The former president of the United States has confirmed one of the longest standing conspiracy theories – the first moon landing in history – was actually a hoax created by the United States in an effort to beat the Soviets to the first moon landing. Former US president Obama confirmed the rumour in a tweet on 5th May last week and attached a classified file to the tweet as well. Less than two hours after the initial tweet, the post was deleted with another statement from Obama, claiming that the tweet was “Completely false and was created as a joke”. The Moscow Times has yet to get a statement from the president as he fell under the grid shortly after the tweet was deleted. The Official_USA Twitter account has yet to give a statement.