On September 25, 2017, the REN TV channel showed the release of the TV show "The Most Shocking Hypotheses" with Igor Prokopenko. The topic of the program was "the theory of the flat Earth". The authors gave the floor to those who, in the second decade of the 21st century, continue to believe that the sphericity of our native planet is a myth.

Among the heroes of the program were former NASA employee Matthew Boylan, who claimed he was forced to edit real satellite images to make the Earth appear spherical, and Pavel Sviridov, one of the most famous "flat earthers" of Russia. The latter announced his performance in the program on the Internet in the following way: “I am involved in the creation of this film. As you know, TV success is measured by ratings. Therefore, I appeal to you with a request - spread the information about this film as much as possible, let it be watched as much as possible. more people, be active, write reviews, discuss, including on the channel’s forum, and then we will break through this dam of lies and silence.” In the program, Sviridov claims that NASA, while demonstrating footage of astronauts from orbit, is actually using chromakey and other technologies, falsifying reality. The floor was also given to other supporters of the flat Earth from among bloggers and amateur scientists who refuted all evidence of the sphericity of the planet.

At the same time, the real scientists were not given a word in the program, and it turned out that they had nothing to object to Sviridov and the company.

Unusual photos of the Earth from space

“Who wants to know information that is recognized by official science - this is for the natural history textbook for the fourth grade”

For many, the release of this program caused bewilderment, part of the audience did not hide their indignation. But the public experienced a real shock after it became known that the author of the program, Igor Prokopenko, became the winner of TEFI-2017 in the Educational Program nomination.

True, he received the award not for "The Most Shocking Hypotheses", but for his other project - "Military Secret".

The presentation of the award to Prokopenko immediately after the program about the "flat Earth" caused indignation among many. The journalist himself answered the critics as follows: “I have no task for a number of data that appear in my program to be recognized by official science, for one simple reason: the program is called “The Most Shocking Hypotheses”. Anyone who wants to know information that is recognized by official science is in the fourth grade natural history textbook. Those who want to know all the versions and hypotheses that exist today - from the classic to the most ridiculous and fantastic - this is for us. There is no contradiction in this."

The broadcast of The Most Shocking Hypotheses really had educational value. Thanks to him, the public learned about the existence of a not too numerous, but very active brotherhood of "strip-landers".

Rowbotham and comrades: how the "flat earthers" appeared

In the 19th century, English inventor and writer Samuel Rowbotham He wrote a book in which, based on his own experience, he proved that the Earth is flat. He popularized his theory with the help of lectures, and attracted many supporters. In the US, supporters of Rowbotham founded the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church, which preached the idea of ​​a flat earth.

In 1956, the International Flat Earth Society was formed. Oddly enough, but the ranks of this organization were replenished even after the flight Gagarin and the landing of American astronauts on the moon. By the way, it was the supporters of the flat Earth who actively promoted the version that the moon landing was a hoax filmed in Hollywood.

A disk of 40,000 kilometers

Supporters of the "flat Earth theory" are not stopped by the fact that even the Catholic Church has lost its positions on this issue. In 1992, the Vatican officially rehabilitated Galileo Galilei , recognizing that the Earth is not a stationary body and does revolve around the Sun. None of the prominent representatives of the traditional churches today will seriously challenge the sphericity of the planet.

Nevertheless, the "flat earthers" insist: our planet is a disk measuring 40,000 kilometers in diameter, in the center of which is located North Pole. Antarctica and South Pole in fact, no - for the southernmost continent they take a wall of ice encircling the planet along the edges. The sun, moon and stars revolve above the surface of the earth.

Pictures from space are not considered by supporters of a flat Earth as an argument. In their opinion, planetary scientists are in a conspiracy, and everything that is published is a well-thought-out lie.

“I'm going down. At the same place!"

In May 2017 an American Darryl Marble I took a building level with me on the plane and put it on the table in the back of the front seat. According to the calculations of the man, in 23 minutes of the experiment, the plane must cover 326 kilometers. According to Marble, if the Earth has a curved surface, then the trajectory of the aircraft will deviate from the horizontal by 8 kilometers. To compensate, the pilot would have to lower the aircraft's nose. But this did not happen, which means, they say, the Earth is flat. The experimenter called the existence of gravity "just a theory."

Blogger jeranism I drove my car 144 kilometers along the highway and recorded the whole way on video. According to his calculations, if the Earth were a ball, then during the journey he would rise by 1.6 kilometers. Since the road remained flat, and there were no bends, it means that no spherical Earth exists.

In July 2017, the fighter for the flat Earth became famous in Russia. Schoolboy Maxim Ozhereliev on his video channel on the Internet, he fiercely defended the version about the plane of his native planet: “Here I jumped. The earth rotates at a speed of 400 meters per second. I'm going down. At the same place! I think why the Earth didn’t do this… move, and I didn’t fly away 400 meters somewhere?

Maxim became famous throughout Runet, but he turned out to be not a very persistent person. After users ridiculed him, he chose to delete his videos and no longer speaks on this topic.

Is the spherical earth the work of the Freemasons?

There are "flat earthers" in Russia of a more sinister order, who consider the spherical Earth an insult to faith.

“This group was created to counter pseudoscience that encroaches on the foundations of the biblical world order,” the organizers of the project say. - Why do we defend the truth about the Flat Earth? It's not that we, like all honest people, are fighting for the Truth. And not even that the plane of the Earth is obvious to anyone who has eyes and the ability to look with them. It's all about the question of trust in God... The Bible gives us a clear and precise picture of the world order. Modern science, financed by Masonic circles, denies this picture and slips its own instead, designed to confuse minds. We have a choice - who are we with? With God and the Bible, or with the Freemasons and their pseudoscience?

