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]s have been reported by astronauts while in space. These sightings have been claimed as evidence for extraterrestrial life by ].
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'''UFO sightings in outer space''' were alleged throughout ], ], and the ] including a hoax perpetuated by science fiction writer ] claiming ] Commander ], had encountered UFOs during the mission.<ref name=NBC>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/48790315/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/debunking-myths-about-neil-armstrong/#.U1g5Y_ldW2M |title=Debunking myths about Neil Armstrong |publisher=] |author=James Oberg |date=2012-08-25 |accessdate=2014-04-23}}</ref>


Some of the alleged sightings never occurred: science fiction writer ] perpetuated a hoax claiming ] Commander ] had encountered UFOs during the Apollo mission.<ref name="NBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna48790315 |title=Debunking myths about Neil Armstrong |publisher=] |author=James Oberg |date=2012-08-25 |access-date=2014-04-23}}</ref> UFO proponents see comments by astronauts or photos processed by ] as one of the "strongest bodies of evidence" because they are considered to be of high trustworthiness; however, NASA Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs, Robert F. Allnut, concluded in a 1970 letter, "after fifteen years of manned space voyages including space stations and landing on the Moon, spacemen have brought back not a shred of evidence – verbal, photographic, or otherwise – for the existence of extraterrestrial spacecraft, or 'UFOs'."<ref name="ObergWholeStory">{{cite news|url=http://www.jamesoberg.com/77Feb-SW-astro-UFO.PDF|title=Astronauts and UFOs – the Whole Story!|author=James Oberg|date=Feb 1977|work=Space World|access-date=18 May 2014}}</ref>
Official analyst and reports have found no reason to believe any of the sightings have extraterrestrial origins.


In 2009, footage from NASA was posted on ] by ufologists which "renew UFO conspiracy theories that the government is hiding knowledge about its interactions with intelligent life" by relying on a "lack of context" to promote a "collection of indistinct imagery and allegations".<ref name="popmech"/> A number of the incidents were collected for an episode of the 2014 television series ''Are We Alone?''.<ref name=huff20140302/>
== 1965 ==
===Gemini 4===
During the ] mission, pilot ] most likely mistook his rocket booster for an unknown object.<ref name="SciSpecial">{{cite web|title=NASA UFO Files Revealed On Science Channel Special |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/27/nasa-ufo-science-channel-special_n_1380571.html|publisher=]|date=March 27, 2012|author=Lee Speigel|accessdate=2014-04-25}}</ref>


===Gemini 7=== ==Incidents==
Some sightings involving astronauts or NASA include:
], based on his trajectory analysis of the ] mission, describes the astronauts' comments about a "bogey" as referring to ]-associated debris, and not a reference to some sort of UFO.<ref>{{cite web|author=Oberg, James|title=Gemini-7: Lessons and Legends (A 30th Anniversary Revisit) – "Formation Flying", "Lessons Learned" Later, and one "Bogey"|url=http://www.jamesoberg.com/gemini7.html|date=September 15, 1995}}</ref> The astronaut who made the comments, ], later confirmed that what he saw was not a UFO.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Agle |first=D.C.|date=September 1998 |url=http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/flying-the-gusmobile-218187/?page=3 |title=Flying the Gusmobile |journal=Air & Space Magazine}}</ref>


During the ] mission, pilot ] spotted an object that he described as a "white cylindrical shape with a white pole sticking out of one corner of it." He took two pictures of it. His partner, ], was asleep at the time.<ref name="SciSpecial">{{cite web|title=NASA UFO Files Revealed On Science Channel Special |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/27/nasa-ufo-science-channel-special_n_1380571.html|publisher=]|date=March 27, 2012|author=Lee Speigel|access-date=2014-04-25}}</ref> McDivitt maintains that it was some unknown but man-made piece of debris, while ] argues that it was most likely the Titan II second stage of the craft.<ref>{{cite web|last=Oberg|first=James|title=The Gemini 4 UFO|url=http://www.jamesoberg.com/gemini4.html|work=UFO Report|date=Fall 1981|author-link=James Oberg|access-date=7 May 2014}}</ref>


