When They Got Back from the Moon, Apollo 11 Astronauts Went through Customs

By John Farrier in History, Society & Culture on Oct 8, 2011 at 1:09 pm

NASA has confirmed that Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins went through customs upon their return to Earth and the United States. They filled out the above form, declaring their travel itinerary and that they had brought back moon rocks, dust, and samples through the US border. They did not mention the whiskey smuggled inside Aldrin’s suitcase.

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  1. ted
    Oct 8th, 2011 at 6:27 pm

    Did they go through one of those body scanners?

  2. Adrienne Crezo
    Oct 8th, 2011 at 6:37 pm

    Yes, but did they have to get a finger scan? ;)

  3. Alex
    Oct 8th, 2011 at 8:20 pm

    “Any other condition on board which may lead to the spread of disease: TO BE DETERMINED”

    Hah!

  4. number1guy
    Oct 8th, 2011 at 8:55 pm

    It would be funny if they were denied entry and extradited back to where they came.

  5. Alex
    Oct 9th, 2011 at 6:28 pm

    @number1guy – yes, it would be hoot if they were declared illegal “aliens.”

  6. ingsoc
    Oct 10th, 2011 at 5:50 pm

    So if they went through customs, that means they were shooting the ‘landing’ on the moon maybe in Mexico or Canada :)
    Another proof it never happened!!!

  7. ignoramus012
    Oct 11th, 2011 at 2:01 pm

    Seems to me this is needless bureaucracy for the sake of bureaucracy. “They left the U.S., so they gotta go through customs!”

    The first people to go to the motherf-ing MOON and they’re made to fill out PAPERWORK!?

  8. yorgos
    Oct 12th, 2011 at 6:36 am

    @ingsoc: you can read Honolulu airport right?

  9. CodyPen
    Oct 12th, 2011 at 10:22 am

    “They did not mention the whiskey smuggled inside Aldrin’s suitcase.”

    I thought that was moonshine.

  10. kick
    Oct 12th, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    The U.S gov has to do it so they can waist as much tax payer money as possible

  11. John Farrier
    Oct 20th, 2011 at 5:41 pm

    Comment deleted. Play nicely, Literacy FTW.

  12. Janey
    Oct 24th, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    Hilarious.

    @number1guy — HAHAHAHA.

  13. rabidfox
    Oct 27th, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    I question whether this really happened — there is no Govt Form number at the bottom. I’ve worked over 30 years with the Govt and haven’t seen any form that didn’t have some form number at the bottom.


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