Buzz Aldrin 'was never in Los Angeles' shock claim

Buzz Aldrin today faces the strongest test yet to his credibility as websites worldwide accuse the former astronaut of "never having been in Los Angeles in his life", let alone having assaulted a documentary filmmaker outside a Beverley Hills hotel on 9 September.

Aldrin claims to have given Bart Sibrel a "right ass-whupping" after the latter asserted that the moon landings were faked. Sibrel prodded Aldrin with a bible and received a fat lip for his trouble, it is reported.

However, sceptics point to several serious discrepancies in the evidence which could seriously undermine Aldrin's version of events. Firstly, www.herecometheblackhelicopters.com says that video images of the fracas "clearly show that the sun falling on the facade of the hotel is coming from the EAST. However, at the time of the alleged incident, the sun was shining from the SOUTH WEST".

Further fuel is poured onto the conspiracy fire by www.imofftomymontanabunker.net, where analysts state that "Aldrin's hair can be clearly seen fluttering slightly in the breeze, although there was NO WIND WHATSOEVER in Los Angeles that day".

Aldrin has been quick to refute the claims, and was seen on television yesterday wearing a LA Raiders baseball cap which, he stated, "could only have been bought in Los Angeles". He angrily rejected the accusation that the cap could have easily been faked at any number of secret NASA facilities throughout the US, and stormed: "Anyone who says I didn't buy this hat myself in LA is gonna get a piece of what Sibrel got — and then some."

A NASA spokeswoman told us no one with authority was able to discuss the controversy. "They're all out in the Arizona desert filming the first manned expedition to Mars in 2020," she informed us. "Call back next week."