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Buzz Aldrin Lies About His Masonic Activities on the Moon

Buzz Aldrin was interviewed by Alex Jones the other day. At the YouTube video Astronaut “Buzz Aldrin” on Alex Jones Tv 3/4:Magnificent Desolation, from 1:57 to 2:36, the following exchange occurs:

AJ: We know there’s Masonic influence in the founding of the country …what is the Masonic influence on NASA?

Aldrin: As far as I can tell, zero. There were some Masonic brothers of mine in Texas that wanted me to take some kind of a Masonic emblem to the moon, and some gesture of - I don’t know what it would be a gesture of - but I told them that it was not within my …my authority to do such a thing.

That’s funny, because there was an article in the New Age Magazine, December 1969 (the official organ of the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction), replete with pictures of Aldrin presenting to the Scottish Rite headquarters in Washington, just such an “emblem” which he had carried with him to the moon and back.

Furthermore, three days after his encounter with the heads of the Scottish Rite in the extravagant House of the Temple in Washington D.C., Aldrin went on record, with the following letter:

Moreover, Freemason Chris Hodapp recently wrote of further Masonic meddling during the Apollo 11 moon landing.

“Might as well let the other cat out of the bag,” he said:

While he was on the Moon, Brother Aldrin claimed our lunar neighbor for the Masonic jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Texas. Aldrin was a member of Clear Lake Lodge # 1417 in Texas when he stepped onto the surface of the Moon. He carried a special deputation from the Grand Master to claim it as being in the territorial jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Texas.

In the wake of Aldrin’s Masonic space mission, the Grand Lodge of Texas formed Tranquility Lodge No. 2000, named after Tranquility Base, the location of Apollo 11’s landing.

Why the dissembling in the interview? And what, Freemasonry, think ye of such a denial?

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24 Responses to “Buzz Aldrin Lies About His Masonic Activities on the Moon”

  1. Paul Says:

    wow great post… I had a feeling he wasn’t being honest about the masonic influence but didn’t know enough about it… plus the moon landing definately not my area

  2. Sherry Says:

    Had a feeling he was lying. Thanks for the proof!

  3. nikolaos Says:

    Amazing proof!!

  4. Max Says:

    So he carried a plaque to the moon and back. This proves what, exactly? I suppose any aliens setting up lodge on the moon are under the jurisdiction of the GL of Texas. I’m A Mason,believe me, the only conspiracy exists in the minds of conspiracy theorists. Each Grand Lodge is independent, there is no international Grand Body that speaks for or directs the actions of anyone.

  5. Terry Melanson Says:

    The mere fact that he did so is the point, and you Freemasons have been bragging about it ever since. When he denies it, 40 years later, he disses you and your fraternity. How do you feel about that?

    I suppose the major point in my three posts so far on the issue, is that this has largely been hidden from the so-called “profane.” Unless people had access to official Scottish Rite publications, or have perused certain Lodge websites which have revealed these little known facts, on the surface it would appear sensational to the average person. Aldrin concealed his allegiance to the most ubiquitous secret society in the United States and dutifully reported back to its headquarters in Washington DC. Further this secret society’s official insignia was carried to the moon - unbeknownst to the public - with the encouragement and blessing of NASA Manager and Commander of Apollo, Kenneth S. Kleinknecht, 33°, the brother of C. Fred Kleinknecht, 33°, Sovereign Grand Commander, The Supreme Council, 33° of the Scottish Rite.

    These are facts worthy to be reported in of themselves, despite protestations to the contrary.

  6. Max Says:

    Again, so what? The fact that he carried a plaque to and fro had no significance, other than to be able to say “look, this plaque has been to the moon.” It’s a souvenir, no more, no less and really of no interest to anyone outside of the fraternity. I’m sure it was in some paper or other at the time.

    As to “secret society,” I find it amazing that we are “secret” when our lodges can be found right out in public, for all to see. The only secrets are the signs, grips and words - the rituals have been out for a couple of hundred years, in various forms.

    Of course, none of this will convince you and the other members of the tin-foil-hat brigade of anything.

    I can hear it now - “You don’t know the real secrets, they don’t tell you ’till you reach the 33rd degree!” *guffaw*

  7. Terry Melanson Says:

    > I’m sure it was in some paper or other at the time.

