That’s the official story. However, there is another article perhaps on FR that details its reemergence a few years back.
There was a ludicrous claim that there’s an alien ruin (or maybe it’s still occupied) on the Moon, and that somehow that fiction is related to the loss of the Clementine probe. I remember reading about it on a leftover copy after finishing my paper route on Mars. ;^)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1607979/posts?page=15#15