The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the Beverly Hills police are investigating a complaint that Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin struck a man Monday after the alleged victim asked Aldrin to swear on a Bible that he had been to the moon.
Detectives told the newspaper that they responded to a disturbance Monday at the Luxe Hotel on Rodeo Drive and took a report from one Bart Sibrel, 37.
Aldrin was unavailable for comment, but his wife, Lois Aldrin told SPACE.com that Sibrel has approached the retired astronaut several times before Monday's incident. "He has approached many of the Apollo astronauts in the past and this was just another example of him pestering the astronauts again," Aldrin said.
Sibrel, who doesn't believe Aldrin, or anyone else for that matter, walked on the moon, said he was hit in the face by the 72-year-old astronaut. Aldrin, who took part in the 1969 lunar mission, left the scene before police arrived, Beverly Hills Police Lt. Joe Lombardi told the Times.
Sibrel is the writer, producer and director of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon", a documentary that alleges that the Apollo 11 moon mission was faked by NASA.
I think it happened, but Sibrel has to downplay the fact that he was beat up by a senior citizen otherwise who would believe him?I think this is all a hoax. There's no real evidence that Buzz Aldrin actually hit Sibrel.
Originally posted by: Chipster
I saw the video of him hitting the kid on Fox news earlier. The kid deserved it.
Originally posted by: AmusedOne
Anyone have a link to the video?
Yeah! And how come I can't see any stars in the sky in that video?Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
Originally posted by: Chipster
I saw the video of him hitting the kid on Fox news earlier. The kid deserved it.
That video was obviously shot in a studio. I mean, come on, the shadows don't match up.
He did it. I saw the news footage. Of course, I saw the footage of our astronauts on the moon, too. Hmmm....Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
I think this is all a hoax. There's no real evidence that Buzz Aldrin actually hit Sibrel.
Originally posted by: Harvey
He did it. I saw the news footage. Of course, I saw the footage of our astronauts on the moon, too. Hmmm....Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
I think this is all a hoax. There's no real evidence that Buzz Aldrin actually hit Sibrel.
Originally posted by: ELP
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Originally posted by: Chipster
I saw the video of him hitting the kid on Fox news earlier. The kid deserved it.
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That video was obviously shot in a studio. I mean, come on, the shadows don't match up.
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What? The video of him walking on the moon?
Yeah! And how come I can't see any stars in the sky in that video?
Originally posted by: Jzero
Yeah! And how come I can't see any stars in the sky in that video?
One thing is clear--ask this question of Aldrin one to many times and you'll be seeing stars allright
Originally posted by: Bleep
A good lesson here, never pick a fight with a old guy. If you whip up on him you will always be put down as the guy that beats up old people but if he beats the crap out of you, you will be the laughing stock of the neighborhood as the guy that the old man beat up.
do I see a pun...oh yes I do!
"One thing is clear"....
"how come I can't see any stars in the sky"
BahhahAHhahhHAHahhAHhahhHAhHAhahHAhAHhaHAhHAhHAHAHahAHhahAHh....wait
TWO PUNS!!
"you'll be seeing stars allright"
This man/lady/sir/woman/girl/guy/pimp= teh genious!