    Prove it. Start with the Associated press and expand to Reuters and then the NY Times et al. You speak from ignorance, yet have the gull to say “I’m sure.”

    > The only secrets are the signs, grips and words

    The members are as well (not to mention what goes on at the meetings). It is as “secret” as they come. The Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bilderberg Group are transparent enough to provide the public with a complete list of its members every year. And it’s the least they can do in an ostensibly free society. Different rules for those “on the square,” though.

  8. Max Says:

    You’re a complete maroon (to borrow a Bugs Bunny-ism). No one makes a “secret” of their affiliation, except in those countries where idiots like you persecute them. Want to know what goes on in the meetings? Join. Anyone can join who is a man of good moral repute and believes in the existence of a supreme being.

    You probably think we worship Baphomet and sacrifice goats. *rolls eyes*

  9. Terry Melanson Says:

    That’s enlightenment for ya. Masons always descend into personal attacks. Making men better, eh? Hypocrites. You talk about moral repute? Try some manners first.

    > No one makes a “secret” of their affiliation

    Individuals can admit it, sure; but lists of every member are not provided for the inspection. Thus, cronyism at the very heart of society is quite an effortless affair. As one Mason has admitted:

    “In my lodge alone we have Mayors from three surrounding townships as well as several police chiefs and officers and other ‘notable’ members of the community…”

    …and he still thought that such a thing was OK. You people know who is on the square, but the profane are in the dark. That’s not how a free society works. “Just trust us,” does not cut it.

    > Join. Anyone can join

    I’m not a “joiner.” And those people who are, are suspect in my view.

    > Baphomet and sacrifice goats

    In Turkey you do! Truth is stranger than fiction.

    Masonry Secrets Broadcast in the Past

    A secret recording of ceremonies in Masonic temples were first broadcast on Turkey’s Channel 7 in 1997.

    A Satanic ritual, only allowed for the 33rd-degree masons, was displayed in the candid camera images.

    Masons dressed in white and carrying swords were pouring goat’s blood in bowls in front of Magen David in the temple.

    The goat’s head was being burnt on a stick and the great master holding the ritual was drinking the goat’s blood and praying in Hebrew.

    A ceremony displaying two people’s acceptance to the masonry was displayed in other images.

    Footage from the Lodge: Templars’ Secret Rites on the Screen

    1997 was a hard year for the Masons. Footage filmed inside two separate lodges by hidden cameras was shown on Channel 7 of Turkey repeatedly for days. The scenes captured shocked the Turkish people as well as the Grand Masters of Freemasonry. Some footage recorded the Satan-worshipping rite that can be practiced only at the 33rd degree Grand Master level. The Grand Master conducting the ritual was drinking the blood of a goat killed in the middle of the lodge, and ending the ceremony by offering prayers in Hebrew to Satan. In another scene, as part of a Masonic ritual, two new Masons had swords pushed against their chests and were threatened with death. In yet another scene filmed in the same lodge, a Masonic “marriage ceremony” was being conducted-something that Freemasonry had always denied as non-existent.

    After the airing of this footage, Freemasonry made the center of the news for days. Some newspapers and magazines had also obtained relevant material. Some of the media coverage read:

    The 7th of January, Monday. It’s the 1900 hours news on Channel 7. The main news stories of the day are listed, one after the other, and then the bomb is dropped: footage of rites showing Masons of the 33rd degree. What the Masons are, who they serve, and what kind of activities they engage in, is known but, because of their policy of total secrecy, cannot be exposed. But that’s exactly what is being done on the screen! Shocking scenes of a lodge that only the highest-ranking bureaucrats and other select personalities can attend. Music playing, Satan worship, white robes, swords, a six-pointed star and a slaughtered goat. The blood of the goat fills a bowl; its head is burned on a spit, to the Hebrew prayers of the Grand Master. These strange scenes took place in the middle of Turkey, in Istanbul. Oaths of a strange and confusing content: “Honorable Kadosh Knights, if you break your oath, may your body be torn to pieces by wild horses [and] turned to ashes, the ashes blown away by winds blowing from the four directions…”

    Channel 7 had penetrated the most secret of secret societies and, presumably, were expecting to get the credit for achieving this “world’s first.” But they were stunned at the silence of the mainstream Turkish media. Instead of basking in the glory of this incredible journalistic achievement, they were perplexed by the silence that greeted it. No other channel aired the footage; no newspaper gave it any columns. Total silence. With the practice of getting married by the Imam in the current headlines, the Masonic marriage ritual should have been of interest.

