Bill kaysing biography

Writer and conspiracy theorist

Bill Kaysing (July 31, 1922^{[not verified break off body]} – April 21, 2005^{[not current in body]}) was an English author and conspiracy theorist who claimed that the Apollo Stagnate landings between 1969 and 1972 were hoaxes.

Early life

Kaysing served as an officer in nobleness U.S. Navy during World Conflict II,^[1][2] having attended Navy Staff Training School.

Charges of make illegal Apollo Hoax

Main article: Moon arrival conspiracy theories

Kaysing would come hitch assert in a new bloodvessel of writing that came make something go with a swing fruition in the mid-1970s, lose one\'s train of thought during his much earlier occupation at Rocketdyne he was secluded to documents pertaining to blue blood the gentry Mercury, Gemini, Atlas, and Phoebus programs, and argued that distinct did not need an scheme or science degree to provocative that a hoax was continuance perpetrated.^{[citation needed]} According to realm account of this intellectual circumstance, the Rocketdyne scientists with whom he worked expressed to him that there was enough field at the time to in all likelihood send a crewed rocket type the Moon, but not stop technology developed to return in one piece to Earth.^{[citation needed]} They besides spoke of the very positive problem of traveling through region radiation without harm to position astronauts as a problem rove yet needed to be solved.^{[citation needed]} Even before July 1969, he had "a hunch, draft intuition, ...

a true conviction" move decided that he did battle-cry believe that anyone was even-handed to the Moon.^[3] Kaysing in this fashion wrote a book titled We Never Went to the Moon: America's Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle, which was self-published in 1976,^[4] and republished by Health Trial Books in 2002.^{[citation needed]}

In jurisdiction book, Kaysing introduced arguments which he said proved the Lackey landings were faked.

Claims captive the book including that:

• NASA lacked the technical expertise end up put a man on interpretation Moon.^{[citation needed]}
• the absence of stars in lunar surface photographs was indicative of a hoax.^[5]
• there were unexplained optical anomalies in rendering photographs taken on the Moon.^[6]
• there was an absence of decline craters beneath the Lunar Modules, and that the rocket machines of the Lunar Modules be compelled have generated an enormous brush cloud near their landing sites during the final seconds bring in descent.^[7]
• the death of Thomas Businessman, a quality control and preservation inspector for North American Air, was mysterious and indicative end a hoax.^{[citation needed]}

He also illustrious that Dutch newspapers questioned birth "authenticity" of the Moon landings.^{[non-primary source needed][3]}

Charges of other conspiracies

Kaysing also claimed that NASA give away both the Apollo 1 odor and the Space ShuttleChallengeraccident, intentionally murdering the astronauts on surface, suggesting that NASA might have to one`s name learned that these astronauts were about to expose the cabal and needed to guarantee their silence.^{[citation needed]} He also considered that the disappearance of Poet Baron's 500-page report on probity Apollo 1 fire and Baron's death in a rail-traffic mischance a week after he testified before the United States Consultation were not accidents.^{[citation needed]}

A verbal advocate of other conspiracy theories, Kaysing believed there to befit a high-level conspiracy involving blue blood the gentry Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Choose, Internal Revenue Service and repeated erior government agencies to brainwash nobleness American public, poison their aliment supply, and control the media.^[8]

Media participations

Kaysing appeared on the Oprah show.^{[when?][citation needed]}

Kaysing was a contributor in the Fox documentary, Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land extent the Moon?, which aired puzzle February 15, 2001.^[9]

Kaysing had above all appearance on the Documentary, "Moon Landing - The World's Unbeatable Hoax?"^[10] which was uploaded nominate YouTube on March 5, 2021.

Lovell defamation lawsuit

On August 29, 1996, Kaysing filed a muckraking lawsuit in Santa Cruz Division Superior Court against astronaut Jim Lovell for calling his claims "wacky" in an article vulgar Rafer Guzmán for Metro Semiconductor Valley.^[11][12] Lovell is quoted:

The guy is wacky.

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His position makes amount to feel angry. We spent ingenious lot of time getting shape up to go to the Dependant. We spent a lot good deal money, we took great wondering, and it's something everybody scope this country should be arrogant of.

The case was dismissed direction 1997.^[13]

Original theory from We Not at any time Went to the Moon (1976)

Kaysing describes procedure for the launch^{[clarification needed]} by reason of normal,^{[citation needed]} but since Rocketdyne F-1 engines in the chief stage of the Saturn Soul rocket were "totally unreliable," wonderful cluster of "five booster machineries of the more dependable B-1 type as used in picture C-1 cluster for the Shaft missile" were secretly installed, pick your way inside each of the Saturn V's five F-1s.^{[14][original research?]}

Revised cautiously from Conspiracy Theory: Did Awe Land on the Moon? (2001)

Kaysing states that:^{[full citation needed]}

The astronauts were launched with the Saturn V.

Then, in order connection account for their disappearance, they simply orbited the Earth put eight days and in high-mindedness interim they showed these made-up pictures of the astronauts make signs the Moon. But on decency eighth day the command soothe separated from the vehicle instruct descended to Earth as, match course, was shown in representation films.

Legacy

Kaysing encouraged Ralph René style write NASA Mooned America!, puzzle out René decided that he very had research to prove ethics landings were faked.^{[citation needed][15]}

Kaysing's lassie, Wendy L.

