September 14, 2025 • 11 mins
Remember when the moon used to look massive? So does James. This episode dives into lunar recession, failed landings, gravity disruptions—and what NASA isn’t telling you about our nearest neighbor.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Calarogu Shark Media. This is Paranormal Aliens, Episode seven. Why
(00:23):
the Moon looks smaller than it did ten years ago?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
You can call me James, and I want you to
do something tonight. Go outside and look at the moon,
really look at it. Study its size, how much of
the sky it occupies, how it feels when you stare
directly at it. Now, think back ten years, Think back
to how the moon looked when you were a kid.
Remember those massive, full moons that seemed to fill half
(00:56):
the horizon, Those harvest moons that were so big and
bright you could read by them. Where did that go?
When did the moon become this small, distant, barely noticeable
dot in the sky. Everyone I talked to has noticed this,
but nobody wants to discuss it. Like admitting the moon
(01:18):
looks smaller somehow makes you sound crazy, but I'm going
to say it. The moon is not the same size
it used to be. The official explanation is psychological false
memory syndrome, the moon illusion, where objects near the horizon
appear larger. Scientists tell us the Moon's apparent size hasn't changed,
(01:41):
we just remember it wrong. But that's not what we're
talking about. We're comparing the Moon's overall presence in the
night sky across decades, and something has definitely changed. Here's
what they don't want you to know. The Moon is
moving away from at an accelerating rate. The standard recession
(02:04):
is about one point five inches per year due to
tidal friction, but recent laser ranging measurements show the rate
has increased to over two inches annually, sometimes nearly three inches.
That might not sound like much, but over twenty years,
that's an extra thirty inches of distance. The Moon is
(02:26):
measurably significantly farther away than it was when you were younger.
But why is the recession accelerating. The standard model says
tidal friction should be relatively constant. There's no known mechanism
that should cause the Moon to suddenly start moving away
faster unless something gave it a push. And here's where
(02:48):
it gets interesting. The acceleration correlates exactly with the increase
in solar activity and magnetic field fluctuations we've been experiencing.
Remember those solar storms we talked about, the magnetic pole wandering,
the weakening magnetosphere that's letting Aurora appear as far south
(03:09):
as Australia. The Earth Moon system exists in a delicate
gravitational balance, but that balance depends on stable electromagnetic conditions.
When you have massive solar storms disrupting Earth's magnetic field,
when you have the magnetic poles shifting position, when you
(03:29):
have the magnetosphere fluctuating, that affects everything. It's as if
something gave the Moon a little push right when our
magnetic field started going haywire. And here's the proof. Look
at the lunar probe failures. In recent years, we've had
(03:49):
an unprecedented number of missions that just missed. Spacecraft that
should have landed perfectly, but somehow got their calculations wrong.
Peregrine Mission IE in January twenty twenty four propellant leak
prevented lunar landing. Japan's Hakudowar Mission one in April twenty
(04:12):
twenty three crashed into the lunar surface. Russia's Luna twenty
five in August twenty twenty three crashed near the south pole.
Japan's Slim in January twenty twenty four landed on its
side with wrong attitude. Intuitive machines im One Odysseus in
(04:34):
February twenty twenty four tipped over during landing. Intuitive machines
im tow Athena. In March twenty twenty five, altimeter failed
spacecraft tipped over again. That's not normal. These are sophisticated
(04:54):
missions planned by teams of rocket scientists using the most
advanced computers on Earth. Yet they keep getting the math wrong.
But what if the math isn't wrong? What if the
Moon isn't where it's supposed to be. Every lunar mission
is calculated based on precise orbital mechanics, distance, velocity, gravitational fields.
(05:19):
Everything has to be exact. But if the Moon is
farther away than the models predict, if its orbit has
been perturbed by electromagnetic forces we don't understand, then all
those calculations become useless. The spacecraft arrive expecting the Moon
to be in one position, but it's actually several miles
(05:41):
away from where it should be. Hence the crashes, the
mist landings, the equipment failures that are actually navigation errors
will be right back. Here's where this gets really disturbing.
(06:10):
The Moon controls the tides. Every coastal engineer, every harbor master,
every sailor knows this. The gravitational pull of the moon
creates the rhythm of high and low tide that's governed
oceanic life for millions of years. But if the Moon
is moving away, if its gravitational influence is weakening, then
(06:34):
the tidal patterns should be changing too, and they are.
Sea levels are rising globally, but not in the way
you'd expect from thermal expansion due to warming. The pattern
is irregular, localized, and doesn't match temperature data. Some coastlines
are seeing dramatic increases while nearby areas remain stable. They
(06:59):
call it global warming and blame carbon emissions. But what
if that's just cover for the real cause. What if
rising sea levels are actually the result of altered tidal
mechanics due to lunar recession. When the Moon moves farther away,
its gravitational pull weakens. This doesn't just affect tidal height,
(07:23):
It affects tidal frequency, tidal momentum, the entire oceanic circulation system.