    The footage shot by Channel 7 with a hidden camera actually explains the reason for this silence: Freemasonry’s initiation ceremony is almost like a religious ritual. Candidates are made to wait in a chamber that the camera could not enter, and then have to bend down so as to pass under a bar. While blindfolded, they feel a sword thrust against their chest and are asked to touch it. “If you reveal what you have learned here, you will bear the consequences.” The message is clear. When the blindfold is removed, before they do or say anything, all the brothers facing them make the cut-throat sign.104

    For days now, Channel 7 is airing footage of Freemasonry. This is a journalistic first… Via the secret camera, footage of a Masonic lodge’s initiation ritual is made public. The Masonic front, despite being asked to respond by the media, keeps total silence. Though scenes from inside the oldest and most secretive sect in European history are being aired by Channel 7, no other TV channel takes up the subject. Despite the incredible scenes in the footage, no reaction, no response, nothing. The media ignores the whole thing… Could the oath of secrecy taken by the new recruits on acceptance into the lodge-who go on to become influential and important personalities-be playing a role in this media blackout?105

    After the Masons’ spectacular TV debut, two former Masons who had left the lodge years ago-Mumin Kilic and Onder Aktac-went in front of the cameras to make statements about the dirty practices of Masonry. This issue was also discussed in the Turkish Parliament. Tokat MP Ahmet Fevzi Inceoz requested that the Interior Ministry begin an inquiry into Masonic lodges. Based on the footage shown on TV he reasoned:

    As seen in the footage, the Masonic Society threatens national security and interests. In these lodges, citizens are threatened, illegal marriage ceremonies are conducted, and monies are collected and spent, and unlicensed weapons kept. They operate outside the control and regulations of the security forces, maintain their operational headquarters outside the country, clearly represent a threat to the state-and must therefore be closed down.

    But to no avail. The Masons didn’t respond in any way, and the media they control kept quiet about the affair. Thus the media moved on to other themes and subjects. Today’s Templars, still addressing each other as “Kadosh Knights” managed once more to remain underground as they had for centuries.

  10. Max Says:

    I knew this would devolve into nonsense about sacrificing goats. This has been around since the Leo Taxil hoax. As to “personal attacks,” it’s called sarcasm. The two items you posted are from Muslim anti-masonry sites. I would expect such nonsense from these sources. There exists no such “ceremonies.”

    For your edification, there are only three degrees in Craft Masonry. There is no higher degree than that of Master Mason. The three degrees of Craft Masonry conveys a set of moral lessons derived from the Old Testament of the Bible, and the Bible is required to be open upon the altar in a duly opened lodge. Lodge prayer is non-sectarian, as Masonry is worldwide and open to men of all religions. The appendant bodies (AASR, York Rite) are side orders which further expand upon the allegory and symbolism contained in the three degrees. The York Rite, in the Commandery (Knights Templar) are Christian in orientation. The AASR (Scottish Rite) is more esoteric in orientation, but, I’m afraid there is no blood, sacrifice or hideous demons evoked therein. In fact, most of the AASR degrees are not worked, in fact, one becomes a 32cnd degree right off the bat. And before you bring up Morals and Dogma, it is no longer given out. In fact, despite what the tin-foil-hat brigade thinks, Albert Pike had no authority outside the AASR, Southern Jurisdiction of the US - while he was living. Masons from around the world do not acknowledge him as any sort of authority.

    As to cronyism and nepotism, the latter is common among business and government, and involves the hiring of relatives. The former as well. Both are discouraged, and a man found to be using his membership for such finds himself expelled. Any breach of moral law is grounds for expulsion when found out.

    People often fear that which they do not understand, and wild flights of fancy are substituted for truth and common sense.

