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Apollo 1 Astronauts Were Executed

RecordOBS-0862
CategorySpace/Moon Landing
StatusDEBUNKED
SummaryA fringe claim that the three astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire in 1967 were deliberately killed by the U.S. government to prevent them from revealing the truth about the Moon landing hoax.
OriginThis claim appears within Moon landing conspiracy literature, notably in the TIME article, and has circulated in conspiracy circles since the 1970s.
Claimed
  • Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee were executed by the government.
  • They were killed because they were about to disclose that the Moon landings were faked.
Evidence / consensusThe Apollo 1 fire was thoroughly investigated and determined to be an accidental fire caused by electrical wiring and a pure oxygen atmosphere. There is no evidence of foul play.
> OBSERVER NOTE:
A morbid twist on the hoax theory. The official investigation and historical records provide no support for execution claims.

Sources

  1. The Moon Landings Were Faked - Conspiracy Theories - TIME

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