Water that used to be pulled into predictable patterns is
now flowing differently. The result looks like sea level rise,
but it's actually tidal disruption. The same amount of water
(07:44):
behaving according to altered gravitational influences. And here's the kicker.
The magnetic pole shifts and solar activity that may have
pushed the Moon farther away are also affecting Earth's rotation
the plan and it is spinning slightly differently than it
used to, which changes how centrifugal force interacts with oceanic masses.
(08:08):
So you've got weakened lunar gravity and altered planetary rotation,
both affecting global water distribution simultaneously. The result is chaotic
sea level changes that can't be explained by temperature alone.
But they can't admit this because it would mean acknowledging
that our entire understanding of celestial mechanics is incomplete, that
(08:32):
something solar activity, electromagnetic forces, or something else entirely is
capable of altering the fundamental gravitational relationships in the Earth
Moon system. It would mean admitting that the climate changes
we're seeing aren't just about human activity. They're about cosmic
(08:53):
forces beyond our control, affecting the basic physical relationships that
govern our planet. And once you start thinking about cosmic
forces capable of nudging the Moon into a different orbit,
you have to ask what else might they be capable
of what other fundamental constants might be subject to manipulation
(09:15):
by intelligences operating on scales we can't perceive. Remember our
ant analogy, we're the ants, completely unaware that someone just
moved our ant hill six inches to the left. We
notice that things feel different, that our environment has changed,
but we can't comprehend the scale of the forces involved.
(09:40):
The Moon looking smaller isn't just a perceptual quirk. It's
evidence that the basic celestial mechanics governing our planet have
been altered. And if the Moon can be nudged farther away,
if tidal patterns can be disrupted, if the gravitational foundation
of our world can be modified, then nothing we think
(10:02):
we know about our cosmic environment is actually stable. We're
living on a planet whose fundamental relationships with its celestial
neighbors are being actively manipulated by forces we can't see, understand,
or control. The smaller moon isn't just a curiosity. It's
(10:22):
a warning that the cosmic order we take for granted
is far more fragile than we ever imagined. My lawyers,
my safety, and my NDA compel me to tell you
this is all parody. None of this is real right,
stay paranoid.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Yeah,
Calarogu Shark Media. This is Paranormal Aliens, Episode seven. Why
(00:23):
the Moon looks smaller than it did ten years ago?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
You can call me James, and I want you to
do something tonight. Go outside and look at the moon,
really look at it. Study its size, how much of
the sky it occupies, how it feels when you stare
directly at it. Now, think back ten years, Think back
to how the moon looked when you were a kid.
Remember those massive, full moons that seemed to fill half
(00:56):
the horizon, Those harvest moons that were so big and
bright you could read by them. Where did that go?
When did the moon become this small, distant, barely noticeable
dot in the sky. Everyone I talked to has noticed this,
but nobody wants to discuss it. Like admitting the moon
(01:18):
looks smaller somehow makes you sound crazy, but I'm going
to say it. The moon is not the same size
it used to be. The official explanation is psychological false
memory syndrome, the moon illusion, where objects near the horizon
appear larger. Scientists tell us the Moon's apparent size hasn't changed,
(01:41):
we just remember it wrong. But that's not what we're
talking about. We're comparing the Moon's overall presence in the
night sky across decades, and something has definitely changed. Here's
what they don't want you to know. The Moon is
moving away from at an accelerating rate. The standard recession
(02:04):
is about one point five inches per year due to
tidal friction, but recent laser ranging measurements show the rate
has increased to over two inches annually, sometimes nearly three inches.
That might not sound like much, but over twenty years,
that's an extra thirty inches of distance. The Moon is
(02:26):
measurably significantly farther away than it was when you were younger.
But why is the recession accelerating. The standard model says
tidal friction should be relatively constant. There's no known mechanism
that should cause the Moon to suddenly start moving away
faster unless something gave it a push. And here's where
(02:48):
it gets interesting. The acceleration correlates exactly with the increase
in solar activity and magnetic field fluctuations we've been experiencing.
Remember those solar storms we talked about, the magnetic pole wandering,
the weakening magnetosphere that's letting Aurora appear as far south
(03:09):
as Australia. The Earth Moon system exists in a delicate
gravitational balance, but that balance depends on stable electromagnetic conditions.