Nazi aliens are hiding in the bowels of the Earth: what happens when you don’t go to the doctor

Some supporters of the “flat earth theory” eventually abandon this idea, but this does not make it easier for them. One of these "researchers" named Rodney Claff told the tabloid Daily star that the Earth is really not flat, but spherical. But at the same time, it is hollow inside, and there is another Sun that feeds energy to a parallel civilization. Supporters of the new theory disagree on the question of what kind of civilization this is. According to some, we are talking about the Nazis who fled after the Second World War. Others believe that these are representatives of an alien civilization.

Klaff and his associates are convinced that there is a whole system of huge tunnels on Earth, through which "superhumans" move, and NASA is aware of them, but hides the truth from humanity.

In connection with all of the above, dear readers, AiF.ru wishes you not to go crazy in the new year and firmly stand with both feet on the surface of our spherical planet, relying solely on scientific knowledge.

per century modern technologies, when people send even cars into space, there are still old believers who believe in the theory of a flat Earth. They even organized a society of the same name, which is trying in every possible way to prove that our planet is far from the shape of a ball. According to them, all this is actually a conspiracy by the government and NASA to confuse and deceive people, and as a result, members of the flat earth society imagine themselves to be fighters for justice. Particularly ardent supporters even try to build rockets to fly into space, but all in vain, and they are not given permission, which, according to them, is another proof of hiding this fact.

Why are these people so sure that our Earth is flat, like your former classmates, and what fuels their faith? We decided to understand this absurdity and put everything in its place.

1. How they explain it

Here is how members of the flat earth society justify their theory and why the truth is being heavily hidden from us: they have not found any evidence that our planet has a spherical shape (a very strange argument). Also, the creator of the flat Earth theory says that the Earth is a disk with the Arctic Circle, in the center of which are Antarctica and a wall about 45 meters high. Moreover, NASA employees carefully guard this secret, and the location of the wall is classified.

The day and night cycle of the Earth is explained by the fact that the Sun and the Moon are spheres with a radius of 51 kilometers, which move along the circumference of the planet, which, by the way, is 4,828 km. The stars are about 5,000 kilometers from Earth, and they are in constant motion.

Earth's gravity is an illusion. Objects are not attracted to the surface of the planet, but on the contrary, this disk of the Earth is accelerating and rushing upward at a speed of 9.8 meters per second, fueled by a mysterious dark energy, which in itself sounds "insanely" scientific. There is still disagreement among the members of the PZ club about whether Einstein's theory of relativity allows us to admit the acceleration of our planet, so that even in their twisted reality, the laws of a brilliant physicist exist. Regarding what lies under the disk of the Earth, the members of society do not know for sure, but they believe that the support is made of stones.

But what about satellite photos, live broadcasts from space? Conspiracy theorists believe that photos of the globe are photoshopped, GPS devices lie, and satellites do not actually fly around the planet, but in straight lines. The purpose of hiding the fact that the Earth is flat has not yet been established, but members of the PZ club suggest that this is related to money, but they do not specify how.

2. Who believes in the flat earth theory

This theory has many followers from various social groups. For example, on January 25, 2016, rapper Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. (known as BoB) released a track called "Flatline", in which he tries to convey to his fans that we are being deceived and the Earth is actually flat. Shaquille O'Neal did not stand aside. On February 27, 2017, he stated that the Earth is flat for the simple reason that he is driving a straight road from Florida to California, although he later admitted that this was just a joke.

The main backbone of the flat earth theory is made up of ordinary citizens who, for reasons that are not clear to us, are actively trying to find a rationale for this. They do it out of protest or because their life is boring, but their perception of reality is definitely different.

3. Zetic method

The flat earth theory is supported by the so-called Zetic method, which was developed in the 19th century and is based on sensory observations. Michael Wilmore, vice president of the Flat Earth Company, says: “In a broad sense, this method focuses on reconciling empiricism and rationalism. With this, we can draw logical conclusions based on empirical data.”

It turns out that since we see the Earth as flat, and even in an airplane it looks flat, it means that in reality our planet does not have the shape of a ball. These statements make the theory so absurd and unrealistic that it seems as if no person in the world over 7 years old would be able to believe it.

Wilmore considers himself a true believer and is not going to give up his views: “My own beliefs are the result of philosophical introspection and study of a significant amount of data that I have personally researched, which I am still collecting,” he said. Despite this, he believes in global warming, although the lion's share of such information is provided by NASA.

4. Conspiracy Theory

Despite the absurdity of this theory, it was nevertheless studied, and one of the researchers was Karen Douglas, a psychologist from the University of Kent. She says flat-earthers' beliefs are the same as any other theorist who believes there are many conspiracies in the world.

“It seems to me that these people are really sure that the Earth is flat. I don’t see any other reason why they sincerely believe that the Earth is really flat,” which means that these people are sure of this in the same way that you and I are sure that the Earth is spherical.

Karen said that all conspiracy theories have a common theme: they give people a new or alternative version of events, they construct their own reality in which their views are true. " Main Feature is that they tend to believe in global events, but do not want to go into details. The argument at this point is very vague and based on speculation.”

The followers of the flat earth are very tough in defending their views, while we, the townsfolk, are calm about the fact that someone is trying to challenge our views and worldview. Perhaps, thanks to the active position, these people were heard, so if you want to create new theory then find ardent followers. Another secret that people so easily believe in various theories is our essence. A person will gladly believe in something that will be fundamentally different from generally accepted opinion and standards.

“I know that I know nothing,” said the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. And his quote prompts to doubt the authenticity huge amount information about objective reality, which is positioned to us as the truth. From the school curriculum, we know that our planet is round. But, is it really so? Let's imagine for a moment that the flat earth theory is not just another conspiracy charlatanism, but a reality - what then? Most likely, rejection will work. The psyche can reject such assumptions, because this automatically makes one doubt the reality of many things. Of course, it's easier to think that modern conspiracy theorists just want to assert themselves, and the noise on many sites on the Internet is another attempt to gain popularity. Unfortunately, everything is much more complicated!

