21 août 1835 - The Great Moon Hoax

Description:

The Sun, a New York newspaper, printed an article about bat men, blue-hued creatures like goats, and shining temples, all seen on the moon by an astronomer with a powerful telescope. The story was a hoax, created to increase readership.

Lithograph from The Sun, 1835 [Public domain], retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax#/media/File:Great-Moon-Hoax-1835-New-York-Sun-lithograph-298px.jpg