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A version different from the official one was taught as gospel to Mormons by their prophets and leaders in the 1800's.
Here are some examples:
Speech given by Brigham Young (the second Prophet of the Mormon Church) in 1855, 35 years after the fact.
"But as it was in the days of our Savior, so was it in the advent of the new dispensation. It was not in accordance with the notions, traditions, and pre-conceived ideas of the American people. The messenger did not come to an eminent divine of any of the so- called orthodoxy, he did not adopt their interpretations of the Holy Scriptures. The Lord did not come with the armies of heaven, in power and great glory, nor send His messengers panoplied with aught else than the truth of heaven, to communicate to the meek, the lowly, and the youth of humble origin, the sincere enquirer after the knowledge of God. But he did send His angel to this same obscure person, Joseph Smith jun., who afterwards became a Prophet, Seer and Revelator, and informed him that he should not join any of the religious sects of the day, for they were all wrong; that they were following the precepts of men instead of the Lord Jesus;...."
Source: Richards, F. D. ed., Journal of Discourses. 1854-1886. Liverpool: 26 vols. Vol. 2, 171.
Speech given by John Taylor (the third Prophet of the Mormon Church) in 1879, 50 years after the fact.
"....when the Prophet Joseph asked the angel which of the sects was right that he might join it. The answer was that none of them are right. What, none of them? No. We will not stop to argue that question; the angel merely told him to join none of them that none were right."
Source: Richards, F. D. ed., Journal of Discourses. 1854-1886. Liverpool: 26 vols. Vol. 20, 167.
Statement of George A. Smith, first counselor in the First Presidency in 1868, 48 years after the fact.
"When Joseph Smith was about fourteen or fifteen years old,....he went humbly before the Lord and inquired of Him, and the Lord answered his prayers, and revealed to Joseph, by the ministration of angels, the true condition of the religious world. When the holy angel appeared, joseph inquired which of all these denominations was right and which he should join, and was told they were all wrong,...."
Source: Richards, F. D. ed., Journal of Discourses. 1854-1886. Liverpool: 26 vols. Vol. 12, 333 - 334.