# Moon landing hoax originator Bill Kaysing dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182 "2005-06-28T12:42:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/1 "2005-06-28T12:42:58Z")
Actually, he died in March, and I just read about it in Phil Plait’s [Bad Astronomy Blog](http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/). While I’m never glad at someone’s death, in this case it would be okay if his silly notions could die with him. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/2 "2005-06-28T12:45:30Z")
I think it’s a hoax. He really faked his death and is hanging out with Elvis and Jimi. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/3 "2005-06-28T12:47:27Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I think it’s a hoax. He really faked his death and is hanging out with Elvis and Jimi. …hanging out on the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/4 "2005-06-28T13:29:57Z")
I think we should start a fund to pay to have his ashes launched into space. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/5 "2005-06-28T13:32:56Z")
Space? Why not go and make it very specific? How about: Pluto? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/6 "2005-06-28T13:43:15Z")
No, send his ashes to the Moon. 🙂 Try and hit Tranquility Base. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/7 "2005-06-28T15:00:27Z")
Doubtless, he was assassinated by a faceless, nameless government organization in order to silence him. This merely proves that he was correct. (They have a huge backlog of conspiracy theorists to whack which is why it took 36 years to get around to it.) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/8 "2005-06-28T15:10:14Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Doubtless, he was assassinated by a faceless, nameless government organization in order to silence him. Hey, don’t spread it around. If they know that we know, they’ll start to remove us. Hey, is that a black heli ---
**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/9 "2005-06-28T15:20:56Z")
I wonder if he believes it _now_? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/10 "2005-06-28T15:29:17Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Doubtless, he was assassinated by a faceless, nameless government organization in order to silence him. This merely proves that he was correct. Don’t make jokes like that! :smack: You just _know_ there’s someone out there already writing a webpage screed that says exactly that! He was a man perpetually out of his depth in matters he was almost wilfully ignorant about, but he never knew or admitted it. Unfortunately there’s a half dozen others willing to step up to replace him, and worse, there’s a fair suspicion that they’re really in it for the book/DVD sales. Bill was stupid, but I suspect he was at least honest in his ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/11 "2005-06-28T22:13:15Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I think it’s a hoax. He really faked his death and is hanging out with Elvis and Jimi. I don’t think he ever existed. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/12 "2005-06-29T05:43:56Z")
I’m betting Buzz Aldrin’s behind it. He’s trying to send another message to Sibrel. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landing-hoax-originator-bill-kaysing-dead/310182/13 "2005-06-29T18:53:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No, send his ashes to the Moon. 🙂 > Try and hit Tranquility Base. “Tranquility Base here…the conspiracist has landed.”