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During the eleventh and final crewed mission in the Apollo program, Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans report seeing small lights outside the Apollo spacecraft during transit to the moon. The crew describe bright “particles” or “fragments” as being “jagged,” “angular,” and drifting near the Apollo spacecraft and the separated Saturn S-IVB stage. The Apollo 17 crew speculate that paint chips or ice chips are likely the source of these lights and note that they “twinkle” and move away from the Saturn S-IVB stage.

Release 02 · Official Audio Record

Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt — December 7, 1972

Official NASA audio excerpt presented as a source record with historical mission context.

This official NASA audio excerpt is presented as an audio source record, not as video footage. FullDisclosr presents the excerpt with its official mission context and source limitations, without adding conclusions beyond the available source description.

NASA-UAP-D009 is an official audio record from war.gov/ufo Release 02 titled “Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972.” The primary source record is NASA-UAP-D009, an official NASA audio record titled “Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972.” During the eleventh and final crewed mission in the Apollo program, Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans report seeing small lights outside the Apollo spacecraft during transit to the moon. The audio-specific description is: During the eleventh and final crewed mission in the Apollo program, Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans report seeing small lights outside the Apollo spacecraft during transit to the moon. The crew describe bright “particles” or “fragments” as being “jagged,” “angular,” and drifting near the Apollo spacecraft and the separated Saturn S-IVB stage. The Apollo 17 crew speculate that paint chips or ice chips are likely the source of these lights and note that they “twinkle” and move away from the Saturn S-IVB stage. No linked report row was matched in the current source-context data. The available context for this item comes from the audio excerpt. No separate caution note was provided in the source-context data for this audio excerpt. FullDisclosr therefore presents the item as an official audio source record without adding interpretation beyond the official description.

Official source context

The primary source record is NASA-UAP-D009, an official NASA audio record titled “Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972.” During the eleventh and final crewed mission in the Apollo program, Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans report seeing small lights outside the Apollo spacecraft during transit to the moon.

Asset ID

FD-R02-VID052

Original filename

video_2605_DOD_111721698_DOD_111721698.mp4

Primary asset type

AUD

Official record ID

NASA-UAP-D009

Primary official title

NASA-UAP-D009, Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972

Agency / source

NASA

Incident date

December 7, 1972

Incident location

Cislunar Space

YouTube video ID

dOMzTM8ATEI

YouTube URL

https://youtu.be/dOMzTM8ATEI

Upload / publication status

needs-review

Needs human review

YES

Linked report ID

Not available

Linked report title

Not available

Notes

Primary asset context comes from NASA-UAP-D009. No linked PDF report row was matched in the current source-context data. Official audio excerpt; do not present as video footage. NeedsHumanReview is YES.

Linked source records

No linked report row was matched in the current source-context data. The available context for this item comes from the audio excerpt.

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Limitations and interpretation

No separate caution note was provided in the source-context data for this audio excerpt. FullDisclosr therefore presents the item as an official audio source record without adding interpretation beyond the official description.