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buzz aldrin pops a guy for spewing nonsense

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Seems kinda like the cameraman knew what was going to happen and this was all a setup to get some violence out of the man 🙁
 
Story is as follows:

Aldrin was at the Lux hotel (or was it the Beverly Hills hotel?) and this guy follows him around all day asking why he lied about going on the moon. Eventually, Aldrin hits him, knocks him the fvck on his ass, and the cops come. When the cops arrive, they tell the reporter "get the fvck out of town, this is Buzz Aldrin!"

HAHAHHAHA FTW!.
 
He's a really great guy, good for him. He readily gives of his time for so many things that I'm glad the cops didn't do anything.
 
Originally posted by: dxkj
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http://24.73.239.154:8081/moonshot/punch.htm

Bart Sibrel Update- The Buzz Aldrin Punch

Apollo moon hoaxer Bart Sibrel finally got a response from Apollo 11 moon walker Buzz Aldrin after several abortive attempts to interview the famous astronaut over the last couple of years. The response for Sibrel was a stiff punch from the athletic 72-year old former astronaut. Aldrin was accosted by Sibrel and a video crew outside of a Beverly hills hotel on Monday, September 9, 2002. Sibrel told Reuters News Service, "I approached him and asked him again to swear on a Bible that he went to the moon, and told him he was a thief for taking money to give an interview for something he didn't do,". Sibrel, who has been arrested himself on one or more occasions, reported the "knuckle sandwich" incident to police with the intention of having assault charges file against Aldrin.

Sibrel's pointed and insulting comment was more than Buzz could stand. Aldrin used his fist to answer Sibrel, venting his frustration against the stalking video producer. Sibrel is in the business of selling his "documentary" video of what he mistakenly thought was "never before seen" Apollo moon mission film footage. Sibrel badly misinterpreted the content of that archival footage and claimed that it was proof that America never went to the moon. However, Sibrel found an audience of devoted "conspiracy theory" devotees who purchased thousands of copies of his documentary since it's release in 2001. Some conspiracy fans still steadfastly cling to Sibrel's hoax "theories" despite the glaring defects contained in that documentary.

Sibrel has had previous confrontations with Aldrin as well as the first human to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong. The wife of famous Huntsville Apollo rocket pioneer, Konrad Dannenberg attended a debate between a space exploration advocate and Sibrel in 2001. A sprinkling of Sibrel supporters at that debate encouraged Sibrel although they occasionally asked the hoax advocate to venture into the areas of UFO's, ghosts and bizarre metaphysical matters. When confronted by historical and technical facts concerning Apollo, Sibrel went into his very emotive conspiratorial spiel and at one point called Neil Armstrong a liar. Jackie Dannenberg said that Sibrel's "wild" comments angered her to the point that she had to leave the meeting room before she lost control of her temper. Konrad Dannenberg, who remained seated during the debate was "puzzled" that any rational, "thinking person could possibly accept Sibrel's faulty claims".

It is not known if Sibrel charged TV network ABC or others for video of the incident that he provided to news departments.

The response to Sibrel's confrontational tactics is under fire from many in the media and many negative public comments from space oriented e-mail groups appear to support Aldrin's choice of "action rather than words". Sibrel was the butt of jokes and humor on one U.S. syndicated morning radio show following the incident.

This is apparently not the first time that Sibrel has used a devious tactic to gain an interview with an astronaut. It is also not the first time that he received an "energetic" response from his victim. I asked Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Ed Mitchell about his own encounter with Sibrel. Mitchell answered, "Sibrel faked his way into my home with false History Channel credentials for an interview. After about 3-4 minutes, he popped the bible question. Realizing who he was, I maintained my cool enough to swear on his bible, then ended the interview and tossed him out of the house, with a boot in his rear."
 
a man's man. we don't have as many men like him as we used to. these great heroes have lots of pride and are not afraid to take a stance and let someone know how wrong they are.
 
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Story is as follows:

Aldrin was at the Lux hotel (or was it the Beverly Hills hotel?) and this guy follows him around all day asking why he lied about going on the moon. Eventually, Aldrin hits him, knocks him the fvck on his ass, and the cops come. When the cops arrive, they tell the reporter "get the fvck out of town, this is Buzz Aldrin!"

HAHAHHAHA FTW!.
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I confidently believe that if you were the first (or second, w/e) person on the moon, you get the legal right to knock out a conspiracy theorist that produced a shite documentary full of holes attempting to dispell your accomplishment. I think it should be an amendment to the U.S. constitution....hell, include everyone that has set foot on the moon.
 
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Story is as follows:

Aldrin was at the Lux hotel (or was it the Beverly Hills hotel?) and this guy follows him around all day asking why he lied about going on the moon. Eventually, Aldrin hits him, knocks him the fvck on his ass, and the cops come. When the cops arrive, they tell the reporter "get the fvck out of town, this is Buzz Aldrin!"

HAHAHHAHA FTW!.
Click to expand...

I confidently believe that if you were the first (or second, w/e) person on the moon, you get the legal right to knock out a conspiracy theorist that produced a shite documentary full of holes attempting to dispell your accomplishment. I think it should be an amendment to the U.S. constitution....hell, include everyone that has set foot on the moon.
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I think the cops have to buy you beer too.

Don't call ANY astronaut a coward. That's just stupid.
 
Originally posted by: djheater
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Story is as follows:

Aldrin was at the Lux hotel (or was it the Beverly Hills hotel?) and this guy follows him around all day asking why he lied about going on the moon. Eventually, Aldrin hits him, knocks him the fvck on his ass, and the cops come. When the cops arrive, they tell the reporter "get the fvck out of town, this is Buzz Aldrin!"

HAHAHHAHA FTW!.
Click to expand...

I confidently believe that if you were the first (or second, w/e) person on the moon, you get the legal right to knock out a conspiracy theorist that produced a shite documentary full of holes attempting to dispell your accomplishment. I think it should be an amendment to the U.S. constitution....hell, include everyone that has set foot on the moon.
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I think the cops have to buy you beer too.

Don't call ANY astronaut a coward. That's just stupid.
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I fully support this amendment.

I'd also add a bit about anyone creating such a documentarybeing mocked publicly.
 
Originally posted by: djheater
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Story is as follows:

Aldrin was at the Lux hotel (or was it the Beverly Hills hotel?) and this guy follows him around all day asking why he lied about going on the moon. Eventually, Aldrin hits him, knocks him the fvck on his ass, and the cops come. When the cops arrive, they tell the reporter "get the fvck out of town, this is Buzz Aldrin!"

HAHAHHAHA FTW!.
Click to expand...

I confidently believe that if you were the first (or second, w/e) person on the moon, you get the legal right to knock out a conspiracy theorist that produced a shite documentary full of holes attempting to dispell your accomplishment. I think it should be an amendment to the U.S. constitution....hell, include everyone that has set foot on the moon.
Click to expand...


I think the cops have to buy you beer too.

Don't call ANY astronaut a coward. That's just stupid.
Click to expand...


QFT
 
lol what an idiot....some ppl still don't believed that astronauts landed on the moon. That guy certainly got a lunar crater on his face lol.
 
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