Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon in July 1969 has been celebrated as one of the greatest scientific achievements in history.

Surprisingly, in the last several decades compelling evidence has emerged suggesting that Neil Armstrong never walked on the moon. Furthermore, several accidental deaths associated with the moon mission was marked by signature traits of “intelligent homicide” (1-7).

The deaths of Gus Grissom, , Edward H. White and Roger Chafee, on Jan. 27, 1967 were alarming   due to the inconsistencies between the official findings and the evidence that has emerged since then.

The Jan. 27, 1967, Apollo I mission was a simulated launch in preparation for an actual lunar flight.

NASA concluded, an explosive fire that burst from the pure oxygen atmosphere of the space capsule killed Gus Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger Chafee (8,9,10).

"My father was murdered,” Grissom Jr, a commercial pilot, told Christopher Ruddy, a reporter of Star magazine on 2/18/1999 (11).

NASA granted Grissom Jr access to the charred capsule for investigation.

Grissom discovered “the smoking gun “(11).

 The sabotage was   the placement of a metal plate behind the control panel switch. The switch controlled the capsules’ electrical power source from an outside source to the ship’s batteries. When one of the astronauts turned the switch to transfer power to the ship’s batteries, a spark was created that ignited a fireball. (11)

Clark Mac Donald, a McDonnell-Douglas engineer hired by NASA to investigate the fire, offered corroborating evidence. Breaking more than three decades of silence, Mac Donald said NASA destroyed his report and interview tapes in an effort to stem public criticism of the space program Figure 1-2.

Figure 1: There are three astronauts on the moon surface. The subject, the photographer and a reflection on the visor contradicting the NASA report of only two astronauts on the moon surface and an astronaut in the space ship.

EDWIN BUZZ ALDRIN/APOLLO11 on the moon NASA photo

Figure 2: The great majority of Apollo 11 photographs show a black horizon in the background with no stars, when the heavens should have been ablaze with them. This one also shows two bright spots (back left) that are consistent with artificial lighting. Aldrin’s face shield, notably, shows illuminated images and reflections consistent with artificial lighting from an additional source. But on the moon, there was only one source of light, the Sun.

"I have agonized for 31 years about revealing the truth, but I didn’t want to hurt NASA’s image or cause trouble,” Mac Donald told Star. "But I can’t let one more day go by without the truth being known” (11).

Also, Stanley Kubrick’s infamous confession on YouTube “Apollo. 11 was my masterpiece and the greatest fraud perpetrated on humanity “has been proven to be authentic (3-4).

Objective:

To answer “Gus Grissom, Edward H. White Roger Chafee, Thomas Baron, Stanley Kubrick victims of homicide?

To apply the probability theory to published data on the deaths of Gus Grissom, , Edward H. White Roger Chafee, Thomas Baron, Melanie Baron, Penny Baron, Stanley Kubrick to project odds of certainty that that were victims of homicide “.

The probability of a physically possible observation to be correct exponentially increases by each supporting evidence and can be expressed as an equation R= 1/2X. R representing the probability of random occurrence and x the number of diverse evidence consistent with the observation and inconsistent with the observation.

This equation is based upon the premise that each supporting evidence is a hypothesis, a logical inference from observing facts from which consequences may be deduced with a 50% chance of being correct, and therefore the final outcome would be the same as the probability of random occurrence in flipping a coin. Hence it would be like heads coming up at consecutive times. For instance, the probability of random occurrence of heads coming up 9 consecutive times is ½256== %03.

Of significance, consistent with the framework of flipping a coin, potential flaws of statistical analysis, randomness and buys have no effect on the accuracy of final outcome. As long as it is fair play without tricks, it does not matter who flips the coin.

Were Gus Grissom, Edward H. White Roger Chafee, Thomas Baron, Melanie Baron, Penny Baron, Stanley Kubrick victims of homicide?

• Gus Grissom, Edward H. White Roger Chafee were victims of homicide according to a NASA sanctioned investigation conducted by Scott Grissom (11).
• Clark Mac Donald, a McDonnell-Douglas engineer hired by NASA to investigate the fire, offered corroborating evidence in support of Grissom’s findings (11).
• Mac Donald said NASA destroyed his report and interview tapes in an effort to stem public criticism of the space program (11).
• Smoke reported; no action The crew alive for 15 minutes no action (8,9,10).
• Grissom was a vocal critique of the Apollo moon mission based upon his personal conviction that there were formidable -seemingly insoluble mechanical challenges -that made the scheduled launch impossible (8,9,10).
• Grissom hung a lemon from the space ship to express his apparent lack of confidence in its mechanical integrity. Grissom’s last words were.” How can we go to the moon when we can’t communicate on earth” (8,9,10).
• Evidence is consistent with the conclusion that Neil Armstrong never walked on the moon (1-7).
• Stanley Kubrick’s confession: “Apollo. 11 was my masterpiece and the greatest fraud perpetrated on humanity “has been proven to be authentic (4).
• Thomas Baron was murdered (14).
• Melanie Baron was murdered (14).
• Penny Baron was murdered (14).
• 500-page Baron’s report vanished (15).
• The common denominator of the deaths of Gus Grissom, Edward H. White Roger Chafee, Thomas Baron, Melanie Baron, Penny Baron, Stanley Kubrick was the Apollo moon hoax.
• Observations consistent with a hypothesis that Gus Grissom, Edward H. White Roger Chafee, Thomas Baron, Melanie Baron, Penny Baron, Stanley Kubrick were victims of homicide and inconsistent with they were not. The probability of this projection being correct is %99.99.

Converging forensic medical and mathematical evidence suggests “Gus Grissom, Edward H. White Roger Chafee, Thomas Baron, Marlene Baron, Penny Baron, Stanley Kubrick were victim of “intelligent homicide”.

It is inconceivable that 12 minutes before the Apollo1 fire began the astronauts had reported smoke in the capsule. How can anyone explain why not a single medic or Dr. arrived for another 10 minutes “The autopsy showed the astronauts died slowly consistent with the presence of pulmonary edema. The medical evidence is compelling to indicate that the crew was alive for at least 15 minutes with no effort to save or revive them.

All these mishaps cannot be explained away by incompetence or bad luck. To confirm that not incompetence but deliberate intentions were involved in the tragic deaths of three astronauts the bodies we’re not taken out of the spacecraft for six hours.

It is a reasonable hypothesis that the moon hoax was designed and executed by the highest powers within the covert intelligent operations that recruited and trained astronauts to perform the greatest fakery in history. It is also reasonable to think that the process of mental preparation for this deceptive mission was a step-by-step operation with a lethal option in case of less than perfect collaboration with its mission.  Failure was not an option; the stakes were too high for the US not to triumph over the evil Empire in the space race. It did not matter whether it was Gus Grissom Thomas Baron or some other national hero who did not want to go along with this massive deception.

Limitations Of This Paper Are 

• The limited data of final projections
• The inclusion of second-hand reports.

Yet the final outcome automatically assumes 50% confidence, hence making it mathematically sound.

Sadly, the well-engineered deaths of 7 people represent a tragic page in” space race” along with several other silenced victims to cover up the “Apollo Moon Hoax”.  Their homicides warrant a new investigation.

Gus Grissom, Edward H. White, Roger Chafee, Thomas Baron, Melanie Baron, Penny Baron, Stanley Kubrick, were silenced by intelligent homicide to cover up the moon hoax.

Acknowledgment

I'm most grateful to James Fetzer Ph.D. for his pioneering research and constructive input.

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