Something Is on the Moon.

Something Is on the Moon.

From Metaphysical by Metaphysical with Rob Counts and John Vivanco

May 1, 2026 · 45 min · Episode 157

About this episode

Allan Sturm discusses his groundbreaking techniques for analyzing moon photos, revealing potential structures on the lunar surface.

Something is on the moon. What one photo analyst discovered changed everything. For years, people have claimed to see buildings, objects, and even living things on the moon’s surface. As skeptics have pointed out, though, it’s impossible to tell from these viral images alone that there really are structures there—when they could just be grey blobs. Covert teams in combat situations are tasked with combing over blurry aerial photos with military precision. They’re trained to quickly identify visual information you and I can’t: the corner of a structure; a manmade object; or something hiding a terrorist compound, secret base, and other things hidden to those who don’t have the eyes to see. What if those same photo analysis techniques could be applied to images of the moon? That’s where Allan Sturm changed everything. As a civilian hobbyist and expert photo editor, he spent thousands and thousands of hours analyzing moon photos. In the process, he developed specific techniques that left these military men astonished when they saw what he was doing—because it allowed him to identify spatial relationships between objects the way they did, and generate real data about what’s on the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Rob Counts, John Vivanco

Guest: Allan Sturm

Topics covered

  • moon analysis
  • photo editing
  • military techniques
  • lunar surface
  • photo analysis
  • civilian expertise

Keywords

  • moon
  • photo analysis
  • Allan Sturm
  • lunar surface
  • military precision
  • photo editing
  • structures on the moon

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Organizations: Metaphysical, Metaphysical with Rob Counts and John Vivanco

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