Brief
Buzz Aldrin
The claims the writer was given for Buzz Aldrin, in the order they were given.
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Arthur C. Clarke made his remarks about life on Mars to SPACE.com while Buzz Aldrin listened.
“Sunday as Buzz Aldrin listened.”
Clarke's Believe It or Not 2001-04-13 char:308-330 administrative
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Buzz Aldrin did not comment on Arthur C. Clarke's claim about photographic evidence of life on Mars, and instead raised the topic of zero-point energy.
“Aldrin did not comment, but responded by referring to another remarkable topic, so-called zero-point energy”
Clarke's Believe It or Not 2001-04-13 char:566-667 observation
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Buzz Aldrin believes it may take 200 to 400 years, but zero-point energy will be needed to reach Alpha Centauri.
“It may take 200, 300 or 400 years, but it's going to take zero-point energy to get us to Alpha Centauri.”
Clarke's Believe It or Not 2001-04-13 char:845-940 opinion first hand
4
Buzz Aldrin asked Arthur C. Clarke to confirm agreement on the view that zero-point energy will be needed to reach Alpha Centauri.
“Turning to Clarke, he added, "Correct?"”
Clarke's Believe It or Not 2001-04-13 char:951-981 observation first hand
5
Arthur C. Clarke said he was glad that Buzz Aldrin raised the controversial question of zero-point energy.
“"I'm glad that Buzz has raised this rather controversial question," Clarke said.”
Clarke's Believe It or Not 2001-04-13 char:993-1067 opinion first hand
6
There is a monolith, an unusual structure, on Phobos.
“There's a monolith there, a very unusual structure on this little potato-shaped object that goes around Mars once in seven hours.”
C-SPAN: Buzz Aldrin Reveals Existence of Monolith on Mars Moon 2009-07-22 00:00:37.8-00:00:48.0 observation first hand
7
Phobos is potato-shaped.
“this little potato-shaped object”
C-SPAN: Buzz Aldrin Reveals Existence of Monolith on Mars Moon 2009-07-22 00:00:41.9-00:00:44.5 observation first hand
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Phobos orbits Mars once every seven hours.
“that goes around Mars once in seven hours”
C-SPAN: Buzz Aldrin Reveals Existence of Monolith on Mars Moon 2009-07-22 00:00:45.6-00:00:48.0 measurement first hand
9
Buzz Aldrin considers the universe a possible origin of the monolith on Phobos.
“Well, the universe put it there.”
C-SPAN: Buzz Aldrin Reveals Existence of Monolith on Mars Moon 2009-07-22 00:00:53.5-00:00:57.1 opinion first hand
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Buzz Aldrin considers God a possible origin of the monolith on Phobos.
“If you choose, God put it there.”
C-SPAN: Buzz Aldrin Reveals Existence of Monolith on Mars Moon 2009-07-22 00:00:57.3-00:00:59.0 opinion first hand
11
Buzz Aldrin, responding to a caller's question on a C-SPAN program, said there were artificial structures on the Moon, namely the Lunar Modules and equipment left behind by the astronauts.
“Buzz Aldrin, asked by a caller on a C-SPAN program about the charges, stated that there *were* artificial structures on the Moon, namely the LEMs and equipment that the astronauts had left behind”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:140573-140762 testimony first hand
12
Buzz Aldrin considers any attempt to investigate the kind of ruins alleged by Richard C. Hoagland on the Moon a waste of time.
“any attempt to investigate the types of ruins that Hoagland had alleged was a waste of time”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:140779-140866 opinion first hand
13
Buzz Aldrin and Marvin Czarnik had been friends since the mid-1960s, when they worked together to develop the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s rendezvous and docking mission rules.
“Aldrin and Czarnik had been friends since the mid 1960s, when they worked together to develop NASA’s rendezvous and docking mission rules.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:141257-141389 administrative
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In the late 1990s, Marvin Czarnik related a story through a mutual friend that Buzz Aldrin, when asked about rumours of UFOs and strange ruins on the Moon during a round of golf, picked up his clubs and stomped off the course and had not spoken to the friend since.
