Lunar Junk: Searching For The Remains Of Civilizations On The Moon

There are a number of popular conspiracy theories abounding today that involve Earth’s moon. While some the likes of John Lear have alleged that there are literally trees and other kinds of flora growing there, in addition to buildings constructed by extraterrestrials for various purposes, others (like Richard C. Hoagland, for instance), have made claims along the lines of ongoing ancient lunar archaeological digs, or even that our moon is an “alien satellite“, all of which make our lonely celestial observer sound more like a soundstage from Kubrick and Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. 

Amidst the more outlandish claims of intelligent happenings that have occurred on the moon at various times throughout history, there are occasionally pieces that drift to the proverbial shore which may bear promise in terms of the search for alien life. In fact, while there almost certainly no chance that life exists–or ever existed naturally–on Earth’s moon, this doesn’t rule out the possibility of discovering intelligent contraptions there of artificial origin.

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