Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972
- Date
- 7 Dec 1972
- Place
- Cislunar Space
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Per the blurb, the Apollo 17 crew (Cernan, Schmitt, Evans) report seeing small bright 'particles' or 'fragments,' described as jagged and angular, drifting near the spacecraft and the separated S-IVB stage during translunar transit. The crew speculate the source is paint or ice chips and note the particles twinkle and move away from the S-IVB. This corroborates the fuller written transcript in NASA-UAP-D002.
What officials concluded
Resolved
Crew speculate paint chips or ice chips are the likely source, per the blurb.
- Agency
- NASA
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- Yes: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- No: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- Yes: Other
- Yes: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating Blurb-only; matches a well-documented, self-explained spacecraft-debris phenomenon also recorded in full in NASA-UAP-D002.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, Ronald Evans (per blurb)
- Sensors
- Visual
- Shape
- Jagged, angular fragments
- Lights and colour
- Bright, twinkling particles
- Motion
- Drifting near spacecraft and S-IVB, moving away from the S-IVB
Pentagon files
Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972
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What the file claims
- Unverified
The crew described bright jagged, angular particles/fragments drifting near the spacecraft and the S-IVB, self-attributed to paint or ice chips.