  11. ecliptic Says:

    When AJ asked Buzz about the gamma rays in space - his reply was that they just aren’t that strong. But is that true? It’s interesting to compare the sunspot count at the time of the Apollo missions - use the handy plotter over @ http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/sunspotplotter.htm?PHPSESSID=js0291tk2l0ea28ca8p31ee5k5

    Normally when sunspots are at the peak of a cycle such as July 20, 1969 there is a corresponding strong solar wind… ( note: I’m not a scientist )

    I’ve read of Russian experiments prior to the Apollo missions in which animals were essentially “fried” by the gamma ray exposure in space. What is the truth? NASA’s own assesment of a “return” of humans to the moon mentions the need for protection from gamma rays in space.

    If gamma rays are very strong in space and especially outside the protection of earth’s Van Allen belts then I challenge anyone to explain how the flimsy lunar module was enough protection? The fact that NASA “lost” the audio for all the moon missions is “convenient” isn’t it? Why was it necessary to build a huge studio mock-up of the lunar surface? Is it really true that the camera equipment they took was able to protect the film from gamma ray exposure and shouldn’t the stars be visible? If you remove almost all of earth’s atmosphere wouldn’t the sky be absolutely jammed with stars? If you ask NASA any of these simple honest questions why do they answer in cirlces with a smirk of ridicule on their faces?

    I’m just sayin!

  12. Terry Melanson Says:

    The video is real, and the Turkish press printed details about it - Today’s Zaman is the Turkish press. The video played on Turkish tv, and the Masons were caught red handed. It is not fake, and has never been claimed as such … except for your brethren here who are adept at denying and deriding as a policy. That a so-called “anti-Mason” has provided a summary is due to the fact that he is Turkish! Saw it on tv; reads and writes Turkish.

    For “your edification” the Masons in Turkey have long been infiltrated by the Doenme (Donmeh, Dönmes) sect. Secret followers of Sabbatai Zevi. The Young Turks, too, had many Doenme among their ranks. The Sabbateans get their kicks from “holy sinning.” They are antinomians, and believe that - to bring about redemption - doing evil for evil’s sake is a sacred undertaking. And ever since Jacob Frank they’ve also been revolutionaries.

    Thanks for the condescending speeches though. I wouldn’t expect anything less.

    You are full of assumptions - especially about me. I do not traffic in hoaxes. I acknowledge the Taxil hoax, have for quite some time - even wrote about it in my book - and have consulted the French primary material on it.

  13. Phillip D. Collins Says:

    Max,

    Here’s a novel idea for ya… try responding to the evidence instead of resorting to cheap insults. Terry supplied the documentation, so respond to it. If you can’t, then just say so.

  14. Max Says:

    Ah, an author. Is your book published? What is the subject matter? If such a thing as depicted in the video took place in a Masonic lodge, then they should be expelled from the fraternity. I am well aquatinted with the Sabbateans through my researches. As I stated, this does not depict any Masonic ritual - period. As to the Turkish press, do you not think there may be an Islamic influence there? I suspect this was a set-up to discredit Masonry - which radical Islam views as being dupes for the “Zionist Jews.”

  15. Max Says:

    @ Ecliptic: You can’t see the stars on the moon photos for a simple reason - the light reflected from the lunar surface overwhelms them, much as they are obliterated by the light pollution from a large city. The reflected light is much worse from the moon.

  16. 33rd Says:

    Too bad that I have to burst your bubble, but I am a 33rd Degree Mason and the video from Turkey is bogus.

  17. Terry Melanson Says:

    @Ecliptic

    Watch the Mythbusters episodes on it. I seem to remember they did more than one. And they tested all kinds of things that the conspiracy theorists claim, and proved it “busted!”

    Try this.

    @Phil
    Thanks buddy!

    @Mark
    Perfectibilists: The 18th Century Bavarian Order of the Illuminati

    > I suspect this was a set-up to discredit
    > Masonry …which radical Islam views as being dupes

    Anything’s possible in a corrupt society, including Freemasonry being duped or used for purposes other than what was originally intended.

    @33rd
    My bubble has not been burst. It could, and it has before. But you have not done so with these 23 words.

  18. ecliptic Says:

    @ Max: you’ve been to the moon? That’s incredible. No - you think you know what the conditions are on the moon but your theory about reflectivity is certainly worthy of consideration.

