I listend to all the Apollo Mission on Short Wave Radio with the channel skips. I am quite sure it happned. At a minimum we landed equipment, if not the people.
And yes the Russians would not allow the Big Lie as well.
Book and Youtube are like politics, everyone who spreads a lie profits from those who give the clicks or buy the lie.
I recorded all the missions off the TV have the reel to reel tapes around here some place, it happened. anyone that says other wise is just crazy