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Drake Maye, quarterback for the New England Patriots, expressed skepticism during a radio interview about whether the United States actually landed on the moon in 1969, mentioning that he took a conspiracy theories class while at the University of North Carolina. In response to Maye’s comments, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended the lunar landings, emphasizing the extensive evidence and international verification supporting them.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
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Story summary
Drake Maye, quarterback for the New England Patriots, expressed skepticism about the United States landing on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, as reported by Fox News and the New York Post. Appearing on WEEI after a victory over the Buffalo Bills, Maye said he's "a little bit skeptical" but wouldn't lean either way definitively. He noted taking a conspiracy theories class at University of North Carolina, which covered classic theories like Hitler being alive and whether birds exist. While scientists, historians, and experts have dismissed the moon landing conspiracy theory as false, pointing to NASA bringing back lunar rocks analyzed by international labs and photographs from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter showing rover tracks and footprints on the moon's surface, Maye’s comments sparked debate online about the topic of conspiracy theories in general.
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Add New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye to the group of Americans who are not quite sure the United States landed on the moon in 1969.
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States → add → 1969
It’s been a heavily debated topic for decades, a conspiracy theory that began when Apollo 11 touched down on the moon and Neil Armstrong became the first man to step foot on the neighboring rock.
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Armstrong → debate → rock
This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.
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page → contain → partners
If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
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This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.
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that → create → newsroom
Well, Maye, fresh off a massive victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, shared his skepticism about the situation during a Monday appearance on WEEI after conspiracy theories came up.
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theories → share → WEEI
"I don’t know about the moon, you know," he said.
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he → know → moon
"I think I can see back in the day why we would put on the mask if we went there, but I’m not really sure 200% if we went there or not.
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we → think → mask
I wouldn’t say I’m leaning one way or the other.
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I → say → ?
I just know I’m a little bit skeptical."
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I → know → ?
Maye also revealed he took a conspiracy theories class at the University of North Carolina during his collegiate football days playing for the Tar Heels.
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he → reveal → Heels
"They studied [Adolf] Hitler being alive and, ‘Are birds real?’ — some of the classic ones that you hear about," he explained.
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he → study → that
Maye’s comments began to make the rounds on social media to the point where NASA saw what the discourse was this time regarding its moon landing.
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discourse → begin → landing
They had something to say to Maye.
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They → have → Maye
"I quite literally have the receipts," NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman replied under Boston 25 News’ post about Maye’s comments.
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Isaacman → have → comments
The moon landing conspiracy, for those who believe it, revolves around the claim that NASA and the U.S. government faked the moon landings between 1969 and 1972.
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NASA → believe → 1969
Some even went so far as to say legendary director Stanley Kubrick was in on it.
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However, scientists, historians and independent experts have dismissed the conspiracy as false on numerous occasions, pointing to NASA bringing back pounds of moon rocks that international laboratories, including the Soviet Union, analyzed and confirmed as lunar material.
Also, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured photographs of the Apollo landing sites from space, showing signs of rover tracks and astronaut footprints.
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Orbiter → dismiss → tracks
Finally, a secret this large would’ve needed to be held in place by over 400,000 employees commissioned to work on the Apollo program.
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secret → need → program
What are the chances not one of them slipped up?
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one → slip → them
But it’s a conspiracy theory that remains in play even today despite the overwhelming evidence otherwise.
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that → ’ → evidence
One thing Maye is sure about is wanting to continue building momentum with the Patriots heading into Week 5 against the 3-1 Las Vegas Raiders at home in Foxborough.
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Maye → want → Foxborough
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