1) The discrepancies are too small to be significant / it could just be a rounding error on the device
Thoughts: I agree that the differences are small, and there's a nonzero chance that all tests were within the range of error. However, despite the small discrepancy, every single time the moonlit weight WAS the slightly colder one. To me, that's significant.
2) Something about how during nighttime, the heat that hit the earth from the sun is escaping back into space, and the shade source blocking that heat's escape is holding in the heat more
Thoughts: To me this sounds like grasping at straws for an explanation, but even if it were true, this is why I used shade sources that were very large and far away (trees), and put the two weights as close together on the ground surface as I could; to ensure the the physical mass of the shade source could not block wind or trap heat in a way that would skew the results
3) Something about how the color blue is colder on the color spectrum, so since the atmosphere makes the sun's reflected light change colors, that's what causes the temperature drop
Thoughts: Again, I just don't buy this; seems like starting from the desired conclusion and making any shit up to get there. If the moon's light was reflecting sunlight (which we know is warm), then that light bouncing off of it would either create zero, or a microscopic temperature increase once it hit Earth - in no way does it make sense that it would go negative.
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If anyone else has "scientific explanations" for the results, feel free to keep sending 'em. I still haven't seen anything that convinces me that mf isn't producing its own light
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naddr1qq…epegFRIENDS - I FINALLY DID IT!
I've been bouncing off the walls for months waiting to get my hands on the right supplies to conduct one of the most infamous experiments on the conspiracy theory dark web, and I finally did it.
Here’s a little backstory:
As those of you who follow me on Nostr know, there’s no corner of the internet I love more than the crazy conspiracy theorist circles.
And for the first half of this year, I’ve delved into the “craziest” one of all: FLAT EARTH.
These people are so insane, that they actually believe the moon’s light isn’t a reflection of the sun at all, but in fact, that it produces its own light 🤣
Totally nuts, right?
…But wait a minute…you’re telling me that they aren’t just making this claim…they’re putting it to the test?
Alright, I’ll bite.
Across all the censorship-resistant video platforms (Rumble, Bitchute, Odysee mainly), these flat-earthers are actually posting videos doing the following at-home experiment, which they claim provides at the very least some very intriguing questions to those on the globe-believer side.
Apparently, if you go outside during a full moon with an infrared thermometer, and measure the temperature an object in the moonlight vs. in the shade…you'll find that the moonlight is actually COLDER than in the shade.
?????
Examples:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/RwueQT0RWwJw
https://rumble.com/v3smeqg-moonlight-vs-moon-shade-temperature-test.html?e9s=src_v1_s%2Csrc_v1_s_m
https://rumble.com/vm03ya-experimemt-is-moon-light-cooling-is-moonlight-cold-or-hot.html
https://www.bitchute.com/video/vklHQqNPTtCe
https://rumble.com/v225gdj-direct-moonlight-is-colder-than-moonlight-in-the-shade-rob-skiba.html
Yeah...of course it sounds crazy,
But if I’ve learned anything in the last few years of rabbit hole diving, it’s to call ANYONE crazy anymore, until I sit down and put their claims to the test myself, verifying with my own two hands and eyeballs.
So, I waited patiently for my PNW homecoming visit to align with a full moon, I borrowed my dad's infrared thermometer, and I headed out into the moonlit abyss of the night to conduct this experiment myself!
Here's a breakdown of how I ran the experiment, along with the results:
The Experiment
Date:
JUNE 11, 2025 - FULL MOON
Experiment Overview:
I’ll be taking two identical metal plates out to the park, to conduct a series of temperature tests comparing moonlight vs. shade
For each test, I will take 3 back-to-back readings on different parts of the metal plate surface, recording the median of those 3
Temperature will be measured in Fahrenheit because ‘Murica
Bracketed statements below “[]” indicate changes I made in between each test, so the reader can follow along all tweaks I made in order to eliminate possible confounding variables
EXPERIMENT START:
[PLACED 2 PLATES ON ROAD - ONE IN SHADE, ONE IN MOONLIGHT]
You can’t tell from this picture since I used flash on my phone, but the plate on the left is in full moonlight; the one on the right is fully shaded by the tree you can see ~30 feet away.
