Journalists & Investigators

Otto Binder

1969–1974

Science-fiction writer who fabricated a widely circulated hoax claiming ham-radio operators intercepted an Apollo 11 transmission in which Armstrong reported seeing alien spacecraft on the Moon - a story NASA and Armstrong both denied.

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disputedNeil Armstrong

Binder fabricated a hoax attributing UFO claims to him

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