How did the flat earth theory come about?

Officially, our planet is considered to have the shape of a geoid - a ball flattened at the poles. However, any child will say that it is round if you ask him the appropriate question. And outside of academia, no one uses complicated terminology. At the same time, many consider our ancestors to be representatives of an uneducated society who could not know better than ours what shape the Earth has. We are teaching kids the right way! And here, and no. The earth is flat and under a dome!

The hypothesis that the planet has the shape of a ball dates back to the 6th century BC. said the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras. Evidence for sphericity was provided by Aristotle, who clearly did not have access to modern equipment. Gradually, just as it is happening now, the theory that the Earth is a sphere spread more widely. And only in XVII Newton proved that the planet is not a ball, but flattened at the poles. What does it say? The current official version was created several centuries ago, when there were no adequate resources to investigate such a complex issue.

The birth of the "Flat Earth Association"

In 1956, the first map of the Flat Earth appeared, and some time later, Samuel Shanton created the Zethetic Society, whose supporters tried to present the hypothesis to the whole world. To some extent, they succeed. But in response to the spread of the theory of the USSR in a conspiracy with the United States, they begin the so-called "space race". Appear documentaries about space travel. Society satisfies its spiritual needs with a fairy tale filmed on the territory of our planet, and stops looking for answers. Until 2004, the Flat Earth Association simply had no chance to compete with the government media, which regularly fed people new information about the flights to the moon. But already at the beginning of this century, Daniel Shenton (namesake) of the founder of the Zethetic Society appears, and presents the world with irrefutable evidence that all this time we have been “led by the nose” ...

New Evidence

Since 2004, representatives of the Flat Earth Association have begun to raise evidence of the Flat Earth from the archives, which someone carefully tried to hide. It turns out that in 1969, one of the most authoritative publications, The New York Times, published in its magazine the contents of a conversation with one of NASA employees. Apparently, the fired specialist shared with his friend

interesting information regarding data falsification technology in one of the bars in Chicago. In particular, about the fact that photographs are taken on Earth, and most of the staff members are specialists in the field of graphics creation.

In 1976, a certain Bill Kaysing suggested that the USSR and the USA were the perpetrators of the lunar conspiracy, and there were no flights to the moon at all. Moreover, he shared a study he had been working on for several decades. It turns out that all over the globe there are special centers engaged in "brainwashing" of mere mortals. As a result, more than 80% of people are too busy to think about why we appeared and who created us!?

Flat Earth Arguments and Facts

Almost a decade later, books dedicated to the Lunar conspiracy appear in the public domain. Almost all authors remain incognito, but they give a number of interesting arguments and facts of the Flat Earth, which cannot be ignored:

• it is during the period of maximum development of the hypothesis that the flight to the moon takes place;
• despite supposedly scientific facts, in ballistics they still take into account that the Earth has no distortions;
• the official emblem of the UN contains the image of the Flat Earth;
• Chicago is visible from a distance of 140 kilometers, but this is impossible, given the sphericity of the planet;
• according to current scientific justification on the high altitude aircraft pilots would have to lower their nose vehicle after every 5 minutes;
• NASA did not provide live video feed from satellites or shuttles, although this is quite feasible;
• to this day, ordinary researchers are denied access to Antarctica.

For centuries, the Flat Earth theory went unnoticed. It was forbidden to speak freely about what is contrary to science and norms. Now we understand why.

Modern development of the hypothesis

In 2018, new evidence of the Flat Earth appears, and the development of the hypothesis is connected famous people. For example, the popular American rapper Bobby Ray Simons started raising funds a year earlier to launch an independent expedition into space. He is sure that the lunar conspiracy is true. It is supported by astrophysicists around the world, many former employees UN. Independent experts are beginning to decipher the messages of our ancestors in the form of myths. In particular, about three elephants and a turtle, about whales and titans.

In the process of analyzing mythology, new theories emerge. For example, not so long ago, a British astrophysicist, together with colleagues, came to the conclusion that in ancient legends, turtles, whales and titans (each nation has its own characters) are an interpretation of the oxygen balance in nature. Julie Poe spoke so convincingly about the Flat Earth that South Carolina hosted the first dome conference this year. Experts are convinced that the three molecules of Oxygen - Azon are not the last layer. Julie assures that the protection of the planet consists of four oxygen compounds, which are a solid, crystalline material. It keeps the oceans from overflowing. Apparently, this is how the ancients represented the turtle, but you should not take it literally, because the essence of myths lies in the interpretation of images. And if at that time, people were so clever, why is it so simple now?

The fact is that industry leads to the destruction of the oxygen balance in nature, which is why glaciers are melting. To make up for the strength of the dome, you have to sacrifice your safety. Perhaps the world is really on the verge of serious problems, and already the government is forced to allow the truth to be revealed! How do you think?

Hello, friends! What if you find out that there is no space, the earth is flat, there are several suns? NASA is funded by the secret world government, led by the Masons, to mislead everyone living on the planet. No one has been in space, the moon is artificial.

Isn't it shocking statements that at first glance seem like the ravings of a crazy ignoramus? But do not rush to twist your finger at the temple.

There is a considerable army of adherents, growing every day, for whom the theory of a flat earth is not nonsense or pseudoscientific fiction, but, on the contrary, seems to be the only truth.

Proponents of this theory conduct experiments, studies, provide hundreds of weighty evidence that we do not live on a geoid ball, spinning around its axis and rushing around the sun at a speed of 30 km per second, but on a flat "plate" covered with a transparent dome .

