RELEASE 02 / NASA-UAP-D009
NASA-UAP-D009, Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972
- File ID
- NASA-UAP-D009
- Agency
- NASA
- Release
- Release 02, 22 May 2026
- Event date
- 12/7/1972 (read as 7 Dec 1972; precision: day)
- Location
- Cislunar Space
- Type
- AUDIO
- Redactions
- None flagged
- Provenance
- AUDIO
The official record
Official copy at DVIDSOfficial summary, as published
During the eleventh and final crewed mission in the Apollo program, Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans report seeing small lights outside the Apollo spacecraft during transit to the moon.
The crew describe bright “particles” or “fragments” as being “jagged,” “angular,” and drifting near the Apollo spacecraft and the separated Saturn S-IVB stage. The Apollo 17 crew speculate that paint chips or ice chips are likely the source of these lights and note that they “twinkle” and move away from the Saturn S-IVB stage.
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Civil space agency; host of the 2023 UAP Independent Study Team
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