Houston, there’s a light that’s towing
along with us toward the Moon,’
that would not have been too smart
a transmission. So instead we ask a
reassuring coverup question. We said
‘Hey can you tell us how far away the
the engine and move away at an
accelerating speed, but the people
at Houston were probably puzzled by
the question. When they came back
10 minutes later and said it’s about six
either it was going mighty fast still, or
that wasn’t what we were looking
at. We didn’t really get great further
satisfaction by looking through the
power sextant.
“It certainly wasn’t rotating like
a saucer. They was no reason to
suspect, other than an unusual sun
of those panels. Now I discovered
gradually in talking to people that
they had never heard that de
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“I had a long interview with the
BBC and I decided to explain it to the
best of my knowledge, which always
confuses somebody, especially when
they want to be confused. So the UFO
people back in the States were very
angry with me for not giving them the
scoop.
“Charles Berlitz wrote his book
and established his credibility in
had reported observing unusual
observations, including Neil and I
on the Moon talking about some
green creatures on the other side of
a crater. That was heard by Charles
himself. I sued him and that scared
him. It cost me a little bit of money
but it was worth it. And so was using
Bart Sibrel’s chin as the target for my
hotel and demanding he prove he
had walked on the Moon). That cost
me a little bit too, but it gave me a lot
of prestige.”
Aldrin has found himself asked all
sorts of questions while out and about
during the years. And the questions
aren’t always about the Apollo 11
mission.
“I was coming back from a trip that
landed at LAX two years ago and as
I was walking out there were three
guys – one with the camera held low
and aimed directly at me – and he
said ‘Hey Buzz Aldrin, what do you
think about that guy who set a record
and jumped out of a balloon and he
came back to Earth? What do you
think about Felix Baumgartner?’ I
had just enough time to get my mind
working as I was walking, and I said
‘Well, that sure was a giant leap for
Red Bull!’ I don’t think there is going
to be second jump. Who’s going to
do that?”
Only 12 people have walked on
the Moon. Another dozen have
travelled to the Moon but stayed in
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