This topic is incredibly mind-boggling. A thousand and one questions immediately arise: how then do the oceans not pour out, why do we not see the sun at night, what about all these photos and videos of space expeditions, planets, moons, spacesuits, shuttles, moon rovers, satellites, astronauts? This is what the article will be about.

flat earth society

At school, we were taught that only ancient people believed in such fairy tales. Remember where you can find references to a flat earth? In Sumerian, Scandinavian, cosmogonic mythology, among the ancient inhabitants of Egypt, Babylon, Greece, in biblical legends, Vedic literature, in Hinduism and Buddhism.

This was all in antiquity, in the Middle Ages there were also followers of this theory. In our time, it is generally accepted that the earth has the shape of a ball, or rather, the shape of a geoid, and all ancient ideas are swept aside and recognized modern science absolutely untenable.

However, this does not mean that everyone safely abandoned the ancient treatises, forgot about the ideas of their ancestors and believed school textbooks. There is a so-called "Flat Earth Society". It originated in England in the 19th century light hand English inventor Samuel Rowbotham. He conducted various experiments and experiments, during which he saw what he wanted to see - the earth is flat.

Under the pseudonym Parallax, he wrote a small book called "Zethetic Astronomy", where he detailed the results of some of his experiments and evidence that the earth is not spherical, and the surface of the world's oceans is a flat plane.

For several years, the book was reprinted, each time the number of pages in it increased, as did the number of followers of Rowbotham's theory. Parallax himself conducted paid lectures, sometimes behaved aggressively, and was even able to attack those who dared to disagree with his point of view.

Followers appeared in America and Europe, the movement subsequently spread throughout the world. Hitler, by the way, was also an adherent of this theory. The most interesting thing is that there are more and more supporters of this idea, the society has broken up into several different movements and organizations.

And it does not matter that many scientists empirically proved the correctness of the statement that the earth is spherical, adherents of " plane theory” do not pay attention to this and give their unshakable arguments. It is enough to type the appropriate query in the search engine and voila! A whole bunch of videos, facts, evidence, reasoning, rebuttals, forums, discussions on this topic.

But before moving on to describing the most common and similar arguments, let's look at the main postulates of the adherents of the flat earth theory:

• Imagine a disk in the center of which is the north pole, the diameter of the disk is a little more than forty thousand kilometers - this is our planet.
• The earth is covered with a transparent dome, above which the sun rotates and, like spotlights, this provides a change of day and night, gravity, in its usual representation, does not exist.
• There is no Antarctica, and instead of the South Pole, the edge of the earth, it is surrounded by an ice wall around its entire circumference.
• All photographs from space are fakes processed in Photoshop or other programs. Spaceships and other contraptions are made of cardboard and plywood, all space travels are filmed from fictional scenarios on earth.
• The dominant point of view about the sphericity of the earth is just a conspiracy sponsored by the Masons to hide the truth from the entire population of the planet.
• Everyone who knows the truth: scientists, NASA employees, astronauts are funded by Freemasons and are also participants in the conspiracy.

Does the solar system exist

Let's start with the idea of ​​​​the solar system, does it look like it was taught at school: in the center of the Sun, around which the planets revolve, the Earth takes third place. Could this be true? According to the adherents of the flat earth society, of course not.

Why? Everything is logical: such a model of the solar system could exist if the sun hung motionless in space, but this is not so, because everything moves in space. If everything were so, then the sun, according to the logic of things, should fly at great speed, and the planets should follow it and spin in a spiral, but this cannot be.

The second fact: the force of attraction and repulsion of the planets and the sun. The force of attraction allows the planets not to “fly away” from the sun, and the repulsive force allows them not to collide with each other and keep at a certain distance from the sun.

But the masses of the planets are different. And if the solar system would exist in the model that is described in books, then planets with a larger mass should be closer to the sun, and with a smaller mass further, since the force of attraction for small planets is required much less than for large ones.

Small planets simply would not have enough repulsive force if they were at such a relatively small distance. So, our planet would be located in sixth place (according to its mass) in a number of other planets and it would be unrealistically cold on earth.

Evidence and facts

We will not torment you and move on to the most interesting: the evidence and facts that adhere to the theory that the earth is a flat disk, not a spinning ball.

Does atmospheric pressure not exist?

Let's figure it out. Atmospheric pressure was discovered empirically by the physicist Evangelista Torricelli, who invented the mercury barometer. He experimented with mercury and water, thus refuting Aristotle's statement that there is no emptiness in nature, that is, there is no vacuum.

Torricelli proved that vacuum exists, and there is also atmospheric pressure, which presses on any body. But this trick doesn't work with water. Why did it turn out with mercury, it can also turn out with alcohol.

In fact, water barometers also exist, but they are very large, because it takes many times more water than alcohol or mercury to start evaporating. You can read more books or the internet about this experience. Yes, the question still arises, where did Torricelli get a whole bucket of mercury, which is thirteen times heavier than water, and even radioactive? But that is another story.

So, as the supporters of the flat-earth theory show us, in the case of Torricelli's experiment, no vacuum formed in the test tube, and the resulting apparent emptiness, in fact, just a vapor of mercury, which, at a minimum pressure at the very top of the inverted test tube, began to boil at room temperature. temperature. That is, it turns out that atmospheric pressure does not exist? And there is no gravitational force in the usual representation.

The space above the earth does not move anywhere, it becomes clear, adherents of the flat earth theory suggest looking at birds that fly freely, clouds that move depending on the direction of the wind.

A helicopter or balloon in general, their pilots can also hover motionless in the air, logically (well, if the earth is spherical and rotates) they should see the moving earth under them, but this does not happen.

Then, even a stone thrown up and flying for a few seconds, then falling for a few seconds, should land many meters from the place of the throw, if the earth rotates, but this does not happen. Why? Because the earth is flat, the adherents of the anti-scientific theory answer.

