Hovering objects and flashing lights: what we learned from UFO documents released by the Pentagon
The files contain previously classified transcripts from the astronauts aboard the Apollo 11, Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 Moon landing missions in the 1960s and 1970s.
Buzz Aldrin, famed astronaut from the Apollo 11 mission, said in a 1969 interview published on Friday that he saw several inexplicable phenomena on his trip to the Moon.
“I observed what appeared to be a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser,” he said.
The transcripts show that Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the Moon in 1969, said he saw particles and flashes of lights “sailing off in space” during the mission. The particles looked like they were “escaping the Moon”, he said.
Two astronauts aboard the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 also reported seeing flashing light while on board. “It’s like the Fourth of July out there!” astronaut Jack Schmitt said. They added that the light could have been reflections off pieces of ice.
In another of the released files, an audio recording from the 1965 Gemini 7 space flight features communication between astronaut Frank Borman communicating and ground support. He reports a sighting of an unidentified object to Nasa mission control, describing a “bogey” and “trillions of little particles” seen to the left of the spaceship.
