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

Structured Summary

This record is a AUD UAP-related asset released by NASA in Release 02. The incident date is listed as 12/7/72, and the incident location is listed as Cislunar Space. This page preserves the official source link, original description, and structured metadata.

Official Description

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.