NASA-UAP-VM3, Apollo 12, 1969

NASA IMG Partial
Incident date
1969
Incident location
Moon
Released by DOW
5/8/26
Case ID
NASA-UAP-VM3
Source URL
war.gov original ↗

Our research summary

Archival Apollo 12 (1969) lunar surface photograph from the landing site with a highlighted region above the horizon flagging an alleged UAP. The highlight is a 2026 editorial overlay; the underlying frame is from the public Apollo 12 surface magazine set.

Prior disclosure: Partial

Underlying photo virtually certainly available on NASA's Apollo Lunar Surface Journal / JSC / LPI archives (all Apollo 12 surface magazines AS12-46/47/48/49 have been online for years). Specific frame number not identified from the available metadata or low-resolution thumbnail. The highlighted area-of-interest overlay is the new content.

What was disclosed earlier

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