Apollo 14 Debriefing, 1971
- Date
- 18 Feb 1971
- Place
- Texas, United States
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Segment 1 of 2 of the Apollo 14 post-mission crew debriefing at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston. Per the blurb, crew members and debriefers discuss the "light flash phenomena," described as a then-novel, now well-documented biological effect in which high-energy cosmic rays pass through the eye and strike the retina, producing the perception of light streaks or flashes. Questioners attempt to characterize the phenomenon's features. Continues in NASA-UAP-D027.
What officials concluded
Resolved
Light-flash phenomena are attributed to high-energy cosmic rays passing through the eye and striking the retina, per the manifest blurb's own framing, which describes this as a "now well-documented biological effect."
- 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
- Yes: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
- Yes: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- Yes: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating This is the well-documented and explained cosmic-ray retinal light-flash effect, explicitly framed by the manifest itself as a resolved physiological phenomenon rather than an unidentified aerial object.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Apollo 14 crew members (unnamed in blurb)
- Sensors
- Visual/retinal (physiological)
- Shape
- Light streaks or flashes
- Lights and colour
- Light flashes/streaks
- Effects
- Physiological: perceived light flashes attributed to cosmic rays striking the retina
Pentagon files
Apollo 14 Debriefing, 1971
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Segment 2 of 2 of the Apollo 14 post-mission crew debriefing (continuation of NASA-UAP-D026, with some overlapping audio). Crew members and debriefers continue discussing the cosmic-ray light-flash phenomenon: perceived light streaks or flashes caused by high-energy cosmic rays striking the retina.
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What the file claims
- Unverified
Apollo 14 crew members reported perceiving light streaks or flashes in flight, later attributed to cosmic rays striking the retina.
On the map
31.50° N, 99.00° W, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record
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