Scotland's stone circles and the moon

The scary part of that is those that claim of a time before the moon existed in our sky. True or false? Before the 'written record' we had stories passed down from generation to generation. The stories claim of climate and geological upheaval when the 'moon was deposited' in our orbit. When magnetic forces change for our world, things go berserk. Did those long before us know this? Did they experience this? Perhaps. Hate to say it, but even if it did, academia would bury it quicker than saying ET phone home. Geology does not lie. So many times in our planet's past things went up-over. The data matches some of what is recorded, the rest is story based. Does it really come down to what we personally believe?