The articles that formed the “Great Moon Hoax” stated that famed astronomer John Herschel had observed animals resembling bison, goats, and even humanoid bat-like creatures on the Moon alongside forests, oceans, pyramids, and ...

25th August 1835: The Great Moon Hoax begins to appear in The New York Sun newspaper as a series of articles

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25th August 1835: The Great Moon Hoax begins to appear in The New York Sun newspaper as a series of articles

25th August 1835: The Great Moon Hoax begins to appear in The New York Sun newspaper as a series of articles

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