“In the late 1990s, Czarnik related a story through a mutual friend. Aldrin had joined this friend for a round of golf, and the friend had decided he wanted to ask Aldrin about the rumors of UFOs and the strange ruins that they had supposedly seen on the Moon. Around the fourth hole, Czarnik’s mutual friend put the question to Aldrin, who responded by picking up his clubs and stomping off the course. The two men have not spoken since.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:141396-141827 hearsay second hand
15
In his autobiography 'Return to Earth', Buzz Aldrin recounts that during an early-1970s interview to the Kiwanis Club in Palmdale, California, he was asked what it felt like to be on the Moon and was overcome with a panic attack, forcing him to abandon the interview and rush from the stage.
“In his autobiographical second book, “Return to Earth,” Buzz Aldrin recounts an experience he had during an interview in the early 1970’s. While speaking to local Kiwanis Club in Palmdale California (home of Edwards Air Force Base and many NASA contractor firms), Aldrin was asked a simple question: “What did it *feel* like to be on the Moon?” Almost immediately, Aldrin was overcome with a panic attack, and the harder he tried to remember, the worse it got. Finally, he was forced to abandon the interview and rush from the stage, followed by his then-wife Joan.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:152882-153442 testimony second hand
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Buzz Aldrin became physically, violently ill in the alleyway behind the Kiwanis Club in Palmdale following his panic attack during the interview.
“In the alleyway behind the Club he then became physically, violently ill.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:153448-153517 testimony second hand
17
Buzz Aldrin has continued to struggle with an inability to remember certain parts of the Apollo 11 mission up until recent years.
“Aldrin has continued to struggle with his inability to remember certain parts of the Apollo 11 mission right up until recent years.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:153523-153648 opinion first hand
18
In a 1999 interview with Salon.com, Buzz Aldrin said he has been frustrated since the day he left the Moon by the question of how it felt to walk on the Moon, and that he does not know how to answer it.
““I try to answer,” he admits wearily. “I say, ‘It felt terrific. Tremendously satisfying. The mission was going well, and our training had prepared us perfectly.’ “But then people say, ‘No ... how did it feel? How did it *really* feel?’” He bristles. “For Christ’s sake, I don’t know! I just don’t know. I have been frustrated since the day I left the Moon by that question.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:153733-154098 testimony second hand
19
Buzz Aldrin recalls watching a video tape of the television coverage of his own spacewalk with Neil Armstrong while they were in quarantine, and turning to Armstrong to say 'Look: We missed the whole thing.'
“Later, he describes watching a video tape of the TV coverage of his own spacewalk with Armstrong while they were in quarantine. “And as we watched,” Aldrin says quietly, “I remember turning to Neil and saying: ‘Look: We missed the whole thing.’””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:154112-154350 testimony second hand
20
Zond 3 acquired its lunar images on 1965-07-20, exactly four years before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's first human footsteps on the Moon during Apollo 11.
“The *date* when Zond 3 acquired its own explosive images of lunar artifacts was *July 20, 1965*—four years, *to the day*, before that date would be forever immortalized in history by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s first human footsteps on the Moon.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:73470-73715 observation
21
During the ceremony Buzz Aldrin conducted at Tranquility Base, the star Sirius was positioned at 19.5 degrees elevation rather than on the meridian or horizon.
“During the Aldrin communion ceremony, Sirius had not been on the meridian or the horizon, as would have been the case if its alignment had been based on a purist interpretation of ancient Egyptian cosmology; rather, Sirius had been precisely located at the "tetrahedral" elevation of "19.5º."”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:123334-123622 opinion first hand
22
Buzz Aldrin carried the Scottish Rite 33rd degree apron to the Moon and back, later presenting it in a ritual at the Scottish Rite Temple in Washington DC.
“recall how Aldrin carefully carried the Masonic Apron to and from the Moon—and then presented it in another ritual at the Scottish Rite Temple in Washington DC”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:124900-125057 opinion first hand
23
The Scottish Rite flag Buzz Aldrin took aboard the Eagle Lunar Module to the Moon and returned to Earth bore the symbol of a double-headed eagle, the official crest of the Scottish Rite.
“the Scottish Rite flag Aldrin had taken aboard Eagle to the Moon and then returned to Earth bore the symbol of *a double-headed Eagle—*the official crest of the Scottish Rite [Fig. 5-32].”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:131094-131277 opinion first hand
24
Most sources crop the official Apollo 11 crew portrait to disguise Buzz Aldrin's prominent display of his Masonic signet ring.
