“NASA Admits Moon Landing Was Filmed in a Glasgow Industrial Estate After Losing Original Receipt”

In a revelation that has shocked absolutely no one who owns a YouTube account, NASA officials have finally confessed that the 1969 moon landing was, in fact, filmed behind a disused carpet warehouse in Glasgow’s East End. The admission came after archivists discovered a misplaced invoice labelled “One Giant Backdrop – Do Not Bin.”

According to newly released documents, the Apollo 11 mission was scrapped at the last minute when mission control realised the Moon was “farther away than anticipated” and that the astronauts’ packed lunches “wouldn’t stretch the full return journey.” Faced with the embarrassment of refunding billions in taxpayer money, NASA allegedly phoned a cousin in Scotland who “knew a guy with a camera and a ladder.”

Eyewitnesses claim the production was surprisingly low-budget. “Aye, they just sprinkled flour everywhere and told the astronauts no’ to breathe too hard,” said one local who wandered onto the set looking for his dog. “The flag kept falling over, so they stuck it in a traffic cone. Looked awright on telly, mind you.”

NASA’s official statement insists the deception was harmless. “We fully intended to go to the Moon eventually,” said a spokesperson. “We just wanted to test public enthusiasm first. And the warehouse had great acoustics.”

Conspiracy theorists are furious—not because the landing was faked, but because the truth is significantly less glamorous than their decades‑long theories involving Hollywood, lizard elites, and Stanley Kubrick. One prominent theorist expressed disappointment: “I spent 40 years analysing shadows. Turns out it was just a broken streetlamp.”

In response to the scandal, NASA has promised a genuine Moon mission by 2035, provided they can find “a parking space big enough for the rocket.”

The Dafty will, of course, be first on the scene—whether that’s the real Moon or another warehouse in Glasgow.