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Question
Edwin Aldrin recently came out on in a special on the Science Channel and stated that the astronauts aboard Apollo 11 all saw unidentified objects which seemed to have been following them. He also mentions that they were briefed not to talk about what they had seen. What does NASA have to say in response to this? What were those objects they all saw?
I just talked to Buzz Aldrin on the phone, and he notes that the quotations were taken out of context and did not convey the intended meaning. After the Apollo 11 crew verified that the object they were seeing was not the SIVB upper stage, which was about 6000 miles away at that time, they concluded that they were probably seeing one of the panels from the separation of the spacecraft from the upper stage. These panels were not tracked from Earth and were likely much closer to the Apollo spacecraft. They chose not to discuss this on the open communications channel since they were concerned that their comments might be misinterpreted (as they are being now). Apparently all of this discussion about the panels was cut from the broadcast interview, thus giving the impression that they had seen a UFO. David Morrison
NAI Senior Scientist
July 26, 2006
Originally posted by Phage
Right, never mind the additions. It's deletions that are important.
Originally posted by jkrog08
I am more interested in what they saw on the Moon reportedly,
Originally posted by Kaytagg
It's an odd geological formation on the moon of mars.
Originally posted by Kaytagg
reply to post by Exuberant1
It's interesting, no doubt. Butttt it's not aliens, or UFOs, or any of that who-haw.
Originally posted by Kaytagg
reply to post by Exuberant1
Why assume that it's not a natural formation?
Originally posted by Kaytagg
Not that I don't believe in UFOs. Trust me, I do!
Originally posted by Kaytagg
That just looks like some dirt that's not level to the ground. Having raised terrain that isn't exactly even to the ground is pretty common.