# What do you think happened to the moon footage? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-the-moon-footage/503312 "2009-07-17T06:54:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-the-moon-footage/503312/21 "2009-07-19T20:30:59Z")
> [@rbroome](#): > > A long-time Government employee taught me early on how to understand what happens in the Government. > “Never attribute to malice that which can be fully explained by incompetence.” Great. Truer words were never spoken. (I worked for govt. agencies for more than 30 years, unfortunately, yet still retired almost sane). ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-the-moon-footage/503312/22 "2009-07-20T00:49:53Z")
Prior to around 1970 tapes/films of entire sporting events were simply not kept, even very big games like World Series. They kept highlight reels at best. That’s why you normally don’t see those games on ESPN classic, they don’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-the-moon-footage/503312/23 "2009-07-20T12:57:10Z")
It’s obvious what happened: they were stolen by aliens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-the-moon-footage/503312.md?page=1)