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As Apollo 11 headed to the Moon, the astronauts looked out their window and noticed something—an object, flashing with some kind of regularity.
I had earlier learned a top-secret and sensitive American photographic reconnaissance satellite had failed and was tumbling out of control. With each tumble it sent out a reflection from sunrays giving the appearance of flashing lights. My source was solid and he only told me with the promise I would not report it. At the time it could have damaged the country’s reconnaissance efforts severely.
originally posted by: Aleister
a reply to: JimOberg
Some people will never be satisfied with conventional explanations, and will want to believe that Aldrin and other astro and cosmonauts are hiding their vast-experiences-while-in-space with alien craft(s). Thanks for posting other options.
originally posted by: DigitalJedi805
Let me ask this - why are they allowed to publish an article on the incident; but there is no link or embed for the video on their site? I know WE've all seen the video, ... :
CAPTION. Saturn booster S-IV- b and four open “SLA” panels. On moon flights the four “petals” fly free and, together with the empty booster, tumble through space a few miles from the Apollo capsule. They were often seen as bright flashing lights as they reflected powerful sunlight. On Apollo=12, astronaut descriptions of these fragments were misinterpreted by UFO buffs and metamorphized into alien spacecraft.
originally posted by: JimOberg
Orbital manoeuvres in the dark: Apollo 11’s UFO
www.thespacereview.com...
by Dwayne A. Day
The Space Review
Monday, August 25, 2014
As Apollo 11 headed to the Moon, the astronauts looked out their window and noticed something—an object, flashing with some kind of regularity.
I still prefer the panel explanation but new data always calls for reappraisals.