Curvature of the earth beyond the horizon

Rowbotham began to conduct these experiments, in our time there are more of them, and they are diversified. If the earth is a sphere, then there is a curvature, and nothing should be visible beyond the horizon line. But in practice, such tall objects as lighthouses, mountains, statues are visible from such distances from which they should be significantly below the horizon line, and, therefore, should not be visible if the earth is spherical.

For example, the Needles lighthouse, located near Hampshire in the UK, whose height is 54 meters, is visible at a distance of up to 60 kilometers, and the curvature of the earth at this distance is 282 meters. It turns out that the point where the lighthouse is located should be 282 meters below the horizon line, if the earth is spherical. But this does not happen - the lighthouse is visible from such a distance.

The situation is the same with ships that are on the high seas, and we look at them from the shore. An illusion is created that moving away from the coast, the ship disappears beyond the horizon, which seems to confirm that the spherical earth has a bend.

However, if we take good equipment and adjust the magnifying zoom, the ship that "disappeared over the horizon" will reappear in our field of vision. That is, our vision is limited by the perspective dispersion point, and not by the horizon line. If you "arm the eye", then there will be no horizon line that limits visibility due to the curvature of the earth.

All photographs from space are a hoax, the sky is a dome, stars and the sun, and indeed the whole world is artificial. Airplane windows give the illusion of a rounded earth, but this is an optical illusion. Look at the UN coat of arms, isn't that a flat earth model?

Flying to the Moon: Truth or Big Deception

Supporters of the flat earth theory claim that the Americans have never been to the moon, for example, consider Apollo 11, on which the inhabitants of the earth allegedly made the first trip to the moon.

If you zoom in on the photo, you can see what the "lunar rover" is made of: oilcloth, cardboard, foil, plastic and other material that is by no means intended to overcome atmospheric pressure, and even more so travel into space.

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This is just a mock-up photographed against the background of the astronauts, who are all freemasons without exception. In some photos, you can even see that on the fingers of the astronauts or on their wrists there are rings or watches with generally accepted Masonic symbols: a compass and a square, inside of which is the letter G.

Where are photos taken from Mars?

The situation is the same with photographs that were allegedly taken on Mars. Adherents of the "flat theory" argue that the images from Mars are actually just processed photographs of the earth's surface, taken in certain places.

Have you seen pictures from the Red Planet - a rocky lifeless place? The fact is that if you pass them through the Photoshop filter, you will see that in these pictures it’s quite earth's surface, over which is spread blue sky. Such landscapes can be found in many regions of our planet.

Air routes

Using the flat earth theory, it is easy to explain some seemingly illogical air travel. For example, from Sydney () to Santiago ( Latin America) it is convenient to fly directly with refueling, for example, in New Zealand. But in fact, the route passes through North America.

If you look at a round globe, it turns out that the plane in this case makes a strange angle. And if you transfer the same route to a flat earth map, you can see that this is a direct adequate path.

This can be checked on almost any route, applying which to a flat earth map, it becomes clear that such a flight path is very logical and adequate, which cannot be said about them when applied to a spherical model.

moon, sun, stars

The picture will be incomplete without understanding what is actually (or not really, but according to the adherents of the theory of flat earth) the moon, sun and stars. Here again we see the claim that all photographs "in the moon" are taken on earth.

The Flat Earth Society even conducts special expeditions, the purpose of which is to search for places on our planet where supposedly space photographs are taken. During such an expedition to Iceland in August 2015, they shot landscapes that are exactly the same as those pictures and videos that we are told that they were taken on the moon.

Astronauts participating in the Apollo program (recall that this was the first manned landing on the moon, which ended in 1975) one and all refused to swear on the Bible that they really were on the moon. Fragments of this video are easy to find on the Internet. Some of the astronauts swear, some avoid answering, some rudely send a journalist who asks to swear on the Bible about the reality of walking on the lunar surface.

We present you a video that proves that flying to the moon is a fiction:

If we collect all the arguments, add to them the data obtained as a result of observations by some alternative researchers, season the information received with knowledge about the flat earth and systematize the material, it turns out that the Moon is not a satellite of the earth, it does not exist in principle. How do we see it? This is a huge hologram hanging from above and periodically updated.

Now let's turn to the stars. It is known that astrology is the oldest science and many constellations, such as Ursa Major, were discovered thousands of years ago. And during this time, the constellations have not changed in any way. Isn't it strange if all the bodies in space are constantly moving at a huge different speed?

In addition, if the Earth is constantly rotating around its axis, and even around the sun, then why do we see the same stars above our heads on starry nights? 'Cause the earth turns to them different sides, moreover, it flies around the sun, and the stars "stand", as if rooted to the spot, in the same place. Doesn't this seem absurd? We don’t know about you, but it seems to supporters of the flat earth theory. They claim that stars are also holograms.

Now let's deal with the Sun. Is the sun also a hologram? There are many pictures, articles and videos that indicate the presence of not one, but many suns, and they "hang" in different parts above our earth and shine in different ways. There are even listings short descriptions all seventeen suns: from California to Chinese. Of course, scientists will say that this is all nonsense. But let's see how the adepts who believe in a flat earth explain this.

The fact is that the sun cannot have such a color as we see it (from yellow to red). Indeed, according to the official theory, the blue color of the sky is due to the fact that the light of the sun, passing through the atmosphere, is divided into spectra and one of the spectra (blue-blue) colors the sky in this color. Why then does the sun itself appear yellow?

Since we see it through the atmosphere, it must also be colored blue, like the sky. Does this mean that we see the sun not through the atmosphere? The sun is not above the atmosphere, but much lower and it is not real? What is the result?

The earth has the shape of a disk and is located under a dome from which artificial hologram lamps shine: the moon, the sun, the stars. If it is interesting to delve into this topic, then books, videos, materials distributed by adherents of the flat earth theory are easy to find.

