The NASA Conspiracies: The Truth Behind the Moon Landings, Censored Photos , and The Face on Mars

I have no idea what the previous reviewer was talking about. This book is clearly labeled 'NASA Conspiracies' and it does just that, discusses and reviews the many NASA conspiracy theories over the past five decades.Nick is a great writer and even when he is covering well known material, it is still entertaining to read. Add to that the new stories you probably haven't heard before and this volume should keep the average UFO/conspiracy buff well entertained for an evening or two of light reading.Nick covers all of the conspiracies we have heard of, and some we haven't; from the moon hoax landing conspiracy all of the way to the infamous Face on Mars. True conspiracy buffs might be disappointed by the fact that Nick is a rational and thinking human being who, let's be serious here, quickly dismisses both the moon landing hoax theory and the face on Mars. He does find it annoying that the mere discussion of the 'face on mars' has been attacked by NASA, which is probably a fair critique.NASA is always trying to garner public interest and enthusiasm for their work so, when a picture of something that clearly did look like a 'face' turned up, and the public got interested. Rather than blurring the image out and doing everything they possibly could to stop all discussion on the topic, I always felt they should have embraced it and said, "sure enough, I'll be darned, that does look like a face. It's probably just pareidolia, but it is exciting to think about. Everybody watch close when we get some better images, and tell your congressman to support NASA!"At the end of the day Nick's book contains a collection of mostly UFO stories. However, each story included in the book, somehow or another, has a NASA connection (no matter how tenuous at times.) He closes the book with a discussion of the stories surrounding various computer hackers who have tried to get access to alleged secret UFO materials on NASA servers, and does an excellent job recapping the Gary McKinnon case.Well recommended as always.

To date, I've never read a Redfern book that I didn't enjoy. He manages to keep my interest no matter the subject. In this book, Nick has conducted many interviews with whistleblowers (all of whom he names except for a couple) who are in the know. One important thing about his books is that he provides both sides of the story for the reader's perusal, yet he defers from taking sides himself. Keep up the good work, Nick!

Nick Redfern in the NASA Conspiracies; The Truth Behind The Moon Landings. Censored Photos, and the Face on Mars, sets out to show us that something is going on and that NASA is covering it up. But what exactly is going on? Redfern takes on many issues including; Did we realy land on the Moon? What was found there? The Face on Mars real or trick of light? and UFO encounters of the 1st to 4th kind and what NASA knows or does not know about them. Redfern also discusses the misinformation that NASA and the Government in general puts out. He also offers us a possible explanation based on Fallen angels (genesis chapter 6) that has much evidence to support in general and is an alternative view that everyone in the UFO investigation field and anyone interested in the subject should know. Redfern picks out specific strong cases (about UFOs in Space, UFOs on earth, Alien encounters, theories about who they are, the Chupa Cobras Batman monsters, etc.,) to present his argument that there is alien contact taking place and he refers to documentation, whistle blowers and Hackers to prove out his case. This is a good read and you will come to a conclusion that something is afoot, and that the truth is being concealed. You can make your own decision on what to believe, this will get you started.

I liked the second half of the book more than the beginning. I find it perplexing when authors give you good examples of inconsistencies and then draw wrong conclusions from it. On the first moon landing the astronauts used Hasselblad cameras, shot from the waist, and had no viewfinders. Take your digital camera, for fun, shoot some pictures holding the camera at waist level. See if you can get pictures that were framed like the beautiful still shots from the moon. The author discusses the pressures NASA had to beat the Russians to the moon. He then examines difficulties with the moon landing and defends NASA. The rest of the book shows examples that make you wonder about NASA.The back part of the book, deals with the more recent hacking of NASA's computers. Nick Redfern does a good job at making you question inconsistencies involving NASA I, like Redfern, believe we went to the moon. The question then is ,when was the first time?

This book ties in well with quite a few other books I've read about NASA and the way they have engineered cover-ups, some so ineptly to the point of humor. The author covers conspiracies involving the moon landings, the shuttle disasters, UFO landings/encounters, and more.The author shows the evidence surrounding these issues and alleged conspiracies, which is difficult considering that "for the record" NASA does not even acknowledge UFOs exist. Contrary to other reviews posted here, the evidence the author uncovered did not show that the moon landings were faked.The most interesting part of the book was the chapter on the computer hackers who accessed the computers at NASA and Wright-Patterson AFB telling what they saw in photos and emails.At least once every chapter I was turning to my friends and saying, "Hey listen to this!"

Very disappointing.Just stuff already well covered. Do not waste your money.

Although interesting, this book raises more questions than it answers. The connection to NASA seems based more on conjecture than anything else and the journalistic writing style includes many speculations freely admitted by the author (a lecturer and journalist) but it can still be fun to read as it reviews many known and wide-spread events (moon landing, Rosewell...) as well as lesser known ones (Kecksburg, Bolivia...) while proposing a wide range of scenarios as explanations.I was disappointed in the lack of scientific and photographic material; I expected more from a book with NASA on the cover. I was also greatly dismayed at the superficial way he dealt with the 'moon-landing hoax' chapter; he seems to dismiss it while falling short of actually covering the many arguments for it. (He just talks about the 'waving flag' and the 'lack of stars'... Nothing about the overly-detailed framed pictures, lack of dust and crater for rocket burn, Van Allen radiation belt, 1969's technology...) I was also astounded to read the scenario he came up with regarding the 'Columbia' and 'Challenger' incidents which undermined human-error, to say the least.An OK book if you're interested on the subject and have a mind for stories, but not so much if you're looking for the smoking gun or good solid info.

As a great admirer of Three Men Seeking Monsters, and always feeling that any Redfern book would at least be well written, if a little off the wall sometimes, I have to say this is a train wreck of a book - one of which I can only assume at some point that he was asked to up the word count of, by someone such as the editor or publisher or indeed anyone who would be supervising this publication, as the grammar barely holds together in what amounts to hugely over elaborated sentences - structured much like I have attempted to do here to illustrate my point.Also there are no clear headings, and the break out boxes throughout resemble one of those UFO annuals - I half expected a comic strip and a crossword to appear at some point.I'm sorry, as there's probably lots of interesting information contained within this book, but in three attempts at getting past the first chapter, I've had to put it down. Hopefully this is only a 'blip' in the author's output - or he has been replaced with an infinite number of 'greys' bashing away at an infinite number of typewriters. A real disappointment.

I was looking forward to this book as i had enjoyed 3 men seeking monsters. Having read it though i was so disappointed. An interesting subject is dealt with very badly. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, its very poor.