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Apollo 17

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  • Source reportedObserved

    Two of the three Apollo 17 crew members reported observing light flashes during the mission.

    Two of the three crew members reported observing these flashes at various points during the mission, including in lunar orbit and while on the lunar surface.

  • Source reportedAsserted

    Two of the three Apollo 17 crew members reported observing light flashes at various points during the mission.

    Two of the three crew members reported observing these flashes at various points during the mission, including in lunar orbit and while on the lunar surface.

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    DOW has opened a case to investigate a NASA photograph from the Apollo 17 mission.

    DOW has opened a case to investigate the accompanying NASA photograph from the Apollo 17 mission.

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    The principal investigators describe preliminary results of their work to educate the Apollo crews about what they’ve obtained from Apollo 16 to help prepare for Apollo 17.

    The principal investigators describe preliminary results of their work to educate the Apollo crews about what they’ve obtained from Apollo 16 to help prepare for Apollo 17.

  • Source reportedObserved

    NASA-UAP-D024, “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing” official metadata flags a flash reference at 25:15.

    [25:15] The flash is mentioned beginning at 25:15.

  • Source reportedAsserted

    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.

    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.

  • Source reportedAsserted

    The Apollo 17 crew describe bright 'particles' or 'fragments' as being 'jagged,' 'angular,' and drifting near the Apollo spacecraft and the separated Saturn S-IVB stage.

    The crew describe bright 'particles' or 'fragments' as being 'jagged,' 'angular,' and drifting near the Apollo spacecraft and the separated Saturn S-IVB stage.

Event Timeline
1972
Apollo 17 records triangular-light image
An Apollo 17 image later released through PURSUE shows three lights in a triangular arrangement that the official description leaves unresolved.
December 1972
Apollo 17 photograph taken
The NASA photograph containing three 'dots' was taken during the Apollo 17 mission.
December 7, 1972
Apollo 17 Lights Incident
Apollo 17 crew reports seeing small lights outside the spacecraft during transit to the moon.
1972-12-11
Apollo 17 frame AS17-147-22470 is taken before EVA
The publicly available frame shows three small blue lights above the lunar horizon and was photographed through Harrison Schmitt’s lunar-module window before EVA.
12/21/72
Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing
The crew discussed the light flash phenomena during their post-mission medical debriefing.
12/21/72
Apollo 17 Medical Debriefing
Apollo 17 crew members participated in a medical debriefing discussing the light flash phenomena.
2026-05-08
Cleared for release
The document related to the Apollo 17 photograph is cleared for release.
2026-05-08
PURSUE publishes Release 01
The official release included the Apollo 17 triangular-light image and described the anomaly as unresolved for lack of sufficient data.
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Aug 10

Probed ingest of: The Basement: Travis Taylor | Skinwalker Ranch, Disclosure & the Pentagon Cover-Up

RT @EricBurlison: This was the low hanging fruit. Apollo 17 photos. Pilot accounts. Predator drone footage. More is still classified,…

RT @EricBurlison: This was the low hanging fruit. Apollo 17 photos. Pilot accounts. Predator drone footage. More is still classified,…

Burlison: "More is still classified, and I've seen some of it. If the administration doesn't release it, I will, under Speech or Debate." (3 months later. Do you still plan to release any of the alleged better videos you've seen that have not been released, using that clause?) [Quoted] This was the low hanging fruit. Apollo 17 photos. Pilot accounts. Predator drone footage. More is still classified, and I've seen some of it. If the administration doesn't release it, I will, under Speech or De...

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Deep ingest
Jul 20

Probed ingest of: Proof That NASA Censored Moon Photos (and The Astronauts Knew!)

This post is not about identifying the source of the blue lights on Apollo 17 photos, nor is it about the wider debate over similar blue lights reported or photographed on other Apollo missions. I'm not arguing that the blue lights seen in those photographs were caused by Lunar Module control panel lights. This post is about research methodology. Specifically, it concerns: making categorical factual claims; relying on memory and expert opinion; and whether readily available primary sources sh...

This post is not about identifying the source of the blue lights on Apollo 17 photos, nor is it about the wider debate over similar blue lights reported or photographed on other Apollo missions. I'm not arguing that the blue lights seen in those photographs were caused by Lunar Module control panel lights. This post is about research methodology. Specifically, it concerns: making categorical factual claims; relying on memory and expert opinion; and whether readily available primary sources sh...

Dr Phil reveals the White House gave him early access to the UFO files "The White House and the Department of National Intelligence has given me and my team exclusive access to the new tranche of information about UAPs. Apollo 17 was seeing firework like things outside their space capsule. We find a report of a football shaped object was observed making movements they could not explain."

NASA-UAP-D029, Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing (Continued), 1972 This file contains segment 2 of 2 of the Apollo 17 post-mission medical debriefing at the Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center), Houston, Texas. In this continued segment, crew members and debriefers further discuss the “light flash phenomena,” a then novel, now well-documented biological effect where high-energy cosmic rays pass through the eye and strike the retina, causing the perception of light streaks or fl...

NASA-UAP-D028, Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing, 1972 This file contains segment 1 of 2 of the Apollo 17 post-mission medical debriefing at the Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center), Houston, Texas. In the recording, crew members discuss the “light flash phenomena,” a then novel, now well-documented biological effect where high-energy cosmic rays pass through the eye and strike the retina, causing the perception of light streaks or flashes. Two of the three crew members reporte...

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