When you have massive solar storms disrupting Earth's magnetic field,
when you have the magnetic poles shifting position, when you
(03:29):
have the magnetosphere fluctuating, that affects everything. It's as if
something gave the Moon a little push right when our
magnetic field started going haywire. And here's the proof. Look
at the lunar probe failures. In recent years, we've had
(03:49):
an unprecedented number of missions that just missed. Spacecraft that
should have landed perfectly, but somehow got their calculations wrong.
Peregrine Mission IE in January twenty twenty four propellant leak
prevented lunar landing. Japan's Hakudowar Mission one in April twenty
(04:12):
twenty three crashed into the lunar surface. Russia's Luna twenty
five in August twenty twenty three crashed near the south pole.
Japan's Slim in January twenty twenty four landed on its
side with wrong attitude. Intuitive machines im One Odysseus in
(04:34):
February twenty twenty four tipped over during landing. Intuitive machines
im tow Athena. In March twenty twenty five, altimeter failed
spacecraft tipped over again. That's not normal. These are sophisticated
(04:54):
missions planned by teams of rocket scientists using the most
advanced computers on Earth. Yet they keep getting the math wrong.
But what if the math isn't wrong? What if the
Moon isn't where it's supposed to be. Every lunar mission
is calculated based on precise orbital mechanics, distance, velocity, gravitational fields.
(05:19):
Everything has to be exact. But if the Moon is
farther away than the models predict, if its orbit has
been perturbed by electromagnetic forces we don't understand, then all
those calculations become useless. The spacecraft arrive expecting the Moon
to be in one position, but it's actually several miles
(05:41):
away from where it should be. Hence the crashes, the
mist landings, the equipment failures that are actually navigation errors
will be right back. Here's where this gets really disturbing.
(06:10):
The Moon controls the tides. Every coastal engineer, every harbor master,
every sailor knows this. The gravitational pull of the moon
creates the rhythm of high and low tide that's governed
oceanic life for millions of years. But if the Moon
is moving away, if its gravitational influence is weakening, then
(06:34):
the tidal patterns should be changing too, and they are.
Sea levels are rising globally, but not in the way
you'd expect from thermal expansion due to warming. The pattern
is irregular, localized, and doesn't match temperature data. Some coastlines
are seeing dramatic increases while nearby areas remain stable. They
(06:59):
call it global warming and blame carbon emissions. But what
if that's just cover for the real cause. What if
rising sea levels are actually the result of altered tidal
mechanics due to lunar recession. When the Moon moves farther away,
its gravitational pull weakens. This doesn't just affect tidal height,
(07:23):
It affects tidal frequency, tidal momentum, the entire oceanic circulation system.
Water that used to be pulled into predictable patterns is
now flowing differently. The result looks like sea level rise,
but it's actually tidal disruption. The same amount of water
(07:44):
behaving according to altered gravitational influences. And here's the kicker.
The magnetic pole shifts and solar activity that may have
pushed the Moon farther away are also affecting Earth's rotation
the plan and it is spinning slightly differently than it
used to, which changes how centrifugal force interacts with oceanic masses.
(08:08):
So you've got weakened lunar gravity and altered planetary rotation,
both affecting global water distribution simultaneously. The result is chaotic
sea level changes that can't be explained by temperature alone.
But they can't admit this because it would mean acknowledging
that our entire understanding of celestial mechanics is incomplete, that
(08:32):
something solar activity, electromagnetic forces, or something else entirely is
capable of altering the fundamental gravitational relationships in the Earth
Moon system. It would mean admitting that the climate changes
we're seeing aren't just about human activity. They're about cosmic
(08:53):
forces beyond our control, affecting the basic physical relationships that
govern our planet. And once you start thinking about cosmic
forces capable of nudging the Moon into a different orbit,
you have to ask what else might they be capable
of what other fundamental constants might be subject to manipulation
(09:15):
by intelligences operating on scales we can't perceive. Remember our
ant analogy, we're the ants, completely unaware that someone just
moved our ant hill six inches to the left. We
notice that things feel different, that our environment has changed,
but we can't comprehend the scale of the forces involved.
(09:40):
The Moon looking smaller isn't just a perceptual quirk. It's
evidence that the basic celestial mechanics governing our planet have
been altered. And if the Moon can be nudged farther away,
if tidal patterns can be disrupted, if the gravitational foundation
of our world can be modified, then nothing we think
(10:02):
we know about our cosmic environment is actually stable. We're
living on a planet whose fundamental relationships with its celestial
neighbors are being actively manipulated by forces we can't see, understand,
or control. The smaller moon isn't just a curiosity. It's
(10:22):
a warning that the cosmic order we take for granted
is far more fragile than we ever imagined. My lawyers,
my safety, and my NDA compel me to tell you
this is all parody. None of this is real right,
stay paranoid.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Yeah,
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