NASA-UAP-D1, Apollo 12 Transcript, 1969
NASA · 1969 · Moon · Document
NASA-UAP-D1, Apollo 12 Transcript, 1969 is indexed as a NASA record with incident date 1969 and location Moon. Apollo 12 was the fourth crewed U.S. mission to the Moon and the second to land astronauts on the lunar surface. This document is an excerpt from the Apollo 12 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription, November 1969, highlighting two periods in which astronauts reported observing unidentified phenomenon: a one hour period on the fifth day, and a two minute period on the sixth day. These transcripts contain contemporaneous observations by the flight crew reacting to unidentified phenomenon. Day 05, Hour 19, Minute 14, Second 58 through Day 05, Hour 20, Minute 12, Second 14: o At 05:19:27:25, the pilot of the Lunar Module (LMP-LM), Astronaut Alan L. Bean, described observing particles and flashes of light sailing off in space via the onboard Alignment Optical Telescope (AOT). He characterized these phenomenon as escaping the Moon. Day 06, Hour 00, Minute 21, Second 42 through Day 06, Hour 00, Minute 23, Second 33: o Mission Commander, Charles Pete Conrad, described observing floating debris outside the lunar module, which had been illuminated by the module s onboard tracking light. At 06:00:21:51, Conrad assessed that the tracking light had burnt out because he could no longer see the debris from the module.
Notable / anomalous element
- Our electrical watchers say that the current indicates that your tracking light is on. (native PDF text, page 4)
- And on the first nightside pass we had little bits and pieces floating along vith us and we could tell that the tracking light va.; flashing on them. (native PDF text, page 4)
- Your blinking light's Just not blinking, that's all. (native PDF text, page 4)
- I didn't notice earlier, but it may just be because the lights i:,.re brighter now. (native PDF text, page 3)
Details
- 05 19 16 37 CC If you will give us PO0 and ACCEPI', we'll give you a CSM state vector and RLS update. (native PDF text, page 1)
- I hope you would like to have some company for a change. (native PDF text, page 1)
- I sure do; got everything in order; ready to go towards the IM and bring back. (native PDF text, page 1)
- That's quite a chore; keeping this thing clean. cc 05 19 20 53 Roger. (native PDF text, page 1)
- You got a couple of coal miners coming up to see you. (native PDF text, page 1)
- 05 19 23 14 CDR-I.M Houston, you got the lift-off time for me? (native PDF text, page 1)
- And Jerry, will you find out what they want to do about this battery charge, be use. (native PDF text, page 2)
- I'm using the bus tics during the rendezvous? (native PDF text, page 2)
Tags: NASA, 1969, Moon, Lights, Lunar observation, Flight operations, Apollo, Astronauts