{"id":79721,"date":"2026-05-08T17:22:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ufo-files-reveal-apollo-17-crew-saw-mysterious-objects-lights-during-1972-mission-looks-like-the-fourth-of-july\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:22:54","slug":"ufo-files-reveal-apollo-17-crew-saw-mysterious-objects-lights-during-1972-mission-looks-like-the-fourth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ufo-files-reveal-apollo-17-crew-saw-mysterious-objects-lights-during-1972-mission-looks-like-the-fourth-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"UFO files reveal Apollo 17 crew saw mysterious objects, lights during 1972 mission: &#8220;Looks like the Fourth of July&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Over half a century ago, NASA&#8217;s Apollo 17 crew reported seeing multiple unidentified objects in space, including three mysterious dots and sparks that resembled fireworks, according to new files released by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>The details were among the more than 100 documents made public on Friday when the Defense Department unveiled a new website housing all the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pentagon-begins-release-ufo-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">declassified files<\/a><\/span> related to UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena).<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/medialink\/ufo\/release_1\/nasa-uap-vm1-apollo-12-1969.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA photograph<\/a>, taken in December 1972 during from the Apollo 17 mission, shows &#8220;three &#8216;dots&#8217; in a triangular formation in the lower right quadrant of the lunar sky that is clearly visible upon magnification of the image,&#8221; the Defense Department said in a caption of the image.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon said that &#8220;there is no consensus about the nature of the anomaly,&#8221; but that a new, preliminary analysis indicated it could be a &#8220;physical object.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/d142da7e-c521-41a8-b33a-a65f5ccbb808\/thumbnail\/620x648g2\/ab493f0d1e930c0a8f83bf60d1d577f6\/nasa-uap-vm1-apollo-12-1969.jpg#\" alt=\"nasa-uap-vm1-apollo-12-1969.jpg \" height=\"648\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/d142da7e-c521-41a8-b33a-a65f5ccbb808\/thumbnail\/620x648g2\/ab493f0d1e930c0a8f83bf60d1d577f6\/nasa-uap-vm1-apollo-12-1969.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/d142da7e-c521-41a8-b33a-a65f5ccbb808\/thumbnail\/1240x1296g2\/4587c45de7138462f176230ac1624c52\/nasa-uap-vm1-apollo-12-1969.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">NASA&#8217;s Apollo 17 crew reported seeing bright tumbling sparks and jagged fragments that resembled fireworks, according to documents released by the Pentagon on May 8, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Pentagon<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The last men to walk on the moon also reported seeing bright tumbling sparks and jagged fragments that resembled fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now we&#8217;ve got a few very bright particles or fragments or something that go drifting by as we maneuver,&#8221; pilot Ronald Evans said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/medialink\/ufo\/release_1\/nasa-uap-d2-apollo-17-transcript-1972.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript<\/a> released by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Pilot Harrison Schmitt reported: &#8220;There&#8217;s a whole bunch of big ones on my window down there \u2014 just bright. It looks like the Fourth of July out of Ron&#8217;s window.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, mission commander Eugene Cernan said he had difficulty sleeping after observing flashing that he compared to an &#8220;imposing&#8221; train headlight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the next three hours, Cernan described observing several flashing, rotating phenomenon that he assessed as corresponding to physical objects in space rather than a purely optical phenomenon,&#8221; the Pentagon says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/02ec2432-b7c9-4cc3-b7ad-88154c784055\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f3e37e1bba5d1d7471c06f83ba9d4995\/nasa-uap-vm6-apollo-17-1972.jpg#\" alt=\"nasa-uap-vm6-apollo-17-1972.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/02ec2432-b7c9-4cc3-b7ad-88154c784055\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f3e37e1bba5d1d7471c06f83ba9d4995\/nasa-uap-vm6-apollo-17-1972.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/02ec2432-b7c9-4cc3-b7ad-88154c784055\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/a8ae175650349243e5aea07ba22e6bfa\/nasa-uap-vm6-apollo-17-1972.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">NASA&#8217;s Apollo 17 crew reported seeing three mysterious dots in a triangular formation, according to documents released by the Pentagon on May 8, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The documents also include a transcript of the 1969 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/UFO\/#NASA-UAP-D4-Apollo-11-Technical-Crew-Debriefing-1969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apollo 11 crew debriefing<\/a> in which astronaut Buzz Aldrin recounted several unusual observations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first unusual thing that we saw I guess was one day out or something pretty close to the moon. It had a sizeable dimension to it, so we put the monocular on it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Like Cernan on Apollo 17, Aldrin also described seeing flashing lights while trying to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was trying to go to sleep with all the lights out. I observed what I thought were little flashes inside the cabin, spaced a couple of minutes apart,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Aldrin also said he saw &#8220;a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon said additional documents and videos would be released on a rolling basis. \u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async 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