The full moon has been linked to crime,
suicide, mental illness, disasters, accidents, birthrates, fertility, and
werewolves, among other things. Some people even buy and sell stocks according
to phases of the moon, a method probably as successful as many others. Numerous
studies have tried to find lunar effects. So far, the studies have failed to
establish much of interest. Lunar effects that have been found have little or
nothing to do with human behavior, e.g., the discovery of a slight effect of the
moon on global temperature,* which in turn might have an effect on the growth of
plants. Of course, there have been single studies here and there that have found
correlations between various phases of the moon and this or that phenomenon, but
nothing significant has been replicated sufficiently to warrant claiming a
probable causal relationship.
Ivan Kelly, James Rotton and Roger
Culver (1996) examined over 100 studies on lunar effects and concluded that the
studies have failed to show a reliable and significant correlation (i.e., one
not likely due to chance) between the full moon, or any other phase of the moon,
and each of the following: the homicide rate, traffic accidents, -crisis calls
to police or fire stations, domestic violence, births of babies, suicide, major
disasters, casino payout rates, assassinations, kidnappings, aggression by
professional hockey players, violence in prisons, psychiatric admissions [one
study found admissions were lowest during a full moon], agitated behavior by
nursing home residents, assaults, gunshot wounds, stabbings, emergency room
admissions, behavioral outbursts of psychologically challenged rural adults,
lycanthropy, vampirism, alcoholism, sleep walking, epilepsy. If so many studies
have failed to prove a significant correlation between the full moon and
anything, why do so many people believe in these lunar myths? Kelly, Rotton, and
Culver suspect four factors: media effects, folklore and tradition,
misconceptions, and cognitive biases. A fifth factor should be considered, as
well communal reinforcement...
When did the moon first
accompany our earth? Perhaps it has been looking at the earth long before human
beings appeared on earth.Twenty-six years have passed since the first moon
landing by the American astronauts from the Apollo 11 mission to the moon on
July 19, 1969, yet human beings are no wiser than before about the moon. On the
contrary, scientists are now perplexed by the data gathered by the instruments
left on the moon. When we look at the moon at night, we a have familiar yet
strange feeling. We can't help but ask, 'Dear moon, could you tell us a bit more
about yourself? Where did you come from, for instance?' At present, there are
three theories to explain how the moon originated. The first one is that the
dust and gaseous clouds from the universe formed the moon, just like our earth,
4.6 billion years ago. The second theory is that the moon was thrown off from
the earth from somewhere under the Pacific Ocean.
The third theory holds that the
moon was an independent planet that was captured by the earth's gravitational
force when passing by, and it has been revolving around the earth ever since. Most scientists initially
believed in the first theory, although some favored the second one. Yet,
analysis of the moon soil samples brought back by astronauts indicates that the
composition of the moon is different from that of the earth. The earth has more
iron and less silicon deposited in it, while the moon is just the opposite. In
addition, the earth has very few titanium ores, whereas the moon has many. These
findings show that the moon was not separated from the earth. By the same token,
the first hypothesis is also shaky. If the moon and earth were formed through
the same process, at around the same time, then why are they so different in
their composition? Scientists have abandoned the first theory, which leaves only
the last theory. If the moon entered the solar system from outer space, it
should have flown towards the Sun instead of being held by the earth, because of
the sun's much stronger gravitational pull...
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong planted his left foot in the lunar dust and
became the first human to walk on the moon. Unfortunately, that stellar moment
in history may have been marred by one not-insignificant detail: If inquiring
author Bill Kaysing has it right, Amstrong made his giant leap for mankind not
240,000 miles above the Earth in the barren Sea of Tranquillity, but a mere 90
miles north of lusty Las Vegas on a top-secret movie soundstage. Yes, as Kaysing
tells it, the nation was gulled into believe that Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz"
Aldrin, Jr., were gamboling through a bona fide lunar landscape, when in fact
the two "actors" were hamming it up in a sinister government production that
qualifies as the greatest hoax of all time.
Sheer lunacy, you say? Not according to the millions of skeptics who watched
the spectacle of men walking on the moon in disbelief. And not according to
Kaysing, who outlined his highly evolved theory in a self-published expose,
We Never Went to the Moon. A former technical writer for Rockwell
International (which contributed to the alleged "moon missions"), Kaysing claims
no direct knowledge of NASA's shenanigans. Rather, his certainty derives from
the epistemological alignment of a "hunch," photographic "proof," and a gnawing
feeling that "the government is a specialist in hoaxing the public."
