Skeleton on the Moon

America’s Apollo 11 lunar module photographed a human skeleton on the moon when it landed there in 1969.

That’s the claim of Chinese astrophysicist Dr. Kang Mao-pang,who first floored the world when he released pictures of bare human footprints on the moon at a news conference in Beijing last winter. The scientist claimed to have received those photos – which were so secret the Apollo 11 astronauts didn’t even know they existed – from “an unimpeachable U.S. source.”

The photograph of the human skeleton was included with a second batch of photos and documents he received from the same source. “The Americans have conspired in a cover-up of monumental and possibly even criminal proportions,” Dr. Kang told newsmen in Beijing. “They hid photos of bare human footprints on the moon for 20 years and managed to keep the human skeleton secret even longer. The implications of what they found up there are staggering,” he continued. “But the Americans apparently feel that nobody else in the world is privileged enough to share the information.”

The story goes that Dr. Kang’s allegations stunned U.S. space and intelligence experts, one of whom went into hiding after reporters tried to question him in a Washington, D.C., restaurant. Other sources also allegedly refused to comment–even when told that the Chinese expert has copies of over 1,000 NASA photographs that clearly show bare human footprints and a human skeleton on the lunar surface.

Intriguingly, the skeleton appears to have been wearing jeans. Judging from the position of the bones, it seems likely that the person it belonged to was at least partially dismembered and met with a violent death. It is also probable that the skeleton was transported into space long after the person was killed. The decomposition of bone and flesh would not have been possible in the airless atmosphere of the moon. The Chinese expert further noted that the age of the skeleton cannot be estimated without analyzing the bone firsthand.

“Like the footprints on the moon, these photos were taken by a remote camera aboard the lunar lander and were given to me by an American source who is beyond reproach,” said Dr. Kang. “I am also in the possession of classified documents and letters that describe the footprints as being fresh and the skeleton unquestionably human. The question that must be answered is how the footprints and skeleton go to the moon. The obvious implication is that extraterrestrial lifeforms were involved but we’ll never know unless the Americans release the information they have.”

The documents Dr. Kang quoted from are stamped “top secret” and dated Aug. 3, 1969, which means they were written just two weeks after astronauts Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed and walked on the moon–in boots, not barefoot–on July 20, 1969. Large portions of the text have been redacted in black ink. It’s clear that U.S experts agreed extraterrestrials had something to do with the bare footprints and skeleton on the moon.

Repeated attempts to get officials at any level of government to address Dr. Kang’s report were unsuccessful. Explained a Washington source: “Nobody’s going to say anything until President Bush gives the go-ahead. This isn’t any ordinary cover-up. It makes Watergate look like a Sunday School picnic. It’s that damn big.”