A UFO photographed by NASA’s Apollo 16 mission has baffled many alien enthusiasts, forcing NASA to expose the truth behind the supposed “spacecraft from another world”.
The unidentified flying object (UFO) was briefly filmed by the crew of NASA’s Apollo 16 mission in 1972 – the fifth successful Moon landing. Peering through the window of NASA’s Command Module spacecraft, an alien object appears to pass over the Moon. According to the US space agency, some have described the UFO as a “saucer-shaped object with a dome top”.
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NASA said: “Beginning their return from the Moon to an April 27, 1972, splashdown, astronauts John Young, Thomas Mattingly and Charles Duke captured about four seconds of video footage of an object that seemed to look a lot like Hollywood’s version of a spacecraft from another world.”

But the brief appearance was enough for alien enthusiasts to get excited.

UFO expert Donald Ryles said: “This footage, if it is authentic, is quite amazing.”

And according to NBC News, a 2003 article published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration concluded with Japanese engineer Hiroshi Nakamura saying: “We believe that the object is a large extraterrestrial artefact.

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An object that seemed to look a lot like Hollywood’s version of a spacecraft

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However, NASA’s analysis of the supposed alien UFO is sure to disappoint many ET enthusiasts.

According to NASA, the object is not an alien UFO but rather an EVA or extravehicular activity floodlight boom sticking out of the Command Module.

A team headed by Gregory Byrne of Johnson Space Center’s Image Science and Analysis Group penned a report on the anomaly in 2004.

NASA’s experts digitised the Apollo 16 footage with high-resolution scans for a detailed analysis.