“Fig. 5-14 - Official Apollo 11 crew portrait. Most sources crop this image to disguise Aldrin’s prominent display of his Masonic signet ring. (NASA)”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:168602-168745 opinion first hand
25
Buzz Aldrin wore his Masonic ring in the Lunar Module Eagle shortly after its landing on the Moon.
“Fig. 5-15 - Aldrin in the Lunar Module just a few moments after the landing of “Eagle.” Note that he is once again wearing his Masonic ring on this occasion.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:168761-168909 observation first hand
26
Buzz Aldrin took a Masonic flag with him to the Moon, given to him by Luther A. Smith, the Sovereign Grand Commander.
“Fig. 5-16 - Aldrin with Luther A. Smith, the Sovereign Grand Commander, and the Masonic flag he took with him to the Moon (The New Age Magazine).”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:168929-169064 observation second hand
27
Buzz Aldrin took the official flag of the Supreme Council 33 degrees, Southern Jurisdiction, bearing the double-headed eagle of the Scottish Rite, with him to the Moon aboard the Lunar Module Eagle.
“Fig. 5-32 - Official flag of the Supreme Council 33º, Southern Jurisdiction - taken by Buzz Aldrin to the Moon on Eagle, bearing the official double-headed Eagle of the Scottish Rite (Hoagland).”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:171804-171988 observation first hand
28
Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the Moon alongside Neil Armstrong.
“Edwin B. “Buzz” Aldrin was the second man to walk on the Moon alongside Neil Armstrong.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:19458-19535 administrative
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In his autobiography Men From Earth, Buzz Aldrin describes a small religious offering he made a short time after landing on the Moon.
“In his book, he describes a “small religious offering” he made a short time after their landing on the Moon:”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:19674-19777 testimony first hand
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On the lunar surface, Buzz Aldrin took communion using a small amount of wine and a wafer, reading from a card on which he had written the portion of the Book of John used in the traditional communion ceremony.
“ontained a small amount of wine, the other a small wafer. With them and a small chalice from the kit, I took communion on the Moon, reading to myself from a small card I carried on which I had written the portion of the Book of John used in the traditional communion ceremony.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:19989-20247 testimony first hand
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Neil Armstrong did not share Buzz Aldrin's enthusiasm for the communion ceremony on the Moon, looking on with an expression of faint disdain.
“Aldrin also made it clear that Armstrong did not share his enthusiasm for the ceremony. According to Men From Earth, Armstrong looked on "with an expression of faint disdain (as if to say, 'what's he up to now?')"”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:20269-20477 testimony second hand
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Buzz Aldrin's communion ceremony was taken from Webster Presbyterian Church rituals in Houston, which had in turn borrowed it from the Catholic communion ceremony.
“Hoagland next discovered that Aldrin's ceremony (which was taken from Webster Presbyterian Church rituals, in Houston, which, in turn, "borrowed" it from the much older Catholic communion ceremony)”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:20625-20814 observation first hand
33
Richard C. Hoagland believes Buzz Aldrin's communion ceremony had its real roots in ancient Egypt as an offering to Osiris.
“in fact, had its real roots in ancient Egypt—as an offering to Osiris (naturally).”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:20825-20898 opinion first hand
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Richard C. Hoagland speculated that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin may have been pre-selected for the Apollo 11 mission for the same reasons he believed applied to Alan Shepard and America's first manned sub-orbital flight in 1961.
“or maybe (as he found out with Alan Shepard and America's first manned sub-orbital flight, back in 1961 …) the men themselves—Armstrong and Aldrin—had, for some reason, been pre-selected.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:29667-29846 opinion first hand
35
Richard C. Hoagland and Ken Johnston used transcripts from the Apollo 11 mission logs to reconstruct the post-landing lockdown procedures Aldrin and Armstrong went through, determining that Aldrin's communion ceremony took place precisely thirty-three minutes after touchdown on the lunar surface.
