Gizmodo:
Later this month, some of the original videotapes that captured the first Moon landing will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. But they’re not being sold by NASA. Incredibly, these tapes were sold to a random NASA intern back in the 1970s who had no idea at the time that he’d purchased an important piece of history.
According to Sotheby’s, it was George’s father who first noticed that these tapes might be worth hanging on to for the future. A small label on one of the boxes read, “APOLLO 11 EVA | July 20, 1969 REEL 1 [–3]” and “VR2000 525 Hi Band 15 ips.” Obviously, that was something that should be taken care of, and that’s precisely what they did.
Well, that’s embarrassing.
Hmmm. The lost original tapes were 1″ slow-scan data, not the 2″ tapes shown here. Any contemporary 2″ tapes are likely to be recordings of the live broadcast converted (not well by modern standards) in real time. I don’t see an indication that these tapes would be significantly different than the CBS and other recordings that were not lost.
Totally fake. The moon landing was shot in a backlot at a CIA secret site in Wyoming where the body of Elvis is kept in stasis until he can be revived as Trump’s running mate in 2020.
It’s also where Richard Nixon kept a secret love nest for hookups with Joni Mitchell and Gomer Pyle.
All true. I read it on the internet.