TIOL-DDT 2657 · Thursday, 6 August 2015 · story 4 of 5

Coming from Moon - Customs Clearance Mandatory

ON July 24 1969, Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins returned after a trip to the moon, Armstrong being the first man ever to step foot on the moon.

On arrival they had to file a Customs Declaration.

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They declared that the owner of their aircraft was the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, popularly known as NASA; the Flight No. was Apollo-11; they had departed from MOON and landed at Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

They declared that they took off from Cape Kennedy and it was a direct flight to Moon with no en-route stops. They declared the three of them as crew members and further declared that there were no passengers who boarded the flight from Moon or who disembarked at Honolulu.

They had to declare the cargo they brought with them. They declared them as Moon Rock and Moon Dust samples (obviously not in commercial quantities).

They declared that there were no persons on board known to be suffering from illness other than airsickness or the effects of accidents.

Regarding any other condition on board which may lead to spread of disease, they were not sure and declared, "TO BE DETERMINED".

The Honolulu Airport Customs Inspector signed and "ENTERED" them. By this signing act, he managed to etch his name in the history books!

Edwin Aldrin claimed a travel expense of 33.31 dollars for the whole trip - which was approved without any cuts.

P.S: Actually they did not land in Honolulu - they plunged into the ocean from where they were picked up. Sometime back there was an accident where an Air India flight ran past the runway and stopped in a ditch. One of the passengers who survived got out, walked on to the road and sought the help of a motorcyclist to drop him at the airport. He walked into the airport from the wrong side and requested the immigration officer to stamp his passport.