The United States Department of Defense released new records on unidentified aerial phenomena (UFOs), including historical images of the missions Apollo the Second that began to circulate among the documents.
Among the materials that attracted the most attention is a photograph of the missionApollo 17, carried out in 1972. The image shows the dark horizon of the Moon with small points of light above the lunar surface, described in the files as “”.
The documents also include images attributed to the Apollo 12 mission. In some photographs, specific areas above the horizon appear highlighted with markings such as “Area 1” and “Area 2”, indicating points considered of interest by those responsible for the archive.
According to the records themselves, the images were modified only to facilitate the visualization of these areas. emphasize that the highlights “do not constitute analytical judgment, investigative conclusion or factual determination” about the nature of the objects.
In addition to lunar photographs, the released files include thermal videos recorded over the Middle East and Greece, in addition to images of objects with a shape similar to balloons close to the Japan.
The investigation also involves a photograph of the mission Apollo 17 taken in December 1972which shows three points in a triangular formation in the lunar sky, visible after enlarging the image.
The records state that the photograph had already been released previously and debated by observers, but that it still There is no consensus on the nature of the anomaly.
According to the United States government’s preliminary analysis, the trademark in the image “potentially” could have been caused by a physical object present in the scene.
The release of the documents is part of an order signed by President Donald Trump for federal agencies to identify and make public materials related to .
