cgbg; Thank you for the link! Had not realized how many articles there were on this subject.
AULIS. I book marked and may go to it from time to time.
I watched the 1st landing at Boy Scout camp on a black and white television set with a wire coat hanger for an antenna, so that is not one of my experiences I am inclined to dismiss as staged.
I will tell you my interesting story from the summer of 1969.
Like you I watched the moon landing live on TV as a young man (teenager). I was very interested in both science and science fiction and I was very excited.
I was also an avid golfer, and my grandmother was a former lady golf champ and we did our weekly “bonding” with a round of golf.
Grandma was known as a lady who smiled a lot and kept her cool under all conditions. She never discussed politics or religion or anything very serious—mostly seemed interested in individual people and their lives.
So—I am out on the golf course and I say:
“Grandma. I hope you watched the moon landing. It was incredible and wonderful.”
She stops dead in her tracks. She stares me straight in the eyes. She is angry. I had never seen her angry before.
She tries to calm herself down enough so she could speak—it takes a few seconds.
“It was a fake”, she said. “Never believe anything you see on TV.”
(I never told anyone in the family about the incident—they probably wouldn’t have believed me anyway.)