“Using transcripts from the Apollo 11 mission logs, he and Johnston painstakingly reconstructed the post-landing lockdown procedures that Aldrin and Armstrong had gone through on that historic day. In doing so, they determined that the ceremony took place precisely thirty-three minutes after touchdown on the lunar surface.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:30886-31203 observation first hand
36
Richard C. Hoagland believes Buzz Aldrin's communion ceremony to Osiris was carefully planned for the precise moment when Sirius, representing Isis, was at 19.5 degrees elevation above the Apollo 11 landing site.
“There was now no question in his mind that Aldrin's "communion ceremony" to Osiris was carefully planned for this precise moment and location on the Moon: with Osiris' wife, Isis, his unique savior and consort, looking down as Sirius from her exact "19.5°" elevation in observation of the "sacred moment"”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:31413-31714 opinion first hand
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Richard C. Hoagland found that Orion's middle belt star, Alnilam, was on the east-southeast horizon and rising, only twelve arc minutes below the zero horizon at the time of the Apollo 11 landing, and closer still to zero as Aldrin's Osiris ceremony commenced a thousand miles to the east.
“Orion's middle belt star, Alnilam, was on the east-southeast horizon, and rising; it was a hairs breadth away at the Apollo 11 Landing (only twelve arc minutes below the zero horizon), even closer to dead band "zero" (~three arc minutes) as Aldrin's "Osiris" ceremony, a thousand miles to the east, commenced”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:33432-33731 opinion first hand
38
Richard C. Hoagland found that Alnilam was exactly on the horizon as Aldrin's Osiris ceremony concluded.
“And dead-on as it concluded.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:33754-33774 opinion first hand
39
Richard C. Hoagland argues that if Neil Armstrong had landed at the original intended Apollo 11 landing site, the stars would not have been positioned correctly for Buzz Aldrin's communion ceremony thirty-three minutes after landing.
“Interestingly, if Armstrong had managed to set down at the original intended landing site, then the stars would not have been right for Aldrin's little "Osiris ceremony" thirty-three minutes after landing.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:39479-39678 opinion first hand
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Ken Johnston pointed out that Buzz Aldrin, like Johnston himself, had at the time of Apollo 11 been a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Freemason.
“Ken pointed out that Aldrin—like Johnston himself—had at the time been a *32º Scottish Rite Freemason.*”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:57759-57851 testimony second hand
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Richard C. Hoagland argues that if Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas were correct, Buzz Aldrin's lunar communion ceremony had no conventional Christian significance but was instead an offering by a Freemason to the ancient Egyptian gods most revered by his Craft.
“If Knight and Lomas were right, then Aldrin's communion ceremony had no conventional Christian significance at all; it was, in fact, a direct offering by a Freemason to "the ancient Egyptian gods" that his Craft most revered.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:59262-59479 opinion first hand
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Buzz Aldrin was a member of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite, which controlled all Scottish Rite lodges in Washington DC, Houston, Florida, Alabama, and every other major city with a significant NASA manned space flight facility.
“As Aldrin was a member of the Southern Jurisdiction (which controlled all the Scottish Rite lodges in Washington, D.C., Houston, Florida, Alabama and every other major city that held a significant NASA manned space flight facility)”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:63070-63293 administrative
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Buzz Aldrin did not mention his Masonic ties anywhere in his autobiography Men from Earth.
“nowhere in Men From Earth, for instance, did he mention his Masonic ties”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:63619-63689 observation second hand
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When Buzz Aldrin posed for the official Apollo 11 crew portrait, he made sure his Masonic signet ring was prominently visible.
“When he posed for the official Apollo 11 crew portrait [Fig. 5-14], he made sure that his Masonic signet ring was prominently visible”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:63784-63910 observation
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Buzz Aldrin again wore his Masonic signet ring prominently when Neil Armstrong photographed him in the Lunar Module shortly after the Apollo 11 landing.
“an act he repeated when Armstrong took his photo in the Lunar Module shortly after landing [Fig. 5-15]”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:63919-64018 observation
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Buzz Aldrin wore his Masonic signet ring rather than his wedding ring in the Apollo 11 crew portrait and Lunar Module photograph.
“her husband chose to wear his Masonic signet ring, rather than his wedding ring, in these two historic instances”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:64081-64184 observation
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With Ken Johnston's help, Richard C. Hoagland discovered that Buzz Aldrin had carried a Masonic apron with him to the Moon on Apollo 11.