Closer to the light source - warmer

Everyone loves to give book evidence based on theory. but no one can answer the simplest question without books.

When we get closer to a heat source, we get hotter. Why is it colder at airplane altitude than on the ground? No, do not write about the temperatures of a certain layer of the atmosphere, you still take it again from books and did not check it yourself.

Let's in fact - closer to the heat source - warmer. Those. closer to the sun should be warmer. But this is not actually the case. This suggests that the heat source is false. It must be much hotter in space than on earth in direct sunlight.

False Map of the World (addition)

We supplement this article with new information, which we have taken out in a separate review due to its volume.

- the article clearly considers the sizes of the continents, which are shown by the official source - Yandex.Maps and which strongly contradict the world map that we have known since childhood.

Finally, I would like to point out that all information for the article was prepared and collected from free sources, the purpose of the article is not to persuade readers to one point of view or another. All material is for informational purposes only and we are interested in what you think about the theory of a flat earth. Which evidence seems to be the most weighty, and which is sucked from the finger?

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It is hardly possible to reveal the incomprehensible secrets of the universe to the end. And even what at first glance seems to be an indisputable truth, in some cases can be very controversial. for the sake of political, economic and moral and ethical interests is no longer such a surprise, because the concept alternative history every day there are more and more adherents. And even those who until recently believed in fairy tales about the existence of Peter I, today are no longer so confident in supporting their beliefs.

And what if not only history is distorted? Modern geography, geodesy, other sciences have elevated the idea that the Earth is round to the rank of axiom, however, this theory also has its opponents. At first glance, the idea of ​​a flat Earth can be perceived as a joke, only its adherents are providing more and more convincing evidence in favor of their theory, which looks quite logical and reasonable. Is this true, or is science not lying in this case? Who knows…

Flat Earth Theory: Basic Concepts

The essence of this theory reveals its very name. According to flat earthers, the globe is a circular disk centered on the North Pole. But in principle, there is no South Pole on this map - instead of it there is a high ice wall that encircles the territory of the Earth. What lies behind this wall is a mystery. Some suggest that behind it there are only ice and eternal Frost, others believe that a parallel life of other inhabitants of the planet is hidden there, while others believe that the wall serves as a fence, behind which there is absolutely nothing. A map that visually reflects the device of a flat Earth is called azimuthal.

The diameter of the planet is 40,000 kilometers. Above this huge disk, like a dome, the constellations, the Sun and the Moon rise. And so that the day goes on as usual, and the day turns into night, it is not the planet itself that rotates, but the dome located directly above it. That is why the constellations move during the night, the bright sun is replaced by a mysterious and cold moon, and sunrise and sunset alternate regularly.

And since the Sun is constantly moving, then the usual ideas about the solar system have no right to exist. In the Flat Earth concept solar system in principle, it is not considered, since the rotation of the Sun is carried out at a frantic speed, and the planets simply could not follow it and rotate about their own axis. The force of attraction of the planets also acts as a weighty argument. According to modern scientists, the Earth ranks third among the planets located around the Sun. That's just according to the laws of physics, the force of attraction is directly related to the mass, which means that the smaller the size of the planet, the closer it should be to the Sun. Having carried out simple mathematical calculations, one can understand that the Earth should not be in third, but in sixth place. Then our world would be shrouded in permafrost, because the atmosphere simply physically could not warm up enough to comfortably sustain life.

But if everything is arranged exactly as the adherents of the Flat Earth theory see it, what about space flights, numerous photographs of the Earth made from outer space, data on other planets and other information that clearly demonstrates the structure of the universe. According to the flat earthers, all this is nothing more than a fiction, a staging and a fraud on a huge scale. The illusion created by the Freemasons allows you to hide the truth from the population. One of the proofs of this assumption is the picture of Apollo 11, in which the Americans allegedly flew to the moon. On closer magnification, one can see that spaceship made from "improvised materials" - foil, strips, oilcloth, cardboard, etc. In fact, this is just a scenery intended for filming astronauts, who, by the way, did not even bother to remove jewelry (bracelets and rings), on which an engraved letter G is visible inside a compass and square - a symbol of the Masonic movement.

What about pictures of Mars? The unreal and mysterious beauty of this mysterious planet, according to the adherents of the Flat Earth theory, is nothing more than photo filters, the play of light and shadows, classic computer programs with which any "advanced" student can work. If you remove the effects of Photoshop from these pictures, you get very beautiful, but still very real landscapes, taken in remote corners of the Earth, untouched by human hand.

A bit of history, or where does the flat earth theory come from?

At first glance, it may seem that the theory of the flat shape of our planet is nothing more than a fashion trend, of which there are now quite a few on the Internet. However, this is not at all the case: peering through the prism of history, one can track how opinions about the shape of the Earth have changed. The mention of this theory was found in the ancient mythology of Egypt and Babylon, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures, and the Scandinavian epic. And even the ancient philosophers, whose teachings are considered a historical heritage, including Leucippus and his student Democritus, were firmly convinced that the Earth is flat. The same idea was held in the oldest manuscript of the Book of Enoch, found in Qumran. However, over time, these beliefs gave way to astronomical knowledge, and the idea of ​​a Flat Earth sunk into oblivion.

In the Middle Ages, the question of the shape of the Earth again became discussed. One of clear examples This idea was "Christian Topography", written by Cosmas Indikoplov in 535-547. In it, the planet is presented in the form of a rectangular plane, on top of which there is a dome: “Some people, hiding behind the name of Christians, argue, along with pagan philosophers, that the sky has a spherical shape. No doubt these people are deluded by the eclipses of the Sun and Moon.” This work in translation was widely used in Russia, because at that time it was a unique encyclopedia of medieval knowledge, which there was no reason not to believe.

