Meet S.G. Collins The Man Behind The “Moon Hoax Not” YouTube Video
While browsing the Skeptic sub-Reddit I came across an amazing bit of moon landing hoax debunking. Created by S. G. Collins it attacks the moon landing hoax from a radically new angle: While we had the technology to send men to the moon and bring them back safely, we did not have the technology to fake it.
I contacted Mr. Collins and asked him to introduce himself:
I’m not classically a skeptic; in fact I consider myself to be pretty gullible. But I guess that one movie [Moon Hoax Not] falls into that category of ‘skeptic’. I don’t have any expertise, I just react with some degree of common sense I guess. Anybody who is aware of the development of film and video technology would be able to recognize these things. I’ve been working in film / video since 1978. For much of that time I was a cameraman. I earn my living writing, directing and designing little marketing films. Then as an antidote for the corporate work, I do little independent projects for fun or art, like the music videos and mini documentaries. In writing the script for ‘moon hoax not’ i also consulted with a retired video engineer named Tom who used to work at CBS during the 1960s and 1970s. Tom owned the video company I worked at when i lived in Boston. Last i heard he was starting a museum of broadcast technology. My specific reason for making ‘moon hoax not’ was because the idea had been on my mind for several years and I wanted to get it off my chest already. I noticed that a lot of people just don’t know about the difference between the technology profiles of 1969 and today and the true believers don’t care, of course. I had one guy from YouTube tell me that it was possible to mount a front projection system on the lunar rover to produce fake moon footage. He didn’t seem to understand about how front projection works, or how matchmove works — or that we didn’t have motion-tracking technology in the 1960s. People believe to belong, they believe for desire, and they believe for love. And they seem to be getting crazier over time. So I am worried about the fate of knowing. I don’t think that makes me a skeptic, but it does make me a homo sapiens.He may not consider himself a Skeptic (capitol S) but his critical thinking skills and desire for the truth definitely make him a skeptic (lowercase s).
Jan 20, 2013 @ 20:17:26
you are to be exalted among men
Jan 26, 2013 @ 06:43:36
Fantastic piece of work by SG.
Feb 07, 2013 @ 07:35:51
Check out the stories at his website, http://www.postwar.nl
Feb 15, 2013 @ 12:33:16
I love this man! I have argued for years that the moon landings were real, but I’ve never been able to put it forward in such a staggeringly logical way as this gentleman has done. My argument was that the Russians had/have their own mission control at Star City and they tracked the Appollo missions all the way to and from the moon. If there had been even a hint of shennanegans the Ruskies would have screamed bloody blue murder. They didn’t because they knew that NASA had pulled it off. Thank you Mr. Collins, you have restored my faith in mankind.
Mar 12, 2013 @ 15:20:49
NO.This idiot collins has been debunked.Sorry.
Mar 27, 2013 @ 14:19:35
Do you have any references or at least a link?
Apr 24, 2013 @ 13:53:28
Apparently, Jarrah White produced a YT clip, which apart from getting alot of things wrong, like saying the Ampex HS200 was used as the color matrixer,or the Apollo 11 TV feed was actually filmed (despite the tell-tale signs anyone versed in TV can plainly see that it was video), tries to portray SG Collins as unqualified to comment on TV technology from Apollo because he started working in the industry in the 1980′s. The “debunk” video goes on to make a lot of outlandish claims not backed up by even 1 independant document, let alone anything from NASA. In fact the very journal quoted in this video, SMPTE, descibes in minute detail the TV technology used on the Apollo missions. Of course, one can only assume the motives behind such lacking research. But SG Collins is most certainly and demonstrably NOT the idiot here.
May 09, 2013 @ 21:31:05
Does this idiot ‘director’ know that Sony came out with the slow-mo U-matic videotape in 69?
May 11, 2013 @ 14:29:39
Really – so the whole moon landing was faked on the Sony u-matic prototype (actually released to market in 1971 w/o “slo-mo”, which was added in later models)?
And I guess all the Sony execs were somehow in on it too…….
No, you’re the idiot.
May 11, 2013 @ 18:11:08
Videotape existed as early as the 50s even in America, but slo-motion playback was largely introduced by the Japanese, and standardization for the u-matic format began in the 70s for marketing after the product was ALREADY developed and in use… in other words, the technology was available LONG before the Apollo missions… why would Sony have to be “in on it”?… it’s called patents moron.