12:35AM\ moonlight: 64.7°\ shade: 65.9°\ 🌝 = 1.2° COLDER
[REPEATED 7 MINUTES LATER, LEFT BOTH PLATES IN SAME PLACE]
12:42AM\ moonlight: 64.4°\ shade: 65°\ 🌝 = 0.6° COLDER
[SWITCHED PLATES. LET SIT FOR 10 MINUTES]
12:53AM\ moonlight: 59.0°\ shade: 59.3°\ 🌝 = 0.3° COLDER
[MOVED BOTH PLATES TO A DIFFERENT GROUND SURFACE (GRASS), WAITED 7 MINUTES]
I forgot to take a picture of this, but the setup was the exact same - one plate was shaded by a large tree, the other was in direct moonlight. And to be clear, the tree was 20ft+ away, and both weights are just a few feet apart, so there is no wind factor here. (There was zero wind on this night regardless, but just wanted to clarify that since the first question many will have is whether or not the temperature difference was due to wind chill)
1:01AM\ moonlight: 55.7°\ shade: 56.6°\ 🌝 = 0.9° COLDER
[SWITCHED PLATES IN GRASS, WAITED 10MINS]
1:11AM\ moonlight: 51.8°\ shade: 53.6°\ 🌝 = 1.8° COLDER
[SWITCHED PLATES ONE LAST TIME, AND LET THEM SIT FOR 11 MINUTES. FINAL TEST, YOUR BOY IS YAWNING FREQUENTLY]
1:24AM\ moonlight: 57.2°\ shade: 59.3°\ 🌝 = 2.1° COLDER
Results Summary
After conducting 6 different tests over the course of 1 hour, including mixing the plate positions and ground surfaces to account for confounding variables, every single time, the plate in the moonlight was colder than the one in the shade
Test 1: moonlight = 1.2°F COLDER
Test 2: moonlight = 0.6°F COLDER
Test 3: moonlight = 0.3°F COLDER
Test 4: moonlight = 0.9°F COLDER
Test 5: moonlight = 1.8°F COLDER
Test 6: moonlight = 2.1°F COLDER
—
AVG: moonlight = 1.15°F COLDER
So uh…
Fuck.
It’s actually true, folks 😅
While my results were less drastic than those filmed in the videos I linked above, they were still consistent with the stated claim that yes, the moonlit plate was, across every single test, COLDER than the shaded plate.
I’m not exactly sure why my results showed less of a difference than the linked videos at the beginning of this post, but my best guess is that since the other experiments were taken in much warmer temperatures, the moon's cooling effect was more pronounced. (I would love to see other folks out there run this experiment themselves in all temperature ranges to confirm this hypothesis.)
What Does This Mean?
Combined with the 100+ hours of research I’ve done on the subject over the last several months, I have no choice but to conclude that the narrative we were all told by NASA (which are perennial liars), is indeed complete bullshit.
Moonlight is NOT reflected sunlight.
Instead, the moon is producing its own, COLD light.
Is There Any "Scientific Explanation" For These Results?
I asked Google AI the following question, “Why is the moonlight colder than the shade during a full moon?”, to see what it popped out.
The results were, as expected, a mixture of “Nuh-uh, you’re not actually seeing what you’re seeing”, and “OK so maybe it’s true, but it’s because [bunch of sciency words]”.
To me, this looks like gobblygook damage control sponsored by The Science™. But here is the “official explanation” in full. I encourage you to draw your own conclusions:
To reiterate from my experiment walkthrough section, the shade sources I used (big trees) were over 20 feet away, while the plates themselves were just a few feet apart. So Google’s explanation that the discrepancy has something to do with “insulation” of one of the objects vs. the other is not the case.
Conclusion / Closing Thoughts
Some may argue that my recorded numbers are too small to be significant (moonlight being an average of 1.15°F colder across 6 tests). That may or may not be technically true (I'll have to refer to the statistician-whizzes for confirmation on that), but what I can now confirm with my own eyes and experience is that after doing 6 straight A/B tests, including switching the objects between the light/shade, and using both pavement and grass as the ground surface (which I doubt would change the results at all, but I figured it'd be a good thing to include), is that for every single test in my experiment, the moonlit object WAS colder than the shaded object.
Someday I absolutely want to go do this test again, ideally in a warmer location so I can test if that was the reason for much higher discrepancy as predicted above. A higher-quality infrared thermometer would also be ideal - I'm not a thermometer expert, but the one I used did feel a bit small and plasticky in my hand.
Regardless, my test is complete, and my conviction that NASA is nothing more than a tax-extorting mass-deception machine has grown even greater.
As always, I HIGHLY recommend y'all DO NOT take my word for any of this, and instead go conduct this experiment for yourselves! I would love to hear if you get similar/different results, so get out there, do some sciencin', and tag me in your Nostr posts sharing your measurements!
Now... if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go smoke a joint and scratch my chin in fascinated perplexion while staring at the moon some more, pondering what in the goshdang heck is the deal with that thing…🤔🌝
-Ben
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