If his thesis is, well, somewhat weightless in the hard evidence department,
Kaysing more than compensates with copious enthusiasm. "America's 30 Billion
Dollar Swindle!" he declares, played itself out over the course of five more
sham moon landings and involved "well-faked photographs," phony moon rocks, and
"programmed astronauts" - not to mention "the help of father-figure [Walter]
Cronkite as the journalistic goat." First and foremost, Kaysing has questions - questions that NASA and the
former astronauts evade like a grifter dodges the "heat"; In photographs of the lunar sky, why are no stars visible, and why are the
astronauts "extremely evasive regarding stars"? With no blocking atmosphere,
the celestial tableau would have been "the most magnificent available to
mortal
man," Kaysing writes. The answer, he posits, is that NASA's set decorators
knew
they couldn't dupe professional astronomers with an ersatz starry backdrop...
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The full moon has been linked to crime,
suicide, mental illness, disasters, accidents, birthrates, fertility, and
werewolves, among other things. Some people even buy and sell stocks according
to phases of the moon, a method probably as successful as many others. Numerous
studies have tried to find lunar effects. So far, the studies have failed to
establish much of interest. Lunar effects that have been found have little or
nothing to do with human behavior, e.g., the discovery of a slight effect of the
moon on global temperature,* which in turn might have an effect on the growth of
plants. Of course, there have been single studies here and there that have found
correlations between various phases of the moon and this or that phenomenon, but
nothing significant has been replicated sufficiently to warrant claiming a
probable causal relationship.
Ivan Kelly, James Rotton and Roger
Culver (1996) examined over 100 studies on lunar effects and concluded that the
studies have failed to show a reliable and significant correlation (i.e., one
not likely due to chance) between the full moon, or any other phase of the moon,
and each of the following: the homicide rate, traffic accidents, -crisis calls
to police or fire stations, domestic violence, births of babies, suicide, major
disasters, casino payout rates, assassinations, kidnappings, aggression by
professional hockey players, violence in prisons, psychiatric admissions [one
study found admissions were lowest during a full moon], agitated behavior by
nursing home residents, assaults, gunshot wounds, stabbings, emergency room
admissions, behavioral outbursts of psychologically challenged rural adults,
lycanthropy, vampirism, alcoholism, sleep walking, epilepsy. If so many studies
have failed to prove a significant correlation between the full moon and
anything, why do so many people believe in these lunar myths? Kelly, Rotton, and
Culver suspect four factors: media effects, folklore and tradition,
misconceptions, and cognitive biases. A fifth factor should be considered, as
well communal reinforcement...
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The following are excerpts of
conversations from Apollo Astronauts on the Moon to Mission Control - which show
that the Astronauts came across some strange and hard-to-explain structures and
unusual sightings of unidentified craft - whilst on the surface of the Moon. In
the photo to the left, you can see an Apollo astronaut on the
Moon. In the background, space, the final frontier. Or is it a Hollywood
backdrop, the ultimate deception? Many people feel we have not been told the
complete truth regarding NASA's space program, in particular the Apollo Missions
of the late 60's and early 70's. Recent research has shown that conditions on
the Moon could be very different from the 'official-line' which NASA would lead
us to believe. Dr Farouk El Baz, one of NASA's foremost scientists, confirmed
public suspicions when he stated 'not every discovery has been announced to
the public'.
Is this the understatement of
the millennium? Why is it that relatively few people have been allowed total
access to the massive NASA archives (photographs which are supposedly in the
public domain). Instead we have to make do with the two or three dozen
'reproductions' that appear in the 'official' textbooks, despite literally
millions of photographic images obtained by NASA. Something is seriously amiss.
Also the original photographs are huge (32"x24") so by the time they have been
reduced to fit the pages of a regular book the clarity and quality reduced by
the copying process make most of the images pretty meaningless. In many cases,
researchers are left with little more than 'smudges' and 'blurs'.
Even so, despite all these
obstacles, there is still hard evidence when these photographs are scrutinized
under the proverbial - and literal - microscope, that points to the fact that
virtually everything NASA has told us about the moon is a lie. The REAL NASA
MOON PHOTOS, for example show all kinds of structures, seemingly both old and
new, such as domes, pipelines, and even pyramids. So why aren't these photos in
the public domain? ...
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Volcanoes were active on the Moon"s surface soon after it was formed, a new study in the journal Nature suggests. Precision dating of a lunar rock that fell to Earth shows our satellite must have had lava erupting across its vast plains 4.35 billion years ago. This is hundreds of millions of years earlier than had been indicated by the rocks collected by Apollo astronauts. Scientists say the information will help us better understand the beginnings of the Solar System. And they urge future Moon ... Read More