Officially, NASA’s Apollo program ended in 1972 with Apollo 17. But in 2007, a leaked video showed the Apollo missions may have continued in secret after all. And their mission wasn’t just to put more people on the lunar surface – it was to study ancient alien ruins they had found on the far side of the moon.
Screenshot of badge and flag supposedly hung inside Apollo 20 mission. Courtesy of OneBigMonkey.com
Screenshot of the porthole inside Apollo 20. Courtesy of OneBigMonkey.com
Image of the “Mona Lisa” alien supposedly recovered during Apollo 20 mission. Courtesy of OneBigMonkey.com
Screenshot of the supposed alien craft from Apollo 20 footage. Courtesy of Apollo 20 podvod
Episode Source Material
DOCUMENTARIES (FILM & TV)
PODCASTS
COURT DOCUMENTS
- NASA. “2023 Agency FOIA Log.”
- Ocean STL Consulting, LLC. “WRITTEN TESTIMONY BY TIM GALLAUDET, REAR ADMIRAL, U.S. NAVY (RET.)”
ACADEMIC PAPERS
WEB / SOCIAL MEDIA / MESSAGE BOARDS
- NASA. “The Apollo Program.”
- NASA Science. “First Lunar ‘Earthrise,’ Old and New.”
- NASA. “First Photo of the Lunar Farside.”
- NASA.”Harrison H. Schmitt.”
- Wikibooks. “User:Moby-Dick4000/Apollo 20 hoax.”
- Moon Conspiracies. “Apollo 20, the top secret mission to recover an alien spaceship.”
- NASA National Space Science Data Center. “Apollo 18 through 20 – The Cancelled Missions”
- NASA. “From Apollo to Artemis: Drilling on the Moon.”
- ScienceDaily. “New findings expand Apollo observations of lunar atmosphere.”
- Science History Institute. “Waning Interest.”
- AmericaSpace. “Lost Moon: Reconstructing the Missions of Apollos 18, 19, and 20 (Part 1).”
- NASA. “Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.”
- NASA. “Apollo-Soyuz: An Orbital Partnership Begins.”
- “The Why Files” on YouTube. “Apollo 20: The Secret Mission to the Moon to Salvage an Ancient Alien Spacecraft.”
- Streetdirectory.com. “The Apollo 20 Alien Spaceship Hoax.” Publication Date Unknown.
- Reddit. “What do you all think of the video of the lunar module flying over the cigar shaped UFO on the moon? (Apollo 20).”
- Reddit. “Apollo 20 original footage anyone?”
- @PsiHolo on YouTube. “Forensic analysis | Apollo 20.”
- NASA. “NCSS Award Descriptions 2025.”
- Space Center Houston. “Apollo 17 Command Module – Space Center Houston.”
- onebigmonkey.com. “Apollo 20.” Publication Date Unknown.
- GrabCAD. “Thierry Speth.” Publication Date Unknown.
- “MemeKing” on YouTube. “1st Worldwide Interview with Thierry Speth Creator of Alien Mona Lisa, Apollo 20, William Rutledge.”
- Amazon page for “Apollo 20, the Unknown Mission: Memories of the Commander of the mission, William Rutledge (Apollo 19, 20 and 21).” (note: I didn’t use the book itself as a source, just the description as context for Thierry Speth)
- “EndeavorFreedom” on YouTube. “Interview with Luca Scantamburlo on Secretive Apollo 19 20 Missions.”
- Britannica. “Roswell incident.”
- Mental Floss. “The Story Behind Fox’s Alien Autopsy Hoax.”
- Live Science. “The Story of the Alien Autopsy Hoax.”
- The Sun. “US airman who claimed he saw top secret NASA photos of alien structures on the moon dies in horror bike accident.”
- Wikipedia. “Steven M. Greer.”
- ABC News. “CIA ‘Roswell Files’ Fail to End UFO Debate.”
- Fox News. “Airman who claimed he saw top secret NASA photos of alien structures on the moon dies in bike crash.”
- Ithaca Journal. “Bicyclist who died identified as 74-year-old Lansing resident.”
- Britannica. “Space Exploration.”
- Scribd. “Vito Saccheri.”
- Reddit. “Just Remembering.. The Testimonial of a Former NASA Employee, Donna Hare – NASA has many high resolution photos of UFOs and Alien Spaceships.”
- Forbes. “Congressional UFO Hearing Features Eye-Opening UAP Claims.”
- Discover Magazine. “What the UAP Disclosure Act of 2024 Means for UFO Sightings.”
- NPR. “UFO hearing: Whistleblower claims U.S. has retrieved ‘non-human biologics’ from UAPs.”