“Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing”

Date: Date unknown
Place: Houston, Texas, United States
Record: Pentagon file
Assessment: Not assessed
Evidence strength

467 case pages by decade; this one falls in Undated with 20 othersAll cases

What was reported

Audio of a debriefing in which Apollo principal investigators present preliminary results of their experiments to prepare the Apollo 17 crew, comparing notes from Apollo 16. Per the blurb, one presenter describes an anomaly: a "flash" that was observed during the mission and had not yet been reported, beginning around the 25:15 mark. No further detail on witness, sensor, or explanation is given in the blurb.

What officials concluded

No conclusion stated

The file gives no official explanation.

Agency: NASA
Released in

Evidence profile

Sensors1 of 9

Yes: Visual
No: Infrared
No: Radar
No: Video
No: Photo
No: Film
No: Audio
No: Night vision
No: Other sensor

Witnessescount not stated

No: Civilian
Yes: Military aircrew
No: Military ground
No: Airline crew
No: Sensor operator
No: Law enforcement
No: Scientist
No: Astronaut
No: Intelligence official
No: Other

ShapeLight only

Yes: Light only
No: Orb or sphere
No: Disc
No: Triangle
No: Cylinder
No: Cube
No: Other shape

Effectsnone reported

No: Physiological
No: Physical trace
No: Electromagnetic
No: Sound
No: Silent

Why this rating Single, undated, unlocated mention of a light flash relayed in an administrative debriefing rather than described directly by a witness; no sensor beyond an implied visual observation, and no stated explanation. Possibly related to the retinal light-flash phenomenon (cosmic rays striking the eye) documented and explained in later Apollo debriefings in this same batch (D026-D029), but the blurb does not say so and the audio was not available to check directly.

As described in the file

Witnesses: Unspecified principal investigator or crew member (per blurb)
Sensors: Visual (implied)
Lights and colour: A flash

Pentagon files

AudioNASA-UAP-D024Release 3
"Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing"
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What the file claims

Unverified
A previously unreported "flash" was described as observed during the Apollo 16 mission.

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