Category File
Cover-up Theories
3 documented theories filed under this subject.
- The Moon Landing Tape DeletionNASA did erase the original Apollo 11 moonwalk recordings, and said so. The theory needs those tapes to have held images the broadcast was too coarse to show. The lunar camera transmitted 320 lines at 10 frames per second in black and white — below broadcast resolution to begin with — and a Super 8 film of the unconverted monitor at Honeysuckle Creek survives, so what the raw signal looked like is not actually unknown.
- Shoot-to-Kill and the Stalker AffairSix men were shot dead by RUC units in County Armagh over six weeks in late 1982. The English detective sent to investigate was removed from the inquiry before he could finish it, and the government later announced that no officer would be prosecuted, citing national security.
- The Disney Frozen (2013) Search Engine PlotA modern corporate-secrecy theory claiming that Disney’s 2013 animated film Frozen was named and promoted in part to dominate search results for “Disney Frozen,” thereby pushing down long-running rumors about Walt Disney’s cryogenic preservation. In this theory, search-engine optimization becomes a tool of myth management.
- The Lost (TV Show) EndingA television conspiracy theory claiming that the showrunners of Lost changed the series ending in 2010 after details allegedly leaked online about the island being a purgatory reserved for the elite. In this narrative, the controversial spiritual elements of the finale are treated not as the intended conclusion of a long-running mystery series, but as a late revision meant to conceal an earlier truth that had already escaped onto the internet.