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Customs Forms for Moon Rocks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-pretty-funny dept.

regen writes "I found a very interesting document while doing some research for work. This Customs Declaration has to be one of the strangest ever filled out. It is the declaration filled out by the crew of Apollo 11 for bringing Moon rocks into the United States. A news article by Independent News confirms that this document is real."

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  1. Also for asteroids? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    object: express delivery for the Yucatan peninsula
    date: 65,000,000 B.C.
    contains: large amount of the iridium element
    notes: package is very heavy, do not drop.

  2. Passports? by CBoy · · Score: 5

    Are they required to show passports that they are American citizens? If they lost them/can't prove it, are they sent back to the moon ? :)

  3. It had to be said.... by Rudeboy777 · · Score: 5

    That sound you hear is thousnads of Scientologists gasping at the thought of Xenu getting held up at the border upon his triumphant return.

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  4. I would have.... by canning · · Score: 5
    checked them too. I mean come on, there travelling with a guy who's middle name is Buzz. Moon dust........ sure it's moon dust.

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  5. 10 Excuses for bringing Moon Rock thru customs by Seinfeld · · Score: 5

    10. Hey, some guy on the moon paid me 50 bucks to bring this back 9. This isn't my suitcase! 8. I brought this moon rock with me on the trip out 7. You can have half if you let me go 6. No, no, this is a piece of the Berlin Wall 5. Hey, aren't you going to check Armstrong? 4. Lunar customs didn't have a problem with it! 3. This is a paperweight - didn't you see the pictures of all that stuff flying around the capsule? 2. What's the tax on a rock anyway? 1. This is just moon cheese - take a bite!
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