NASA-UAP-VM2, Apollo 12, 1969

NASA IMG Partial
Incident date
1969
Incident location
Moon
Released by DOW
5/8/26
Case ID
NASA-UAP-VM2
Source URL
war.gov original ↗

Our research summary

Archival NASA photograph of the Apollo 12 lunar landing site (November 1969) with a highlighted area of interest above the horizon flagging purported unidentified phenomena. The highlight is a 2026 editorial overlay added by DOW for transparency.

Prior disclosure: Partial

Underlying Apollo 12 surface photograph almost certainly previously public via NASA's Apollo Lunar Surface Journal and JSC/LPI archives (Apollo 12 magazines AS12-46 through AS12-49 are fully online). Specific frame number not identified. The colored highlight ring around the alleged UAP region is new in the 2026-05-08 DOW release.

What was disclosed earlier

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