# Apollo Moon Conspiracy Whackjob Arrested. Newslink
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 28, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607 "2009-07-28T22:37:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/1 "2009-07-28T22:37:21Z")
Sweet, sweet justice.
Bart Sibrel denies that men went to the Moon on Apollo XI.
Now, he’s got something else to deny.
[http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=10799169&nav=menu374\_2\_11](http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=10799169&nav=menu374_2_11)
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> Bart Sibrel is a well-known conspiracy theorist whose made a bit of a career out of ambushing America’s astronauts, trying to make them look like hot-headed fakes.
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> Sibrel, who calls himself an investigative journalist, has produced videos questioning whether the moon landing ever happened.
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> His 2001, widely discredited documentary called it “the greatest government coverup of all time.”
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> But Sibrel, who moonlights as a Nashville cab driver, apparently lost control a few months back over his own landing of sorts.
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> Court documents show he was arrested after another driver refused to pull out of a parking space he wanted. She was waiting for her car engine to warm up.
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> The arresting officer wrote, “A few moments later, the parking space in front of the victim opened up and [Sibrel] drove into it and parked.”
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> Sibrel “then walked up to the victim’s car and jumped onto the hood, and then jumped up and down several times.”
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> The report says he caused about $1,431.33 in damage.
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### Author:  [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/2 "2009-07-30T22:00:31Z")
The moon itself is a conspiracy. There IS no moon. You’ve all been deceived, people!!!
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### Author:  [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/3 "2009-07-30T22:07:19Z")
“ **about** $1,431.33 in damage”??
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### Author:  [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/4 "2009-07-30T22:24:46Z")
> [@scr4](#):
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> “ **about** $1,431.33 in damage”??
If you’re going to guesstimate, guesstimate in style.
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### Author:  [@hekk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hekk)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/5 "2009-07-31T00:50:41Z")
Is that the guy that got punched by John Glenn? Or was it Neil Armstrong?
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/6 "2009-07-31T00:54:08Z")
Neil Armstrong got punched by John Glenn?
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### Author:  [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/7 "2009-07-31T01:02:19Z")
Erm, Buzz Aldrin actually.
> [@scr4](#):
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> “ **about** $1,431.33 in damage”??
To the nearest cent, yes. Wadda ya want?
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### Author:  [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/8 "2009-07-31T01:18:08Z")
> [@hekk](#):
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> Is that the guy that got punched by John Glenn? Or was it Neil Armstrong?
Yep, that’s the same guy. But he was punched by Buzz Aldrin. 🙂
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### Author:  [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/9 "2009-07-31T01:40:01Z")
I’m disappointed. I was hoping for one man’s giant leap into the criminal-justice system, not one small step afoul of the law.
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/10 "2009-07-31T03:20:11Z")
> [@scr4](#):
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> “ **about** $1,431.33 in damage”??
Probably taken from the charging document. Even if the victim shows a bill to the police for a precise amount, it’s good practice to put “about” in the charge, to prevent quibbling in court about whether there might have been an additional five bucks worth of damage that didn’t get fixed by that repair shop.
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### Author:  [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/11 "2009-07-31T03:24:37Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#):
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> The moon itself is a conspiracy. There IS no moon. You’ve all been deceived, people!!!
Well, there WAS until the green alien that’s the son (well, they’re all technically asexual) of the former evil side of the Earth’s primary guiding spirit destroyed it to prevent the human looking aliens with tails from turning into giant apes and destroying the world.
… What?
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/12 "2009-07-31T03:41:36Z")
Here’s the punch, by the way. Go get him, Buzz!
[Buzz punches moron!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUI36tPKDg4)
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### Author:  [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/13 "2009-07-31T07:12:00Z")
I hope that when he is sentenced, the judge says “To the moon, Bart.”
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/14 "2009-07-31T11:05:37Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#):
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> There IS no moon.
…it’s a space station?
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/15 "2009-07-31T12:34:47Z")
> [@Marley23](#):
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> …it’s a space station?
Very nice, very nice.
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### Author:  [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/16 "2009-07-31T13:57:36Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#):
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> The moon itself is a conspiracy. There IS no moon. You’ve all been deceived, people!!!
MGM backlot.
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### Author:  [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/17 "2009-08-01T22:58:39Z")
> [@enomaj](#):
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> MGM backlot.
Are you sure? I heard it was RKO Pictures.
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2009, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/18 "2009-08-02T08:44:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Here’s the punch, by the way. Go get him, Buzz!
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> [Buzz punches moron!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUI36tPKDg4)
That clip never gets old. I especially love the way Buzz times the punch perfectly to fit what BS is saying:
“You’re a coward, and a liar, and a thOOF” 😛
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### Author:  [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/19 "2009-08-02T16:25:34Z")
The only thing that could be cooler about that clip is if Buzz looked at the camera and said “To the moon, asshole!”
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### Author:  [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-moon-conspiracy-whackjob-arrested-newslink/504607/20 "2009-08-03T18:33:22Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Probably taken from the charging document. Even if the victim shows a bill to the police for a precise amount, it’s good practice to put “about” in the charge, to prevent quibbling in court about whether there might have been an additional five bucks worth of damage that didn’t get fixed by that repair shop.
Yes, but whoever wrote the article (or their editor) should have known well enough to change it to “about $1,430,” since they weren’t pulling a direct quote. Qualifying a precise number as an estimate is a big no-no.
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