Apollo 20 and the Ship on the Far Side
Videos said a secret Apollo mission found an enormous ancient spaceship on the far side of the Moon, with a sleeping alien woman inside.
What was reported
In 2007, a YouTube account began posting grainy films said to come from Apollo 20, a secret joint American and Soviet mission flown in 1976. They showed a long, cigar-shaped object lying in a crater near Izsak on the far side, and the interior of a craft with a humanoid figure the poster called 'Mona Lisa'.
A man claiming to be one of the astronauts gave interviews, and the story spread across UFO forums and television for years.
Explanations offered
Apollo 20 was planned but cancelled in 1970, and the program ended with Apollo 17 in 1972. The 'ship' appears in real Apollo 15 photographs of the area as an ordinary ridge, and the person behind the videos later admitted they were a hoax made with models.
- When
- Videos posted in 2007
- Where
- Near Izsak crater, far side of the Moon
- Witnesses
- An anonymous YouTube account claiming to be a former astronaut
- Status
- Hoax
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