Dark Moon : Apollo and the Whistle-Blowers

by Mary D. Bennett, David S. Percy

Using secret documents and analyzing thousands of NASA photographs of the Apollo 11 mission, the researchers delve, in great detail, into every aspect of this beguiling theory to answer the questions that won't go away:

* Was Neil Armstrong really the first man on the moon?

* Was a second craft going to the moon at the same time as Apollo 11?

* Is lethal radiation prevalent throughout deep space?

* What is wrong with the official account of the Apollo 13 accident?

* Was the live color TV feed from the moon not really live?

* Is it true that the lunar surface camera had no viewfinder?

* How was lighting used in the Apollo photographs if no lighting equipment was taken to the moon? The answers rock the foundation of trust in NASA and the U.S. space program!

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Conspiracy Theories, Science

568 pages, Paperback

First published December 14, 1998

Reviews

[Kaydon_the_dino · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first few chapters are a fairly standard rehash of the "proofs" we never went to the Moon. If you have read Kaysing or any other book about this you know all that there is to read in these chapter. As far as I can tell, their one original contribution to the standard story is that the photo "errors" are there due to the contributions of some benevolent whistleblowers, who planted them there on purpose and are not there due to the hubris and oversight of those in charge of faking the Apollo missions.

The following chapters quickly dissolve into crazytown, with Roswell, Nazis, the face on Mars, Stonehenge and just about every other "fringe" or out there belief making an appearance. It is highly entertaining, in a fantasy sort of way.

[chrstphre campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very Extensive & Detailed…

… much more so than many of The similar books of this genre that I’ve been exposed to ( ? )
It’s not a ‘The Apollo Moon Landings were all faked’ or its opposite, it seemed like a reasonably well balanced examination of The ‘evidence’ which tips both ways when viewed with an unbiased set of spider like eyes ( ! )
The photos & illustrations might have been a little better though ( ! )

[SkipO · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was really looking forward to reading this book,
The first chapter held my interest quite well, but then it was downhill all the way from there.
Way too much cutesy stuff and repetitiveness in the book.
Didn't learn much more than I had already read.
Disappointing to say the least where it could have been a much better book

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started reading this with enthusiasm, expecting - hoping for - a balanced argument. But it seems somewhat biased and is incredibly detailed and technical. Often not a bad thing, but this gets a bit much and quite frankly I lost interest.

[OmniBen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The current number of reviews, although admittedly small, certainly don't paint this book in a very positive light. Allow me to somewhat redress this balance with an alternative opinion. Never A Straight Answer, or NASA as it is more commonly known. Books debunking or throwing a dark side of the moon amount of shade on the decades of lies and deception this agency has regurgitated onto the American tax payer and the people of the world at large are some of my favourite books in my collection, and Dark Mission sits proudly among them as a personal favourite. Well written and researched and overflowing with a wealth of arguments against our repeated sojourns to the moon in decades past, and then never again since (apparently), Dark Moon is a lengthy and enjoyable exploration of arguments, both well known and not so well known. Anyone with even a passing interest in these topics will no doubt find this an intriguing proposition and an entertaining way to while away a dozen hours or so. And whilst I haven't read this in a number of years (I feel another reread would be the ultimate test as to how well this has stood the test of time). Still, there is more than enough here to satisfy just about every kind of open minded person. Not sure how readily available this is these days, although definitely worth checking out if you can find it. 4.5/5


OmniBen.

[Lynne Bassaro · Rating 2 out of 5]

So repetitive. I felt I was reading the same content over and over and over...

[Tushar · Rating 5 out of 5]

At this point, you have to be incredibly stupid to believe that Apollo manned missions weren't faked.