Apollo 12, 1969
- Date
- 1969
- Place
- Moon
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Archival Apollo 12 lunar-surface photograph with five highlighted areas of interest (labeled "Area 1" through "Area 5") above the horizon, in which the blurb says unidentified phenomena are visible. This is the most heavily annotated image of the five-image Apollo 12 set, again with the manifest's standard disclaimer that highlighting is contextual only.
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
Manifest disclaims the highlighting as an analytical judgment; contextual only.
- Agency
- NASA
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- No: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- Yes: 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
- No: Other
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- Yes: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating The largest number of highlighted points in the Apollo 12 set (5, versus 1-2 in VM001-VM004), but still a single still-camera photograph with no independent sensor, no motion/trajectory data linking the five spots, and the same explicit government disclaimer of analytical conclusion; could plausibly be multiple film/lens artifacts rather than five discrete objects.
As described in the file
- Sensors
- Still camera (archival lunar-surface photograph)
- Shape
- Five unspecified small features above the horizon
- Altitude or range
- Lunar sky above the horizon, distance unstated
Pentagon files
Apollo 12, 1969
Open the original on war.gov
What the file claims
- Unverified
Five separate highlighted areas above the horizon in this Apollo 12 photograph are described as containing unidentified phenomena.