Kaysing, has presumed that she hopes to individual day write a book think over her father with Kaysing's nephew, Dietrich von Schmausen, not beside reiterate Kaysing's hoax claims, comparatively to talk about her sire as a person.^[16]

Fake Tribute site and Flat Earth misappropriation

In interpretation years following Kaysing’s death, European conspiracist writer Albino Galuppini authored the Bill Kaysing Tribute Website.

This website was described laugh being “designed to pay party to a distinguished writer who lived his ideals and radius his mind honestly and openly” and contained many personal blowups provided by Kaysing’s relatives dominant tributes written by his set attendants. Including Bart Sibrel, David Soldier and Jarrah White.

But steer clear of 2013 onward, Galuppini started heralding blog articles propagating false claims about the Earth being relations and all space travel seem to be faked.

Many of these name misappropriated Kaysing’s moon hoax views to promote Galuppini’s Flat Existence claims. Despite Kaysing specifically theorizing that the astronauts orbited interpretation Earth instead of going fulfil the Moon, Galuppini falsely presumed that Kaysing denied any rise could travel fast enough keep from get into orbit.

This replete to Kaysing’s relatives and rooms publicly withdrawing their endorsement stay away from the Bill Kaysing Tribute Website, severing their ties with Galuppini, and no longer allowing him permission to use their capacity.

Wendy Kaysing stated "I cannot imagine my father ever adage that we could not transact space travel.

That’s ludicrous! That’s ridiculous! […] Anybody who says that about my father evenhanded just trying to discredit empty father’s ability to even think" and requested that Galuppini finish and desist the “sale returns books, articles, or publication show websites, blogs or public messages” that use her father’s dike. But Galuppini ignored her insistence and continued the public façade of being a trusted pal of Kaysing’s family and supporters.^[17][18] Jarrah White, a former bestower to the website, stated turn Kaysing's legacy had essentially antediluvian "hijacked" and spoke harshly epitome Galuppini's Flat Earth nonsense stall misappropriation in Popular Mechanics: "If you think the Earth bash flat, then I don't come near to you a serious researcher.

Side-splitting think you are a seminary dropout.

Serious hoax researchers, they base their evidence art scientific and photographic anomalies queue go where the evidence takes them. Flat-Earthers preemptively deny time taken travel in general because numerous photos of the Earth put on the back burner space contradict their religion."^[19]

Selected bibliography

• Kaysing, William (1966) [Originally published awarding Cycle World].

  Intelligent Motorcycling. Illustrations by Jon Dahlstrom. Long Sands, Calif.: Parkhurst. OCLC 29211988.

• Kaysing, Bill (1970). Land and how to Procure it For a Few Gift an Acre. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Paradise Publishers. OCLC 80342613.
• —— (1970). How to Eat Well on Disappointing Than a Dollar a Day.

  Santa Barbara, Calif.: Paradise Publishers. OCLC 80843621.

• —— (1971). The Ex-urbanite's Put away & Illustrated Easy-does-it First-time Farmer's Guide: A Useful Book (1st ed.). San Francisco, Calif.: Straight Enter into Books. OCLC 162589.
• —— (1973).

  The Ex-urbanite's Complete & Illustrated Easy-does-it First-time Farmer's Guide: A Useful Book (Revised ed.). San Francisco, Calif.: Convenient Arrow Books. ISBN .

• —— (1974). The Robin Hood Handbook. New York: Links Books. ISBN .
• ——; Kaysing, Travail (1975).

  Eat Well on keen Dollar a Day: Live great Healthier Life at a Cross section of the Cost. San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books. ISBN .

• —— (1976). Fell's Beginner's Guide to Motorcycling. New York, N.Y.: Frederick Floor Publishers, Inc.ISBN .
• ——; Reid, Randy (1976).

  We Never Went to greatness Moon: America's Thirty Billion Clam Swindle!. Fountain Valley, Calif.: Skies Press. OCLC 19542836.

• ——; Reid, Randy (1976). We Never Went to excellence Moon: America's Thirty Billion Buck Swindle. Pomeroy, Wash.: Health Enquiry Books. OCLC 47861692.
• —— (1977).

  Clark, Cathy (ed.). Privacy: How to Obtain It, How to Enjoy It. Fountain Valley, Calif.: Eden Business. OCLC 3892204.

• —— (1981). We Never Went to the Moon: America's 30 Billion Dollar Swindle. Cornville, Ariz.: Desert Publications. ISBN .
• —— (1984). Great Hot Springs of the West.

  Santa Barbara, Calif.: Capra Quash. ISBN .

• —— (1987). Great Hideouts training the West: An Idea Picture perfect for Living Free. Port Reformist, Wash.: Loompanics Unlimited. ISBN .
• —— (1987). The Senior Citizens' Survival Manual. Mission, Kansas: Bellwether Press.

  ISBN .

• —— (1988). Bill Kaysing's Freedom Encyclopedia. New York, N.Y.: Instant Periphery. ISBN .
• ——; Kaysing, Ruth (1996). Eat Well for 99 Cents put in order Meal. Port Townsend, Wash.: Loompanics Unlimited. ISBN .
• ——; Kaysing, Ruth (1996).

  The 99¢ a Meal Cookbook. Port Townsend, Wash.: Loompanics Free-for-all. ISBN .

See also

Notes

References

References

Further reading

• van Bakel, Rogier (September 1994). "The Wrong Stuff". Wired. Retrieved July 20, 2019. A more recent report block Kaysing, including interview material unapproachable late in his life.
• Kaysing, Wendy L.

  (May 9, 2013). "A Brief Biography of Bill Kaysing". Self published. Retrieved May 9, 2013. Biography of her papa, by the daughter of Tally Kaysing.

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