I know about the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 that prohibits any nation from claiming ownership of any part of space but this goes a bit higher than any nation/state.

On July 20, 1969 Buzz Aldrin, being deputized by the grand master of the grand lodge of Texas, laid claim to Earth's moon for the Scottish Rite Freemasons, founding Tranquility Lodge #2000 for a time when ceremony and meetings can finally be held on the moon. For now, they just meet in Waco.

That figures. I was going to guess it's either the Freemasons or the Illuminati.

Wait a minute.....my first girlfriend was convinced SHE owned the moon....perhaps related to a confusing assertion involving mistaken intent & poorly constructed assurances....

Why … how much you paying?

I thought Alice Kramden got there first.

I'm guessing Blackrock or Vanguard.

For the time being, the People of the United States of America.

But, sure as I'm sitting here, the Chinese communists will send some of their people, more than 50 years after us.

Well, according to the “documentary” 1964 movie “First Men IN the Moon”, it was claimed for Queen Victoria.

But the “Grand Duchy of Fenwick” disputes that claim with their “documentary” 1963 movie “Mouse on the Moon”.

According to the certificate of authenticity I received during Christmas 1985 from my Aunt, I own 1 acre of the moon.

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Originally posted by gpbst3:
According to the certificate of authenticity I received during Christmas 1985 from my Aunt, I own 1 acre of the moon.

Are you willing to sell it? Send me an offer please.

Making an ownership claim is trivial. Anyone can lay claim. The treaty bans countries and not individuals.

However the gotcha in this instance is being able to defend your claim.

As far as the Chinese go, let them try.

According to some scholars the moon is actually not a solid object but is hollow and is or was a observation post from some other past or current civiliation. What say you on this subject????? .................... drill sgt.

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Originally posted by gpbst3:
According to the certificate of authenticity I received during Christmas 1985 from my Aunt, I own 1 acre of the moon.

Lol, I think I have one or two those stashed somewhere too.

Finders keepers. We planted the flag there first. It's ours.

One night back in the early 1970s I remarked to a friend that the full Moon was an impressive sight. His response was, “It’s ours, you know,” and that has been my own reply ever since. When I said that to a Dutch acquaintance much later, he launched into a (slightly outraged) explanation of how the Moon couldn’t belong to any one country. I just smiled.

The French visited in 1902.



But they surrendered it.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Finders keepers. We planted the flag there first. It's ours.

Well, yeah. That's the short version of how all of history has worked.

Klaatu Barada Nikto.

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Originally posted by goose5:
I thought Alice Kramden got there first.

Bang
Zoom…

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Finders keepers. We planted the flag there first. It's ours.

Well, yeah. That's the short version of how all of history has worked.

The problem is that while "we" were there Aldrin claimed it for the Scottish Rite Freemasons. Sure there was an American flag facing the camera but on the other side is the two-headed phoenix.

While I don't acknowledge their authority, I'm not going to tell the Freemasons, Illuminati or other Luciferians that they don't own the moon. They can make your life difficult. I don't need that.