In a recent incident, famous astronaut Buzz Aldrin got into a heated argument with a person who believed he had lied about landing on the Moon.
The incident occurred outside a hotel and ended with Aldrin throwing a punch in the face of a man causing a significant impact worldwide.
Buzz Aldrin defended his Moon landing against filmmaker Bart Sibrel's false claims.
This happened outside a hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, back in September 2002.
Buzz Aldrin, who is now 94 years old, has always been careful to defend his honesty and the truthfulness of his remarkable accomplishments alongside Neil Armstrong.
The person behind the conspiracy theories, Bart Sibrel, is a filmmaker who often questions the truthfulness of the Apollo Moon missions.
Even though most of his arguments have been proven false, Sibrel continuously tried to deceive well-known space figures, including Aldrin, into giving interviews that would support his baseless ideas.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin punches conspiracy theorist for accusing him of lying about Moon landing
In a recently resurfaced video, Aldrin can be seen trying to cross the street as Sibrel follows him, demanding that he swears on the Bible to prove the authenticity of his lunar walk.
Aldrin was also a target of criticism because he served as the pilot of the Lunar Module Eagle during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 and was the second person to set foot on the Moon.
Therefore, Bart Sibrel fooled famous astronauts like Armstrong, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan, and Edgar Mitchell into giving him interviews whenever he saw them.
A fight breaks out, and Aldrin, clearly upset, tells Sibrel to leave him alone. In the end, Aldrin punches Sibrel in the face.
Aldrin avoided legal consequences, as he was deemed provoked.
Although the incident was captured on camera, Aldrin was not prosecuted as the Los Angeles County district attorney determined that he had been provoked.
Sibrel had repeatedly insulted Aldrin, calling him a thief, liar, and coward.
The video evidence showed Aldrin striking Sibrel once with his fist, but it was unlikely that a jury would find him guilty of misdemeanor battery.
Despite Aldrin's physical response, Sibrel remained steadfast in his belief that the Moon landing was a hoax.
He continues to refer to himself as a "lunar truther."
However, numerous experts, such as Professor James Longuski from Purdue University, have dismissed the conspiracy theories, emphasizing the extensive collaboration required to maintain a fake Moon landing secret for decades.