“With the help of Johnston, Hoagland discovered that Aldrin had also carried a Masonic apron with him to the Moon”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:64196-64304 testimony second hand
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Buzz Aldrin carried a flag from the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite to the Moon on Apollo 11.
“a flag from the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:64313-64361 testimony second hand
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Upon returning from the Moon, Buzz Aldrin personally delivered the Masonic apron and Southern Jurisdiction flag to Luther A. Smith, then Sovereign Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, at the temple in Washington DC, in a solemn ceremony.
“Upon returning, he had delivered both personally to Luther A. Smith, then the Sovereign Grand Commander, Southern Jurisdiction, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite at the temple in Washington, D.C., in a very solemn ceremony [Fig. 5-16]”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:64375-64607 testimony
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The Grand Lodge of Texas claimed that Buzz Aldrin staked claim to the Moon in the name of Freemasonry through a ritual he performed during one of the Apollo extra-vehicular activities.
“The Grand Lodge of Texas also claimed that Aldrin had staked claim to the Moon in the name of Freemasonry by a ritual he performed during one of the Apollo EVAs”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:64614-64770 hearsay second hand
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Richard C. Hoagland considers that the differential analyzer's predictive capability would later allow NASA to accurately predict the appearance of the skies above a specific planetary landing site on a specific date and time, and to stage an astronomically improbable coincidence such as Buzz Aldrin's communion ceremony at Tranquility Base timed with Sirius at exactly 19.5 degrees.
“This would later allow NASA to accurately predict the appearance of the skies above a specific planetary landing site—on a specific date and time... It could also, of course, allow NASA to pull off an astronomically improbable "coincidence" … like Aldrin's fabled "communion ceremony" at Tranquility Base, staged simultaneously with Sirius at "exactly 19.5°."”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:69794-70203 opinion first hand
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Richard C. Hoagland considers Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong more logical choices than Gene Cernan to represent the Apollo past at the 2004 announcement, since they had participated in similar NASA events, were better known to the public, and had delivered generous and memorable remarks.
“Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong would seem much more logical choices, since they had already participated in numerous NASA events like this one, were far better known to the general public than Cernan, and had always delivered generous and memorable remarks.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch19:24528-24789 opinion first hand
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Buzz Aldrin admitted to and described the Apollo 11 crew's encounter with a UFO in a July 2006 program on the Science Channel.
“July 2006 on the Science Channel in America. In the program, Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, admits to and describes the Apollo 11 crew's encounter with "a UFO."”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch19:39981-40146 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin described the object encountered by Apollo 11 as a double ellipse or bell-shaped object that seemed to pace the spacecraft for hours.
“He described the object, which seemed to be pacing the Apollo 11 spacecraft for hours, as a "double ellipse" or "bell-shaped" object.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch19:40153-40279 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin said that neither Neil Armstrong nor Mike Collins believed the object encountered near Apollo 11 was anywhere near as far away as the S-IVB.
“Aldrin on the show stated that none of the other two crewmen of Apollo 11—Armstrong or Collins—believed that the object in question was anywhere near that far away.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch19:40799-40958 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin feared that the Apollo 11 crew would be ordered home before the Moon landing if they discussed the unidentified object on an open broadcast channel.
“Aldrin stated that he "feared we would be ordered home, *before* the landing”
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Buzz Aldrin did not state whether the debriefing about the unidentified object actually took place after Apollo 11's return to Earth.
“Aldrin did not state if that debriefing actually took place.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch19:41376-41430 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin took a Scottish Rite 33rd degree apron with him to the Moon.
“And don’t forget, Aldrin did take the Scottish Rite 33° apron with him to the Moon.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:10842-10922 testimony first hand
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Neil Armstrong stated that from the lunar surface, he and Buzz Aldrin could not see any stars out the window of the Lunar Module Eagle, but Armstrong could see the Earth through the overhead rendezvous window, and Buzz Aldrin was going to attempt to see stars through the optics.
“103:22:30 Armstrong: From the surface, we could not see any stars out the window; but out my overhead hatch (the overhead rendezvous window), I’m looking at the Earth. It’s big and bright and beautiful. Buzz is going to give a try at seeing some stars through the optics.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:12419-12684 observation first hand
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Buzz Aldrin radioed that Tranquility was standing by for a go on Abort Guidance System (AGS) to Primary Guidance Navigation and Control System (PGNS) alignment and a lunar alignment.
