NASA-UAP-D009, Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972

NASA · 12/7/72 · Cislunar Space · Audio

NASA-UAP-D009, Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972 is indexed as a NASA record with incident date 12/7/72 and location Cislunar Space. 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.

Notable / anomalous element

• 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. (video metadata, no page)

Details

• The crew describe bright particles or fragments as being jagged, angular, and drifting near the Apollo spacecraft and the separated Saturn S-IVB stage. (video metadata, no page)
• 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. (video metadata, no page)

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