    @ Terry M - mythbusters is to science as George Bush is to English pronunciation …

    Use your brain.

  19. Terry Melanson Says:

    Humour me. Watch it and get back to us.

    I suppose I’m biased though. I’ve never been convinced by the arguments of the moon hoax. There will be proof soon enough. I think Japan has an extremely high-res camera on an orbiter and will zoom in on the landing sites with sufficient clarity.

  20. Max Says:

    The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is to take images of the landing sites as it passes over them, and the decent stage of the LEMs and the Lunar Rovers will be clearly visable.

    Of course, the conspiracy theorists will not believe it. *rolls eyes*

  21. ecliptic Says:

    . . . nobody say anything about the strongest of the arguments mentioned - the gamma ray eposure and the total lack of viable protection offered by the lunar module or the space suits. NASA’s own advance planning for the “next” lunar mission mentions gamma ray exposure. Why did the Russians suddenly cease trying for a manned mission to the moon? Was it because they learned that the amount of lead shielding required made the entire concept ridiculous? If they really had some kind of advanced thin lightwieght shielding then where is it? Why isn’t every x-ray technician wearing it today? Nope - they’re still using good old fashioned ( and really really heavy ) lead. Nothing like lead for blocking gamma radiation. Today’s commercial pilots are exposed to high levels of exposure to radiation - in our atmosphere. In orbit the shuttle astronauts are exposed to even higher levels. Beyond the earth’s magnetic Van Allen belts the levels of exposure are very high indeed. You would need the protection of lead to survive.

    Where’s the lead in the lunar module?

    Where’s the lead in the spacesuits?

    The lack of atmosphere on the moon negates the argument that reflected sunlight is blocking you from seeing them as on earth. No atmosphere = no “light pollution”. Again, use your brain. We should be seeing at least some stars, if not millions of them in these photos ( which would be ruined quickly by gamma radiation unless they were put immediately into a lead case )

    How did 1969 film make it back without being totally exposed by gamma rays? Where’s the heavy lead case?

    How is it that the still photos are so crystal clear yet the video is atrocious?

    Why are the grid marks askew here and there in the still photos? Were they edited?

    Why no fresh marks in the lunar dust from the landing nozzles? The fine powdery dust should have been slightly cratered by the nozzles.

    Are there two light sources in the still photos? Are there anomalies in the shadow areas of the photos?

    Do the new photos supposedly showing footprints on the moon put the question to rest? Why can’t the military share their existing ultra high resolution technology with themselves ( NASA ) and show us the stuff on the moon clearly? ( which could be faked nicely and would still leave the gamma ray questions . . . )

    Operation Mockingbird and the dumbing down of American “science” through totalitarian government funding-control cause me to look elsewhere for the truth. There is no “consensus” in real science. Real science is never “settled”. Read Michael Crichton’s speech “Aliens Caused Global Warming”. NASA claims they have “lost” all the audio from the Apollo missions. As long as legitimate questions are met with disrespect this will go on. New polls show Americans have serious questions about the Kennedy assasination and September 11th. The government lied us into Vietnam, Iraq I, Iraq II, Afghanistan . . . just about everything else is a huge government lie in partnership with the monoploy media … so to me it’s entirely plausible they simply went up in orbit, made the rest of the thing up at area 51 in Nevada in a huge studio, then came back down from earth orbit and splashed down in the ocean. Free science from government control!

  22. scott Says:

    It is funny how you can go from blog to blog and watch 1 mason contradict another mason over and over. they make fm transmitters so small and when one was placed in the lodge it worked very well i wont say what i have learned so far but i am still learning and alot of what is said on here is true. very true. along with how far some will go to cover it up. another transmitter was placed in a favorite quiet teaching area of a members home again i cant disclose where because this is illigal. however the knowledge learned is priceless. just to know how this world really works is a wonder to me.

  23. scott Says:

    and the reason some choose to change the topic or change to personal insults instead of answering the question or addressing the accusation is taught in the art of lies dont believe me, look it up these are tactics taught to use if you see the arguement loosing weight on your side. and is a favorite tool used by some. and taught to many.

  24. texasmason Says:

    Scott, get out of the basement son.

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