“103:15:01 Aldrin: Houston, Tranquility standing by for Go on AGS to PGNS align and a lunar align. Over.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:13247-13346 observation first hand
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Buzz Aldrin disputed NASA's official position on the Alignment Optical Telescope in his 1969 NASA technical debrief.
“But Aldrin himself disputes this in his 1969 NASA technical debrief.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:14186-14246 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin stated in his 1969 NASA technical debrief that the idea was to get a gravity direction, do a two-star alignment, and look at the torquing angles afterward to indicate drift since the last alignment, with the initial gravity alignment combined with the two-star alignment producing a new location of the landing site.
“Aldrin: “The idea was to get a gravity direction and then to do a two-star alignment and look at the torquing angles after the two-star check which would then give an indication as to what the drift had been since the last alignment. The initial gravity alignment, combined with the two-star alignment, would produce a new location of the landing site.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:14266-14604 testimony first hand
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Had the Lunar Module Eagle landed straight ahead instead of yawed 13 degrees left, Buzz Aldrin intended to use Rigel in the left detent number 6 and Capella in the right detent.
“Aldrin: “Had we landed straight ahead (instead of being yawed left 13 degrees), my intent was to use Rigel in the left detent number 6 and Capella in the right detent.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:15183-15334 testimony first hand
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The 13-degree yaw of the Eagle moved Capella out of the right-rear detent, but Rigel remained usable there, and Buzz Aldrin used Rigel first.
“The 13-degree yaw moved Capella out of the right-rear detent, but Rigel was in good shape there. That’s the one I used first.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:15342-15461 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin then selected Navi in detent number 4, the right rear, but found it dim and taking longer than expected to get marks on it.
“I then selected Navi in number 4 detent, the right rear, and that wasn’t particularly satisfactory. It was quite dim and it took a good bit longer than I had hoped to get the marks on that.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:15468-15652 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin's signature appears on the Apollo 11 star chart used in the Lunar Module Eagle to triangulate its position on the lunar surface.
“Image of Apollo 11 star chart taken to the Moon in the Lunar Module Eagle and actually used by Buzz Aldrin to triangulate the position of the Eagle on the lunar surface. Aldrin’s signature appears above left.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:15786-15989 observation first hand
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In Mike Bara's assessment, Buzz Aldrin was using the Alignment Optical Telescope to look in the vicinity of Sirius while it passed through 19.5 degrees over the Tranquility Base landing site.
“If you read the transcripts, it is clear Aldrin was using the Alignment Optical Telescope to look in the vicinity of Sirius right when it passed through 19.5° over the landing site.”
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Buzz Aldrin performed a "communion ceremony" in the lunar module Eagle before he and Neil Armstrong made their first steps on the Moon.
“the now infamous “communion ceremony” that Buzz Aldrin performed in the lunar module Eagle before the astronauts made their first historic steps on the Moon”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:5520-5674 testimony first hand
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The communion ceremony performed by Buzz Aldrin corresponded with a stellar alignment of Sirius, associated with the Egyptian goddess Isis, rising over the Tranquility Base landing site at 19.5 degrees.
“this precise moment corresponded with a significant stellar alignment of Sirius, literally the Egyptian goddess Isis incarnate, rising over the Tranquility Base landing site at 19.5°”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:5717-5897 opinion first hand
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According to First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, the communion ceremony took place several hours after the communications break at the 33-minute mark, when Armstrong and Aldrin were preparing to suit up for the first moonwalk.
“In Armstrong’s version, the ceremony actually took place several hours after the com break at the 33 minute mark. By that time, Armstrong and Aldrin were getting ready to suit up and head out of the LM for the historic first moonwalk.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:6834-7061 administrative second hand
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At Mission Elapsed Time 105:25:38, or 3 hours and 41 minutes after the landing of Eagle, approximately 23:59 UTC on 1969-07-20, Buzz Aldrin radioed a message asking listeners to pause and give thanks.
