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   From: bksherman@latimes.com   
      
   NEIL ARMSTRONG's speech from 25 years ago has resurfaced after   
   claims some of his bizarre references were a "cryptic" message   
   over the Moon landing.   
      
   More than 50 years ago, on July 22, 1969, the legendary   
   astronaut became the first man to step foot on the lunar surface   
   during NASA’s successful Apollo 11 mission. Armstrong and his   
   colleague Buzz Aldrin left Michael Collins in the Lunar Orbiter   
   while the pair descended in the Lunar Module Eagle to the   
   surface, bringing an end to the Space Race. On the 25th   
   anniversary of their huge achievement, Armstrong addressed the   
   White House to reminisce and inspire a new generation.   
      
   He said in 1994: “Fellow astronauts, ladies and gentlemen,   
   Wilbur Wright once noted that the only bird that could talk was   
   the parrot, and he didn’t fly very well, so I’ll be brief.   
      
   “This week, America has been recalling the Apollo programme and   
   reliving the memories of those times in which so many of us here   
   were immersed.   
      
   “Many Americans were part of Apollo, about one of two in every   
   thousand citizens all across the country.   
      
   “They were asked by their country to do the impossible, to   
   envisage the design and to build a method of breaking the bonds   
   of Earth’s gravity and then sail forth to visit another heavenly   
   body.”   
      
   The late astronaut went on to address the audience directly   
   about the future of space.   
      
   He added: “The principal elements of leaving Earth, navigating   
   in space and descending on a planet without runways or air   
   traffic control would include the major requirements necessary   
   for space-barring people.   
      
   “Today, the space shuttle flies overhead with an international   
   crew, and a number of countries have international space   
   programmes.   
      
   “During the space age, we have increased the knowledge of the   
   universe a thousandfold.   
      
   “Today, we have a group of students among America’s best – to   
   you we say we have only completed the beginning.”   
      
   Then, he made a bizarre remark.   
      
   He added: “We leave you much that is undone.   
      
   “There are great ideas undiscovered, breakthroughs available to   
   those that can remove one of truth’s protective layers.   
      
   “There are places to go beyond belief.   
      
   “Those challenges are yours in many fields of not the least is   
   space, because there lies human destiny.”   
      
   The footage was uploaded to YouTube in 2009, but has been   
   causing controversy since, with some outrageous claims being   
   lobbied by viewers.   
      
   One of the comments reads: “He never says the word Moon once   
   during his speech.”   
      
   Another adds: “How telling is that statement by Neil? The only   
   bird that could talk was the parrot, and he didn't fly very well?   
      
   “Then he looks back at the President and says don't worry, I   
   won't talk very long.   
      
   “Also the cryptic comments at the end about ‘removing one of   
   truth's protective layers,’ does this sound like a man who   
   walked on the Moon?”   
      
   A third claimed: “‘We leave you with much undone’ like getting   
   to the Moon?”   
      
   A fourth stated: “Very cryptic I would have loved to get inside   
   his head.”   
      
   And a fifth added: “That is without a doubt a cryptic speech.”   
      
   "We never went to the moon."   
      
      
        
      
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