One of good examples theory was an engraving published in the book Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology, published by the French astronomer Camille Flammarion in 1888. It depicts a pilgrim who has reached the edge of the Earth and looks out from under the dome towards new worlds. The caption for the image reads: "A medieval missionary says he found the point where the sky touches the Earth."

How was the Flat Earth Society formed?

In the 19th century, adherents of the described concept united in a group - the Flat Earth Society - headed by the English scientist Samuel Rowbotham. For several decades, he conducted all kinds of experiments, experiments, studies in support of his theory and, importantly, found a lot of evidence. Using the pseudonym Parallax, he wrote "Zethetic Astronomy", in which he thoroughly and clearly outlined all his achievements and results that refute the spherical shape of the planet. Initially, Rowbotham's small work was reprinted several times, becoming more and more large-scale and evidence-based literature, because it was constantly supplemented by students of the Society. Until his death, Samuel Rowbotham defended his theory, holding numerous lectures and seminars around the world.

Adherents of Rowbotham's theory subsequently united in the Universal Zethetic Society, which found its adherents in all corners of the planet. Since 1956, this organization, headed by Samuel Shenton, has again become known as the Flat Earth Society, but with the significant prefix "International". When Shenton saw photographs of the globe from orbit, he never doubted his beliefs for a moment: "It is easy to see how photographs of this sort can fool the uninformed."

Since 1971, the head of the organization has been Charles Johnson. He launched a major campaign to promote his ideas, handing out leaflets, pamphlets and booklets, in which he defended the flat earth model. Thanks to such activity, during his leadership, the number of supporters of the theory has increased several times.

Arguments in favor of the flat earth theory

In order to make an informed decision about the shape of our planet, one should consider the arguments of both sides, finding out which of them is the most reasonable and consistent. So what do flat earthers say about their theory?

1.The speed of the earth's rotation.

Scientific data says that the Earth rotates around its axis at a speed of about half a kilometer per second. It's hard to even imagine such a fast object! In favor of the flat earthers are a few simple experiments, for example, with a jump. Everyone knows that, having jumped, a person lands in the same place. But what about rotation? After all, in those fractions of a second that he was in a jump, the planet had to move a considerable distance, and another point would become the landing site. The same result gives a shot from a cannon into the sky. In addition, if you shoot to the east (against the direction of rotation), the core should fly twice less than the norm, and if to the west - twice as much. However, this does not happen. And the pilots flying over the Earth have never registered how it rotates, although who, if not them, should be able to see the change in the position of the planet from above.

2.Perfectly flat horizon.

Look into the distance. Look carefully, not losing sight of the slightest detail. What do you see? The standard flat edge of the horizon in the area where it is clearly visible - fields, meadows, sea surface - cannot deceive. After all, in a free area, the view spans several kilometers in the distance, so why are they perfectly even? According to the adherents of the theory, the answer is obvious - the Earth is flat! In addition, tall objects (for example, towers, lighthouses, mountain peaks) would simply not be visible, because the spherical surface covered them from the attentive eye, since the horizon line would be much higher. But this does not happen, and you can admire the mountains from a very long distance, numbering more than one kilometer.

3.Air routes.

Many flights, especially long-distance flights, at first glance seem illogical from the point of view of the sphericity of the Earth. Looking at the globe, one may wonder why pilots choose such, at first glance, illogical route and inconvenient points for refueling. However, there is no mystery or irrationality in this: if we compare these routes with flat map, it becomes clear that the route is laid perfectly.

4. Star drawing.

If all objects in the Universe are in constant motion, then why are the stars in the sky located exactly the same way both today and several centuries ago. Indeed, in theory, the star pattern should change, if not every day, then once a week for sure. However, this does not happen. The thing is that the stars are just holograms on the celestial dome, which cannot change, move relative to each other, and even more so fall. And the famous meteor shower, which all the romantics of the world are looking forward to, to make a wish, is a holographic effect.

5. Yellow Sun.

The scientific laws explain quite extensively why the sky is blue and the Sun is yellow. According to official data, ultraviolet passing through the atmosphere is scattered into spectra, one of which colors the sky canvas. However, this does not explain in any way why a part of the rays concentrated around the Sun does not break up, because then it should be blue-blue. Isn't it because the Sun is below the dome-sky, which limits the space. Rotating around the Earth, it alternately illuminates the territory, so the light hours regularly replace each other.

6. space flights- hoax.

None of the flat earthers have seen outer space with their own eyes, which means that its existence can be disputed to the point of hoarseness. Photos are fake, videos are solid special effects, and space flights are fantastic stories. Convinced adherents of this theory even organized several times an investigation expedition to find places for photography "on the Moon". And when the astronauts were asked to swear on the Holy Scriptures that they were on the moon, they all showed aggression and evaded the answer.

7. Free flow of rivers.

According to the law of communicating vessels, the network of reservoirs enveloping the Earth simply could not exist on a spherical planet in the form in which we see it today. However, the rivers flow to the west, east, north and south in almost equal numbers, and their depth and full flow are in no way connected with geographic location. Such characteristics are possible only if the Earth is flat.

8. View of technicians.

One of the weighty arguments in favor of their theory, flat earthers use the universal conspiracy of engineers, technicians and other personalities, one way or another connected with work in vast spaces. For example, surveyors do not take into account the curvature of the Earth when designing buildings and structures. But in this case, the building, made according to this project, simply could not withstand the total load and collapsed. However, this does not happen, and the buildings stand idle for decades. There is only one conclusion: they are aware that the Earth is actually flat, but they keep this secret from the population. The same applies to aircraft pilots who, when taking off from a spherical surface, no longer correct their flight path until landing. How? After all, under such conditions, the plane would have flown to outer space. And if you look at it from the point of view of a flat Earth, everything falls into place.

