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REVIEWS < THE EARTH CHRONICLES MOON LANDINGS: Did NASA Lie? EXPEDITIONS: by Philippe Lheureux Journeys to the Mythical Past Carnot, USA, 2003 (first published in by Zecharia Sitchin French as Lumiéres sur la lune, Editions Bear & Company, USA, 2004 Carnot, Chatou, France) ISBN 1-59143-036-4 (243pp hc) ISBN 1-59209-041-9 (21 1pp tpb) Availability: Inner Traditions website, Availability: USA—Carnot USA Books, http:/Awww. innertraditions.com http:/Awww.carnotbooks.com; UK— this new book from author/scholar of the | Roundhouse Group, website ancient world Zecharia Sitchin is a http://www.roundhouse.net record of expeditions he's led in the Old and lhe controversy over whether NASA New Worlds to explore ancient myths, landed men on the Moon during the examine anomalous artefacts and confirm Apollo missions continues to this day. In that the gods of legend did physically visit Moon Landings, French computer specialist the Earth. And while his conclusions are not Philippe Lheureux presents more than 100 always certain or even correct, due to lack of _ NASA photographs of these lunar missions data on these artefacts, his research trails, containing anomalies and inconsistencies, fieldwork and ways of thinking about his and draws on the input of astronomers, pho- findings are still trailblazing. tographers and other specialists to try to In travels from Mesopotamia and Egypt to _ explain these discrepancies. After analysis, Mexico, Sitchin makes connections which in most cases the unexplained elements suggest either that trans-Atlantic routes were remain: such as anomalous shadows, reflec- operating 5,000 years ago or that cosmic vis- _ tions and lighting; lack of dust on the lunar itors flew across oceans and seas to impart module's landing pads (when Apollo 11 astronauts noted the landing had stirred up a The lot of dust); and seemingly impossible boot- ie irlee prints and tyre tracks on the lunar surface. E arth ( ch ron i les Lheureux presents several hypotheses I p ed ions about the photos: e.g., that they are real; they were touched up for PR purposes; they Se were redone in the studio because the origi- nals were somehow spoiled in the first mis- sion; they were faked in a top-secret base in Arizona, and the astronauts only orbited and did not land on the Moon; and that NASA could not reveal what the astronauts saw (i.e., the Moon already colonised by ETs). These hypotheses need more back-up evi- dence, but Lheureux has no hesitation in stating his preferred versions. However, he 1A SITCHIN leaves it up to readers to draw their own ao conclusions and do their own research. knowledge to several cultures at contempo- The UFO question is given some space, raneous times 1n antiquity. starting with an alleged ham radio recording , Sitchin dates the beginning of the Olmec of Armstrong and Aldrin talking to Houston mother" civilisation of Mesoamerica to about the "visitors" and "spaceships" they 3000 BC, and suggests the huge carved _ saw shortly after they "landed" on the Moon. heads depict the Africans who accompanied There's also discussion of NASA's strange the winged god Thoth after he left Egypt emblem for the Apollo missions, featuring a around that same time for the New World! Some of the Olmec carvings have uncanny similarities with images from ancient Sumeria that contain astronomical data. Time travel tunnels under Jerusalem, UFO evidence on top of Mt Sinai, a Sumerian goddess-as-astronaut in the ancient city of Mari, and back-packing spacemen in Mexico are all part of Sitchin's territory. So, too, are ruins of Troy, Crete, Turkey and Syria. Each chapter focuses on a major mystery and includes illustrations, maps and photos (plus a big section of colour plates). There's much food for thought and inspira- tion in these glimpses into lost history. rocketship leaving Earth and passing in front of the constellation Orion before landing on the Moon. Also discussed are transient lunar phenomena, seen by telescope long before the Apollo missions, which could be natural events or perhaps the result of ET activity. Finally, we're shown anomalous features on the lunar surface that are sugges- tive of artificial creation (some craters are shaped like triangles and polygons) and even the presence of ET military bases! Maybe we'll get to the bottom of these mysteries one day. Meantime, scientists should not dismiss these anomalies but investigate them with an open mind. MOON LANDINGS: Did NASA Lie? by Philippe Lheureux Carnot, USA, 2003 (first published in French as Lumiéres sur la lune, Editions Carnot, Chatou, France) ISBN 1-59209-041-9 (211pp tpb) Availability: USA—Carnot USA Books, http:/Awww.carnotbooks.com; UK— Roundhouse Group, website http://www.roundhouse.net lhe controversy over whether NASA landed men on the Moon during the Apollo missions continues to this day. In Moon Landings, French computer specialist Philippe Lheureux presents more than 100 NASA photographs of these lunar missions containing anomalies and inconsistencies, and draws on the input of astronomers, pho- tographers and other specialists to try to explain these discrepancies. After analysis, in most cases the unexplained elements remain: such as anomalous shadows, reflec- tions and lighting; lack of dust on the lunar module's landing pads (when Apollo 11 astronauts noted the landing had stirred up a lot of dust); and seemingly impossible boot- prints and tyre tracks on the lunar surface. Lheureux presents several hypotheses about the photos: e.g., that they are real; they were touched up for PR purposes; they were redone in the studio because the origi- nals were somehow spoiled in the first mis- sion; they were faked in a top-secret base in Arizona, and the astronauts only orbited and did not land on the Moon; and that NASA could not reveal what the astronauts saw (i.e., the Moon already colonised by ETs). These hypotheses need more back-up evi- dence, but Lheureux has no hesitation in stating his preferred versions. However, he leaves it up to readers to draw their own conclusions and do their own research. The UFO question is given some space, starting with an alleged ham radio recording of Armstrong and Aldrin talking to Houston about the "visitors" and "spaceships" they saw shortly after they "landed" on the Moon. There's also discussion of NASA's strange emblem for the Apollo missions, featuring a rocketship leaving Earth and passing in front of the constellation Orion before landing on the Moon. Also discussed are transient lunar phenomena, seen by telescope long before the Apollo missions, which could be natural events or perhaps the result of ET activity. Finally, we're shown anomalous features on the lunar surface that are sugges- tive of artificial creation (some craters are shaped like triangles and polygons) and even the presence of ET military bases! Maybe we'll get to the bottom of these mysteries one day. Meantime, scientists should not dismiss these anomalies but investigate them with an open mind. 74 = NEXUS www.nexusmagazine.com AUGUST —- SEPTEMBER 2004