The flat earth / apollo hoax claims are saying that NASA faked space and they are saying that this video is a proof about it. In video, we see the 1962 Stargazer documented by British Pathé tv channel.
The conspiracy theorists are focusing to the part of the end of this video, where there is stars and being seen and they are claiming those are made to cheat people.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K3u0rEmOoo&
The commentary by Michael Fitzmaurice sadly is lost.
Here we have another video of Stargazer, which doesn't have stars.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVCQ3uu5cWY&feature=emb_title
The Stratocat is claiming in their article, that only the seeing data was obtained:
"Unfortunately, the star tracker which used a photomultiplier as a detector did not work due to high-voltage discharge. It was later determined that the potting at the base of the photomultiplier had been damaged during transport to the launch site. A similar difficulty appeared in the scintillation photometer. As a consequence of the above only seeing data was obtained."
http://www.stratocat.com.ar/fichas-e/1962/HMN-19621213.htm
Stargazer gondola in National museum:
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/V...Y3DCq1o1r3fSMK5HSa6rlmei7JNVaFAt52dMSDmvVMdU/
So, the question remains, what is the clip of stars in the British Pathé video and who made it? I am myself believing it to be made by British Pathé, which was owned by Warner Bros during that time. (info from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathé_News )
The conspiracy theorists are focusing to the part of the end of this video, where there is stars and being seen and they are claiming those are made to cheat people.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K3u0rEmOoo&
The commentary by Michael Fitzmaurice sadly is lost.
Here we have another video of Stargazer, which doesn't have stars.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVCQ3uu5cWY&feature=emb_title
The Stratocat is claiming in their article, that only the seeing data was obtained:
"Unfortunately, the star tracker which used a photomultiplier as a detector did not work due to high-voltage discharge. It was later determined that the potting at the base of the photomultiplier had been damaged during transport to the launch site. A similar difficulty appeared in the scintillation photometer. As a consequence of the above only seeing data was obtained."
http://www.stratocat.com.ar/fichas-e/1962/HMN-19621213.htm
Stargazer gondola in National museum:
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/V...Y3DCq1o1r3fSMK5HSa6rlmei7JNVaFAt52dMSDmvVMdU/
So, the question remains, what is the clip of stars in the British Pathé video and who made it? I am myself believing it to be made by British Pathé, which was owned by Warner Bros during that time. (info from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathé_News )
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