Conspiracy theorists are going bonkers over a new NASA video that they claim “proves” the Artemis II mission to the moon is staged in front of a green screen.
The brave crew gave a live interview over the weekend to CNN, discussing their journey to the moon while a plush toy named Rise floated around the capsule as a sign of zero gravity.
But a clip of the interview filmed by a cellphone from the TV allegedly shows visual distortions and flickers of text, including the letters “TAN” and “OW” across the toy’s body and head.
Conspiracists quickly seized on the clip as supposed “proof” that the entire mission was staged.
“Pure green screen bulls–t. Same exact fabric they use on movie sets. Artemis? Fake as hell. They never went up there. Whole thing’s a staged circus and we’re the idiots paying for it. Truth’s buried under layers of CGI and lies. Wake up, man,” a second X user added.
“Over 50 million dollars a day to give us green screen BS,” wrote a third X user.
However, the more likely explanation appears to be that the clip was recorded from a TV display with chromakey overlay processing active.
Chromakey, also known as green-screen or blue-screen effect, is commonly used by broadcasters to insert captions, graphics and lower-third text into live footage.
Live interviews often include graphic overlays such as captions, logos, and name banners, which are digitally layered in real time over the video.
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