Brief
Neil Armstrong
The claims the writer was given for Neil Armstrong, in the order they were given.
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During the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong took manual control and flew the Lunar Module over a crater surrounded by rocks to a landing site about 8 kilometres further downrange in the Tranquility Base area than the intended landing site.
“his inability to know precisely "where" Neil Armstrong had actually touched down after he took manual control and flew the LM over "a crater surrounded by rocks" to a landing site about five miles further "downrange" in Tranquility than the intended landing site”
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2
After the Apollo programme, Neil Armstrong largely withdrew from public life, becoming reclusive.
“Neil Armstrong, for one, basically fell off the edge of the Earth, all but becoming a hermit.”
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3
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
4
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.”
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There have been persistent rumours that Neil Armstrong and Alan Shepard were also Freemasons, though this has never been confirmed.
“There have been persistent rumors that Neil Armstrong and Alan Shepard were also members, but it has never been confirmed”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:117569-117681 hearsay
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Neil Armstrong's father was certainly a Freemason.
“although Armstrong's father was certainly a Mason”
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7
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.”
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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
9
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.”
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10
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.”
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According to official NASA history, Neil Armstrong took over manual control of the Eagle lunar module during the Apollo 11 landing and flew it approximately 8 kilometres further west of the intended landing site, reportedly because of rocks.
“According to the official NASA history, Neil Armstrong took over manual control and flew the Eagle "five miles further west of the intended landing site," supposedly because of "rocks."”
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12
During the Apollo 11 landing, Neil Armstrong nearly exhausted the Eagle lunar module's fuel supply while manually flying to a new landing spot, coming within a few seconds of having to abort the landing and return to orbit.
“In doing so, he nearly exhausted the LM's supply of fuel, and thus risked the entire lunar landing; just a few seconds more, and Armstrong would have had to abort the landing and return to orbit.”
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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
14
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]”
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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
16
On 1994-07-20, at a White House ceremony marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong appeared frustrated and gave a highly emotional address.
“on the occasion of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Apollo 11, at a White House ceremony on July 20, 1994, Armstrong himself had seemed frustrated. He started his highly emotional address”
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At the 1994-07-20 White House ceremony, Neil Armstrong began his address by comparing himself to a parrot saying only what he had been told to say, then made a remark at the end about "truth's protective layers."
“He started his highly emotional address by first comparing himself to a parrot—saying only what he had been told to say—and then let slip his provocative remark at the end, about "truth's protective layers."”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch19:24955-25154 testimony first hand
18
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.”
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19
Richard C. Hoagland believes Farouk El-Baz, Kenneth S. Kleinknecht and Wernher von Braun would have breathed a sigh of relief when the Apollo 11 images of Neil Armstrong came back ghostly, dark and low in contrast.
“Fahrouk El Baz, Ken Kleinknecht and Wernher Von Braun must have breathed a huge sigh of relief when the images of Armstrong came back ghostly, dark, and full of contrast.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch20:10027-10188 opinion first hand
20
The dark, ghostly Apollo 11 television images seen by the public on 1969-07-20 resulted from the Slow Scan Converter's limitations, as Neil Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface.
“The result was the dark, ghostly images we all saw on July 20th, 1969 when Neil Armstrong finally set foot upon the lunar surface.”
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Neil Armstrong said "That's one small step for Man, one giant leap for Mankind" as he stepped onto the surface of the Moon on 1969-07-20, watched live by almost a billion people.
“as he stepped for the first time onto the surface of the Moon that unforgettable July 20th night in 1969. With almost a billion people watching live, Armstrong uttered those still endlessly debated words: “That’s one small step for Man … one giant leap for Mankind ….””
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Richard C. Hoagland interprets Neil Armstrong's "one small step" statement as a coded acknowledgement, to a hidden audience, that the human race is a genetically related subset of a vastly larger, more ancient and more knowledgeable "Mankind."
“What Armstrong was actually acknowledging—to a “hidden audience” *in code* that night—as he, representing “Man,” stepped onto the lunar surface for perhaps the first time in tens of thousands of years … was that the human race (“Man”) is only a *subset* of a vastly larger, vastly more ancient, vastly more knowledgeable, but *genetically related “Mankind.”*”
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Richard C. Hoagland asks whether Neil Armstrong's remarks at the 25th anniversary celebration of Apollo 11, urging young people to remove a "protective layer of truth," referred to a clandestine reason behind Apollo's creation and naming.
“Was this the “protective layer of truth” that Armstrong implored the young people of America to remove at the 25 th anniversary celebration of Apollo 11?”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch20:51386-51536 opinion first hand
24
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
25
The "optics" Neil Armstrong referred to during Apollo 11 was the Alignment Optical Telescope (AOT), a device used to determine the Lunar Module's orientation relative to two specific stars.
“The “optics” that Armstrong refers to in this exchange is the Alignment Optical Telescope (AOT), a device that was used to determine the Lunar Module’s orientation relative to two specific stars.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:12802-12991 administrative first hand
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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”
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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.”
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28
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."”
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David Fravor has dreamed of flying since 1969, when he watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
“Yeah, since 1969 when I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 00:12:35.9-00:12:40.0 testimony first hand
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Neil Armstrong was from Ohio, the same US state David Fravor is from.
“Neil Armstrong's an Ohio boy, and so am I.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 02:20:33.8-02:20:35.5 administrative first hand
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David Fravor has a photograph of Neil Armstrong riding in a car during a parade in Wapakoneta, Ohio held after Armstrong walked on the Moon, because Armstrong's parents lived near David Fravor's aunt and uncle, who attended the parade.
“I have a picture of him in a car in Wapakoneta, Ohio at the parade after he walked on the moon, because his parents didn't live far from my aunt and uncle in Wapakoneta, and they were out at the parade.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 02:20:36.5-02:20:44.0 testimony first hand
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On 1969-07-20, at four years and eleven months old, David Fravor watched Neil Armstrong walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
“So when I'm four years and 11 months old in 1969, you know, and I'm watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 03:42:54.6-03:43:00.5 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 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