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NASA1973PURSUE Release 01 (May 2026)
NASA-UAP-D6, Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing, 1973
Summary
This report is an excerpt from the Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing conducted on January 4, 1973, by NASA. Astronaut Harrison Schmitt described observing continuous light flashes during the mission, including one instance he believed was a flash on the lunar surface.
Key highlights
The crew observed continuous light flashes during the flight.p.2
“we had light flashes just about continuously during the whole flight”
One crew member described seeing a fireball through the rendezvous window.p.2
“I could look back up through the rendezvous window and see what to me was kind of like a tunnel”
An unusual sighting included seeing the superstructure of an aircraft carrier.p.2
“the CMP looked out the window and saw the superstructure of an aircraft carrier”
The crew experienced a period without visible light flashes during an experiment.p.2
“there were just no visible flashes, although that evening, that night, before I went to sleep I noticed that I was seeing the light flashes again.”
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