Bart Sibrel

Bart Sibrel (1964–) is a conspiracy theorist notable mostly for getting punched in the face by Buzz Aldrin.[1][2] Sibrel has created two "documentary" movies alleging that the Moon landings were hoaxed and the astronauts only reached low Earth orbit.

Not just a river in Egypt
Denialism
♫ We're not listening ♫
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Movies

Sibrel appears in the notorious Fox TV special, Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?, which aired in 2001, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon, also from 2001.

In Astronauts Gone Wild (2004), Sibrel, much in the style of James O'Keefe, prefers to use deceptive and outright shameful tactics in order to catch astronauts doing compromising things so he can say "Gotcha!" In a video with Ed Mitchell, Sibrel challenges Mitchell to hit him so he can sue. In the case of Aldrin, he followed around and harassed him, calling him names to his face until Buzz had finally had enough.[1]

AFTH LLC

AFTH is Sibrel's production company, so if you try following the original link to a video of the punching incident on YouTube and you get a message saying it was taken down because it contains content copyrighted by "AFTH LLC", you know who it is. ("AFTH" are the initials of A Funny Thing Happened.) Another version now shows "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Bart Sibrel."

Taxi Driver

In 2009, Sibrel got in trouble with the law over an incident of road parking rage (he got on the hood of a car and jumped up and down several times). At that time he was working as a taxi driver, but there's no evidence suggesting he was wearing a mohawk.[3]

gollark: The problem is that biology is poorly architected. All the parts interlock and do 10 different confusing things and there's no documentation.
gollark: Drug development often runs into ridiculous safety issues, sometimes even ones which didn't turn up in animal testing, actually.
gollark: The effectiveness is worse → it is uncool.
gollark: But they aren't really marketing *to* anyone who cares.
gollark: Or why they have one. It's not like people are shopping for vaccines themselves.

References
  1. Buzz Aldrin Punches Guy on YouTube.
  2. No charges were filed
  3. Inside Story: Apollo Conspiracy Theorist Arrested After Tirade
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