National Aeronautic and Space Administration isn’t interested much in various sensations and revelations. To a certain degree it’s due to NASA’s relations with Pentagon. The program Apollo led in 60-70s of the last century still remains one of the most controversial. Landing of American astronauts on the Moon appears to be the principal achievement of the program. For quite a long time it was believed that some forms of extraterrestrial life were found on the planet and NASA managed to conceal the facts. In an interview with the APInews correspondent former head of NASA's Lunar Receiving Laboratory Ken Johnston admits – there are much more secrets to be revealed.

- Apollo Mission photos, which exploded so much hoax and drastic discussion, again draw broad attention. What's the true origin of the photos?

Ans.: These are official NASA Apollo images, as I stated at the NPC, that came from my office in NASA's Lunar Receiving Laboratory in 1971. The photo prints were processed in the NASA photo lab at the Manned Space Center (currently Johnson Space Center), and personally delivered to me.

- How come that nobody noticed the evidence of strange artifacts that lead to the extraterrestrial life?

Ans.: There have been lots of individuals who have raised questions about strange formations on the moon, but very few people take them seriously. This is due to NASA using professional "debunkers” who attack the person making the claims, or offer other mundane explanations. Check out <lunaranomalies.com> for additional examples of other lunar artifacts.

- You were told to destroy the original photos. What was the reason for such a move?

Ans.: I was never given a good reason for why I was to destroy the original photos. Remember, I was archiving 5 complete sets from each Apollo mission, which at that point totaled nine manned missions to the Moon, from Apollo 8 through Apollo 16.

I was instructed to destroy 4 sets from each mission, leaving only one per mission to be archived. Since there were nine total Apollo missions at that point, this equates to 36 full sets of photographs and data I was instructed to destroy. The only explanation I was given was that they were taking up too much storage space (approximately 12 filing cabinets).

- NASA is known to be a rather secret organization. Are there many secrets yet to be revealed? How closely does NASA cooperate with the defense ministries?

Ans.: NASA must cooperate with the Department of Defense in the United States. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, Section 305… (i):

…The National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall be considered a Defense Agency of the United States for the purpose of Chapter 17, Title 35 of the United States code ….

Section 206… (d):

NO [NASA] information which has been classified for reasons of National Security shall be included in any report made under this section [of the act]…”

As to your question of "are there many secrets yet to be revealed,” I can only say that considering how NASA was organized at the time I worked on Apollo, and the fact that we have discovered these anomalies only after decades, logic dictates there must be more.

Perhaps many more.

- There have been much discussion over Mars programs for the past years. Why attention shifted to the Moon again?

Ans.: It took over four (4) years for Hoagland and Bara to write the book "Dark Mission,” while all the time people were focused on Mars. Now that the book is out in public, everyone is looking at the Moon; however, they have also revealed lots of artifacts on Mars as well -- also suppressed by NASA.

[From Richard C. Hoagland: The larger question, of course, is why the international community is suddenly stampeding back to the Moon after 30 years of totally ignoring it. We feel the ultimate answer lies in the artifacts that have been covered up, and are lying in wait for others to reveal them.]

•Space has always been terra incognita. The search for the so-called 12th planet, which has been described by Zecharia Sitchin, is on the agenda. Is it still actual today, from your point of view?

Ans.: If you are asking me if there is still interest in searching for the twelfth planet, I would have to say that the search continues in other organizations besides "The Enterprise Mission.”

- Which issues are most crucial today and really deserve scrutiny of the space agencies?

Ans.: I have always said that "FULL DISCLOSURE” by the space agencies is necessary, so that new science can be utilized to further man’s search for life in outer space.

- American shuttles still experience various technical problems. How are these problems being solved?

Ans.: The American Space Shuttle fleet is getting very old, and more problems seem to be surfacing with each mission. In my opinion, NASA will just continue to "work around” these problems until the International Space Station is complete, and the shuttle fleet is shut down -- i.e. "grounded.”

- Space universe attracts many governments, including China, USA, Russia, India. From your point of view, who may take the leading role in the new space race?

Ans.: It is my opinion that the USA and Russia must join together for a joint effort to re-establish man’s presence -- not only on the Moon, but also on Mars.

Vladimir Yaduta