So, it wasn't possible in 1969, but was possible by 1972 (the last moon landing). What rapid technological advance so altered the situation within three years?
How is not likely that the moon landing happened but near impossible that we haven't had visitors?
We're not able to make a 300,000 mile trip to our satellite but aliens can travel several light years, across galaxies to come here? I can, just about, understand someone holding one of those...
As did Aldous Huxley. He and Lewis's passing would have been completely unnoticed by the wider world.
SImilar to Profokiev dying on the same day as Stalin
The Vietnam war had already started - some years before, in fact - Kennedy was sending more and more military assistance, even if he'd stopped short of actual troops. There's no way that he wouldn't have reacted as LBJ did.
The JFK assassination is the first news memory that I had. I didn't...