Have you ever thought about the most historically important video footage ever?  What is it?  I’ve been trying to think of a few that may be at the top.  But I know I’m missing a bunch.  Maybe Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.  Nixon’s resignation in 1974.  Lou Gehrig’s Farewell speech in 1939.  The video footage of the Challenger explosion in 1986.  Or maybe it’s war related footage such as the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 or the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.  The video footage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center buildings in 2001.  Maybe some movies would be included such as “Gone With the Wind” or the “Wizard of Oz”, both released in 1939.  Or how about Michael Irvin’s hall of fame induction speech?  OK, maybe I’m getting distracted now.

While I’m sure I’ve left out many, those above have to be a few in the discussion.  Considering the historical importance of these videos, can you imagine the lengths people have gone to to preserve the original footage of these videos?  Can you imagine the money spent to make sure these videos are properly archived and protected so they will still be around hundreds of years from now?

I intentionally left out one video from the list above, one that I believe may possibly trump all of them for some people.  I’m talking about the original video footage of the first moon landing, the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.  I’m sure we’ve all seen that horribly grainy footage of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon for the first time.  But what you may not know is that the footage you’ve seen is only a copy, not the original.  That’s because for many years now, NASA has not been able to find the original footage.  Just recently on the 40th anniversary of the first moonwalk, NASA has finally admitted that the original footage the astronauts took of the first Apollo 11 moon landing was “accidentally erased“.

Uhhh…. are you serious?  Is this a joke?  You accidentally erased it?  Did you need some tape to record the latest American Idol episode?  and you forget to pop off that little tab that prevents recording over it?  NASA, do you really expect us to believe you are THAT STUPID?  Maybe you shouldn’t answer that.  The only 2 options we have are:

1) NASA are complete idiots, on par with Raymond Barone who accidentally taped the Super Bowl over his wedding ceremony, or
2) They are lying.

I’m sorry, but honestly, those are the only 2 options we have.  Which is it?  Personally, I’ve believe they have been lying for a while now.  But hey, I don’t want to be that conspiracy nut guy.  Also, compare the video quality that you’ve seen from the cameras used on the moon in 1969 with others.  Just for comparison sake, the original Star Trek series was filmed, in color, in the ’60’s before we supposedly landed on the moon.  You can see the dates above in the 1st paragraph for some of the others, including the two movies filmed in 1939.  And the best NASA could do in 1969 was that terribly grainy footage that looks like it was filmed back in the 1800’s.  Well actually, even some in the 1800’s look better than what NASA gave us in 1969.  Heck even the Gilligan’s Island episode where the Russian cosmonauts land on the island looks more believable, and that was filmed in 1965.  But hey, lets cut NASA some slack.  How could they have possibly known that this video footage would be important to anybody?  And you know NASA is always trying to save money where they can, so they were probably just trying to do the environmentally friendly thing and resuse their old video tapes.

Actually, if you want to know what I believe, I don’t believe anybody landed on the moon in 1969.  I think this video link is more likely what really happened: Real Moon Landing Video

If you notice on the video, this was originally posted on a website called moontruth.com.  I remember reading that website a couple years ago and getting a lot of good information on the fake moon landing.  But now, the website is gone.  I wonder what happened to it…  Oh noooo….  They GOT HIM.  Poor guy.  At least now, I can say this ahead of time.  If I end up going missing in the near future, you will all know what happened to me.  Check NASA’s secret basement.  I’ll be banging my cup on the door to the tune of the Gilligan’s Island them song.  Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale… a tale of a fateful trip…