This evidence is the most common evidence that the Flat Earth Society uses to refute a generally accepted theory. In order to judge their fidelity, one must also consider the beliefs of the so-called "Sharovers", who adhere to scientific point vision.

Why is the Earth a sphere? Flat Earth Arguments

The concept that the scientific community adheres to has many justifications in its favor, some of which look quite convincing. What are the ballers talking about in favor of their theory?

1. Moon and its eclipse.

Even if we do not take into account the photographs proving the existence of the Moon as a satellite of our planet, the shadow cast by the Earth, gradually reaching lunar eclipse, directly indicates its sphericity. Even Aristotle, who supported the spherical nature of the planet, considered the cast shadow as an oval, which directly contradicted the theory of the flat shape of the Earth.

2.Constellation change.

This argument was also considered as early as the time of Aristotle. Traveling around the world, he recorded the position of the stars in the sky and the visibility of each of them. So, being at the equator, constellations were opened to him, which were not visible in other latitudes. And the farther from the equator the scientist was, the less familiar stars he saw, which were replaced by others. This effect could only be explained by the fact that a person looks at the sky from a spherical surface, otherwise the location would not have such a strong effect on the visibility of the stars.

3.Time Zones.

And although half-Earths claim that the change of time of day occurs due to the rotation of the Sun, balloonists are sure that it is the Earth that rotates around its axis. That is why in different countries different times are set, and when, for example, it is deep night in America, the sun is shining in China, and the day is in full swing.

4. Force of gravity.

Another proof of a spherical planet is gravity - the force of attraction between objects. According to the laws of physics, it acts relative to the center of mass. But after all, when falling, the apple lands from top to bottom, and not at an angle to the center, and a person, walking along the surface of the Earth, feels attraction to the bottom, and not sideways, closer to the center of the “disk”. That is why it can be judged that under it every time there is the center of the Earth, from which the maximum gravity comes, which means that the Earth has a spherical shape. However, flat earthers reject this evidence because they believe that gravity is just the result of the planet's upward movement with an acceleration of 9.8 m/s2.

5.Visibility of objects from a height.

If you climb the mountain tall tree or a lighthouse, looking at the outline of the horizon through binoculars, you can see that the visibility distance increases in direct proportion to the height at which the person is located. Of course, visible obstacles can interfere with the purity of the experiment, but in a field or meadow, this effect is most noticeable. But if the Earth were flat, the height of the observation platform would have no effect on the visibility of objects on the horizon. This is possible only if the planet has the shape of a ball.

6. ship on the horizon.

When sailing, the ship does not immediately disappear on a perfectly flat sea surface. First of all, its hull is lost from sight, and only after that the sails disappear over the horizon. The same thing is observed when it approaches the shore: sails are immediately visible, and only then - the ship itself. This directly proves that, despite the apparent straightness of the horizon, it is curved by the spherical shape of the Earth.

7.Sundial.

The sundial effect is calculated based on the shadow cast by the Sun at different times. By sticking a stick into the ground, you can observe how the shadow from it gradually changes its shape. And if the world were a plane, the position of the wand would not affect the shape of the shadow, and at different points it would be identical. However, even a seemingly insignificant distance of several tens of kilometers between two experimental rods gives a different result, and the shadows differ by at least a few tenths of a millimeter. This principle was used even before our era when calculating the circumference of the Earth, which was carried out by Eratosthenes.

8. documentary facts.

And although flat earthers claim that satellite photos and space flights- a hoax, ballers are firmly convinced of their existence. Numerous images of our planet obtained from outer space, flights to the Moon and exploration of other planets are the scientific heritage that humanity has achieved over hundreds of years of experiments and developments. True, considerable funds are invested in these studies, and their effectiveness is confirmed only by photographs, but this is already the other side of the coin.

Flat Earth in the context of contemporary art

No matter how controversial the theory that denies the generally accepted shape of our planet, it has repeatedly surfaced in the works of science fiction writers, filmmakers and writers. One need only recall the well-known Chronicles of Narnia by Clive Lewis to understand that this idea appeals to a wide audience. The cosmology of Narnia presents the idea of ​​the plane of the Earth, beyond which is paradise - Aslan. The heroes go there, following the routes of an old map, reminiscent of a medieval one.

English science fiction writer Terry Pratchet devoted a whole series of works with a predictable title to the concept Flat world. According to him, based on ancient Indian myths, four elephants support the disk-shaped planet, and those, in turn, stand on a centuries-old turtle. And what about Pirates of the Caribbean, beloved by a multimillion-dollar crowd of spectators? Captain Jack Sparrow's team managed to reach the end of the planet, where a bottomless waterfall was seething.

This concept was not bypassed by domestic writers. So, the story "The Monk at the End of the Earth" by Sergei Sinyak describes an expedition to the heavenly dome, after which its participants were subjected to repression by the state. However, the results of the expedition were undeniable: flight into space is nothing more than a fiction based on a distortion of the picture of the universe.

Afterword

What to believe, what concept to adhere to is a personal matter for everyone. It is more convenient for some to believe that the Earth is a ball, while others are also unshakably convinced that our planet is flat. One way or another, it is not possible for most people to go up into space in order to visually verify the correctness of one of these movements, so we will have to use what we have - eyes, logic and common sense. It is enough to close the textbooks, open satellite map and drive a considerable distance along it, checking the mileage and trajectory with official data. Simple practical experiments will allow you to understand where reality ends and hoax begins.

It is best to end this argument with the words of the wisest Dalai Lama: “Anyway, all this is very insignificant, isn't it? The basis of the Doctrine is; what they say about the structure of life, about the nature of suffering, about the nature of the mind. This is the foundation of the teaching. This is what matters most; that is directly related to our lives. Whether the world is square or round does not matter much as long as prosperity and peace reign in it.