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United States Army Secretary Dan Driscoll
United States Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s statements have launched gasoline for the fire of conspiracy theories circulating on social networks on US secret military operations on the moon. But Napoleon gives us an explanation.
During one at Fox News, the current US Army Secretary referred to a Astronaut “on the moon that is soldier”which immediately triggered on social networks conspiracy theories about a “secret space program” of the country.
“Young Americans across the country can see all the amazing things the army has done, whether it helps with floods in North Carolina or Forest Fire in California,” he said And driscoll.
However, note O, is what the secretary said below that he immediately aroused the attention of fans of conspiracy theories.
“We talked yesterday with An astronaut who is on the moon who is soldier“Driscoll said,“ including even going to war and fighting to defend the freedoms they are, ah, that make our nation so great“.
Driscoll’s comment did not go unnoticed. “Many people ask themselves Why does the space program not take a person to the moon more than half a century ago. Recent revelations indicate that this It may not be exactly true. ”Writes the.
The surprising statement of the Secretary of State launched the confusion on social networks, where users question whether it will be an admission involuntary of a deeper reality, or Just an unfortunate lapse de driscoll.
“He was wrong, or do you know something we don’t know?” a user on X. “He Did you clarify your statement later? And it’s true? Also in X the author and illustrator Adam Bray.
“The websites of NASA and the Army do not mention current lunar missions with soldiers, and the Artemis program does not indicate human presence yet, ”said one Our Weight is to X users who asked for clarifications about Discoll’s statement.
“No clarification from Driscoll or the Army came until June 12, 2025,” says Grok – who may not properly be the most reliable source for true information about whatever it is.
Currently, to know, There are only 13 humans in spaceall aboard the International Space Station (EEI), including the American astronaut Anne McClainwhich has been almost 300 days in space over several missions.
McClain, with whom Driscoll had a conversation on Monday, is effectively, Colonel in the US Army. It is simply not on the moon, but aboard the international space station.
A few hundred years ago, Napoleon Bonaparte taught us that it should not be attributed to the conspiracy What can be explained by mere incompetence. Thus, the amazing statements of the Army Secretary of State can have a simple explanation: Driscoll had his head on the moon.