“At MET 105:25:38, or 3 hours and 41 minutes after landing (approx. 23:59 UTC on July 20th, 1969), the following dialog took place: Aldrin: “Roger. This is the LM pilot. I’d like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way. Over.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:7535-7925 observation first hand
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A roughly nine-minute-long communications break followed Buzz Aldrin's radio message, during which the astronauts likely performed the communion ceremony and ate their pre-Extra Vehicular Activity meal.
“A roughly nine-minute long comm break follows this statement by Aldrin. Presumably, during that time he performed his communion ceremony and then the astronauts ate their pre-EVA meal during this period.”
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At the time the broadsheet was distributed on 1969-07-22, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins had already walked on the Moon and were still roughly halfway between Earth and the Moon, two days from splashdown in the South Pacific.
“The three Apollo 11 astronauts—Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, two of whom had just successfully walked on "the frigging Moon," and wouldn't splash down in the South Pacific Ocean for two more days, were still halfway between Earth and the "Sea of Tranquility."”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:29717-29979 testimony first hand
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"Buzz" is Buzz Aldrin's legal name, appearing on his passport and driving licence.
“That's a legal name, passport, driver's license.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:00:03.3-00:00:05.1 testimony first hand
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There was no television picture of the Apollo 11 Moon landing on 1969-07-20 itself; what viewers watched at the moment of landing was animation.
“Because there wasn't any television. There wasn't anybody taking a picture. You watched animation.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:00:20.2-00:00:24.4 testimony first hand
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During the Apollo 11 descent to the Moon on 1969-07-20, Buzz Aldrin called out the distances the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle was moving left and right.
“You heard me talking about, you know, how many feet we're going to the left and right.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:00:34.9-00:00:38.6 testimony first hand
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At the Apollo 11 landing on 1969-07-20, Buzz Aldrin said "contact light, engine stop".
“And then I said, contact light, engine stop.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:00:38.8-00:00:41.0 testimony first hand
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At the Apollo 11 landing on 1969-07-20, Neil Armstrong said "Houston, Tranquility Base, the Eagle has landed".
“And a few other things, and then Neil said, Houston, Tranquility Base, the eagle has landed.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:00:42.7-00:00:47.6 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin regards Neil Armstrong's "Houston, Tranquility Base, the Eagle has landed" as a good line.
“Man, how about that? ... Not a bad line.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:00:48.6-00:00:49.4 opinion first hand
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Buzz Aldrin and the Apollo 11 crew were focused rather than worried about what they would say during the Moon landing.
“You're worried then. We were focused.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:01:12.1-00:01:13.6 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin was afraid Neil Armstrong might tell him to go out onto the Moon first and think up a few lines to say on stepping onto the surface.
“I was afraid that Neil might say, hey, you better go out first and, you know, think up a couple of lines to say when you step on the moon.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:01:15.0-00:01:20.9 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin was not the first man to walk on the Moon.
“You were not the first man to walk on the moon”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:01:24.9-00:01:26.6 administrative
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Buzz Aldrin was the first man to relieve himself on the Moon.
“Conan O'Brien: You were the first man to relieve himself on the moon. Is that true? Buzz Aldrin: That is correct.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:01:28.4-00:01:32.7 testimony first hand
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On the Moon an astronaut cannot unzip the suit to urinate; the Apollo 11 crew used a device for this instead.
“But not on the moon, you know, you don't want to unzip. You do not want to unzip. ... But we got a little device.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:01:41.3-00:01:46.1 testimony first hand
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In the Apollo 11 Moon footage, Buzz Aldrin is the astronaut seen hopping up and down on the lunar surface.
“actually in the footage, you're the one that's bunny hopping ... you were the astronaut that started jumping up and down on the moon and doing some kind of a bunny hop.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:01:55.0-00:02:03.3 observation first hand
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Buzz Aldrin calls the two-feet-at-a-time hop he performed on the Moon a kangaroo hop, not a bunny hop.
“Not bunny hop, kangaroo hop. You know, two feet, feet at a time.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:02:05.5-00:02:09.0 testimony first hand
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Buzz Aldrin hopped about on the Moon to demonstrate on television how easily a person could move around on the lunar surface.
“I thought it was a good idea in front of the TV to bounce around and to demonstrate how easy a guy could move around or a gal could move around on the moon.”
Buzz Aldrin on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) 2021-08-02 00:02:25.8-00:02:33.8 testimony first hand