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The great blob of Alaska is a mystery and it has nothing to do with Sarah Palin. The Great Moon Hoax? It was July 20, 1969 when Amerians landed on the moon. Or was it? The moon landing conspiracy lives on. The eclectic mix explores the conspiracy and does a bit of debunking of the 'hoax theory' with an assist from the men and women at NASA.

The government agency notes much of this was started when "Fox television aired a program called Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? Guests on the show argued that NASA technology in the 1960's wasn't up to the task of a real Moon landing. Instead, anxious to win the Space Race any way it could, NASA acted out the Apollo program in movie studios. Neil Armstrong's historic first steps on another world, the rollicking Moon Buggy rides, even Al Shepard's arcing golf shot over Fra Mauro-- it was all a fake," NASA notes the show tried to convince.


One - Explore "The Great Moon Hoax" at NASA and check out this video as well here. NASA concludes, "The best rebuttal to allegations of a "Moon Hoax," however, is common sense. Evidence that the Apollo program really happened is compelling: A dozen astronauts (laden with cameras) walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972."

Two - "A group of hunters aboard a small boat out of the tiny Alaska village of Wainwright were the first to spot what would eventually be called "the blob." It was a dark, floating mass stretching for miles through the Chukchi Sea," Time magazine reports in an article titled, "Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska."