FatGambit wrote:Aside from the fact that you can see the landing gear with your own eyes if you have a powerful enough telescope, I can,t see any other defence that it happened....
Yes, I agree. Also there's no obvious explanation for
why a government would attempt such a massive, costly and risky deception. If just one soldier or scene-shifter had taken a few photos or told a journalist about it, if a Soviet spy had obtained documents to prove it, if a Congressman had decided to pay close attention, then the resulting scandal would have destroyed the careers of a hundred generals and senior politicians, including the President.
You would only run a risk like that if there was an absolutely huge benefit. Same with the 9/11 conspiracies, even more so as 3,000 US citizens died (
ah, but what if they were Mossad holograms....).
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