drafting CompassHolmdel Horn AntennaJames Chadwick's Nobel PrizeJocelyn Bell Burnell's Chart RecorderJohannes Kepler's Planetary ModelJohn Archibald Wheeler’s Newton CradleKarl Schwarzchild's Pocket WatchLouis Essen's Alarm Clock
Extraterrestrial Life Purported Sightings Heaven's Gate HomepageJ. Allen Hynek's TelescopeWilliam Brazel's Cowboy Hat
Fictional Encounters Bolaji Badejo's BeretCybermen OutfitsDalek CostumesFox Mulder's 'I Want To Believe' PosterGarrett P. Serviss' Prop Martian GunGeorge Lucas' Original Prop LightsaberH. R. Giger's Mechanical PencilHAL 9000 PropOmnitrix ToyOrson Welles' MicrophoneRichard O'Brien's StockingsU.S. Air Force Space Probe No. 1Zathura
Miscellaneous Bill Kaysing's FeatherCarl Sagan's JacketCharles Fort’s Newspaper ClippingsConrad Haas’ NozzleHuitzilopochtli's Sacrificial BowlJack Parson's Rocket EngineLance Bass' Cargo ContainerMaria Margaretha Kirch's EphemerisPiece of the Antikythera MechanismQian Xuesen's Servomechanism


Scam and Con Artifacts
The Hoax Foyer
Alexander of Abonoteichus' GrimorieBarry Larkin's Olympic TorchCalaveras SkullCassie Chadwick's Pearl NecklaceChristopher Müller’s Gold ToothCraig Jackson's WatchDoug Bower & Dave Chorley's Wood PlanksElsie Wright’s CameraFerdinand Waldo Demara’s Medical TextbookFiji MermaidGeneral Store from Agloe, New YorkGeorge C. Parker's Deed to the Brooklyn BridgeHMS Dreadnought Hoax CostumesID Sniper RifleJacques Aymar-Vernay’s Dowsing RodLambert Simnel's LeggingsLeft Handed Whopper WrapperMary Bateman’s Eggs''Masked Marauders'' Vinyl RecordMelvin Dummar's WillOriginal Copy of 'I, Libertine'Orson Welles' MicrophoneTed Serios' Polaroid CameraUri Geller's SpoonWilhelm Voigt’s Army UniformWilliam Robinson's Chest
Other
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Hoax SetBrian G. Hughes UmbrellaC. L. Blood's BellowsCharles Ponzi's Money ClipCharles Wells’ Roulette WheelDan Enright's Address BookElyesa Bazna's Counterfeit BanknotesEmerich Juettner’s Counterfeit Dollar BillFrank Abagnale Jr.'s CheckbookHenry Meigg's Warrant BookHerb Stempel's HeadsetJefferson Randolph Smith's Soap BarMary Butterworth's IronMatthew Hopkins' Witch-Pricking PinM.E. Clifton James's Fake Military UniformP.T. Barnum's Top Hat & Walking StickRichard Feynman's Safecracking Numerical PadSophie Lyons' GlovesSteven Jay Russell's HighlightersWilliam Chaloner's GroatWilliam Chaloner's Lottery Ticket


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