In a transcript of ] mission, the astronauts mention a "bogey" which ufologists have claimed was a reference to a UFO.<ref name =AirSpace/> Oberg, based on his trajectory analysis of the mission, describes the astronauts' comments about a "bogey" as referring to ]-associated debris, and not a reference to some sort of UFO.<ref>{{cite web|author=Oberg, James|title=Gemini-7: Lessons and Legends (A 30th Anniversary Revisit – "Formation Flying", "Lessons Learned" Later, and one "Bogey"|url=http://www.jamesoberg.com/gemini7.html|publisher=Jamesoberg.com (self-published)|author-link=James Oberg|date=September 15, 1995}}</ref> The astronaut who made the comments, ], later confirmed that what he saw was not a UFO, and that when he offered to go on the television show '']'' to clarify, the producers told him, "Well, I'm not sure we want you on the program."<ref name =AirSpace>{{cite journal |last=Agle |first=D.C.|date=September 1998 |url=http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/flying-the-gusmobile-218187/?page=3 |title=Flying the Gusmobile |journal=Air & Space Magazine}}</ref>
== 1991 ==
===STS-48===
A video taken during mission ] of ] while in ] on September 15, 1991 shows a flash of light and several objects. ] explained the objects as ice particles reacting to engine jets, while ] speculated that the flash was from a ] firing. ] discussed the issue in his book '']'', agreeing with NASA.<ref>{{cite book |first=Philip C.|last=Plait|title=Bad Astronomy |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eInnwg77gbkC&pg=PP1&dq=#PPA209,M1|publisher=]|year=2002 |isbn=0-471-40976-6}}</ref> James Oberg presented a paper at Purdue University that showed how illumination conditions and thruster firings were capable of producing the sequences in question.<ref>{{cite web|first=James|last=Oberg|title=The Great STS-48 Zig-Zag UFO|url=http://www.jamesoberg.com/99purdue-48-speech.pdf|date=March 31, 1999}}</ref> He has also posted data and telemetry records that support a prosaic explanation.<ref>{{cite web|first=James|last=Oberg|title=Proof of the Prosaic Nature of the STS-48 Zig-Zag Video|url=http://www.igs.net/~hwt/zigzag.html}}</ref>


Within the UFO community, stories have spread that Neil Armstrong was reported to have witnessed multiple UFOs during ].<ref name="Spignesi2000">{{cite book|last=Spignesi|first=Stephen J.|title=The Ufo Book of Lists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BRHoKVTawnMC&pg=PA105|access-date=18 May 2014|date=2000|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=9780806521091|pages=105–}}</ref> Armstrong claimed he saw two blue pale glowing orbs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marsching |first=Jane D. |date=September 2003 |title=Orbs, Blobs, and Glows: Astronauts, UFOs, and Photography |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00043249.2003.10792170 |journal=Art Journal |language=en |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=56–65 |doi=10.1080/00043249.2003.10792170 |issn=0004-3249}}</ref> An explanation was that the sightings could have been attributed to jettisoned components. Additional stories were accredited to a hoax spread by science fiction writer ].<ref name=NBC/> ] says his words were taken out of context from an interview in 2005 about the incident.<ref name="popmech"/> Aldrin said that he "observed a light out the window that appeared alongside ".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hannan |first=Martin |date=April 19, 2018 |title=Did Buzz Aldrin see a UFO in space? |work=] |type=Newspaper}}</ref>
== 1996 ==
===STS-75===
The ] was deploying a satellite connected to a 12 mile ] that broke. After that, hundreds of objects were captured on a camera circling the disconnected tether.<ref name="SciSpecial"/> A model experiment was later conducted to see if an optical illusion could account for the sighting, and the experimenter believed the sighting was an optical illusion.<ref name="SciSpecial"/>


During a 2005 spacewalk outside the ], astronaut ] reported seeing lights in a formation he described as "in a line" and "almost like an upside-down check mark".<ref name=huff20140302/> The incident was promoted as a possible UFO sighting in the television series ''Are We Alone?''.<ref name=huff20140302/> Chiao later identified the lights as being from fishing boats "hundreds of miles below".<ref name=huff20140302>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/02/nasa-unexplained-files-are-we-alone-science-channel_n_4880334.html |title=Astronaut Leroy Chiao Opens Up About His 2005 UFO Sighting |publisher=] |author=Lee Speigel |date=2014-03-02 |access-date=2014-04-23}}</ref>
===STS-80 incidents===


In August 2013, astronaut ] reportedly saw a UFO float past the International Space Station near its ] cargo ship.<ref name=fox2013/> It was identified by Russian flight controllers as an antenna cover from the ].<ref name=fox2013>{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasa-solves-ufo-mystery-outside-international-space-station/ | work=] | date=2013-08-20 | title=NASA solves 'UFO' mystery outside International Space Station }}</ref>
An analysis done in 1999 by former ] specialist ] concluded that all the objects were nearby sunlit debris.


On August 19, 2020, Cosmonaut ] posted a video on Twitter featuring UFOs on a time lapse he recorded of the ]. Vagner dubbed the objects "space guests" with ] quote tweeting Vagner to say "An interesting and at the same time mysterious video made by the cosmonaut of Roscosmos Ivan Wagner from the International Space Station."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dunham |first1=Jackie |title='Space guests': Russian cosmonaut shares video showing apparent UFOs |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/space-guests-russian-cosmonaut-shares-video-showing-apparent-ufos-1.5073744 |access-date=15 November 2021 |work=] |date=21 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
== 2001 ==
===STS-102===

A video broadcast during mission ] of ] while in ] allegedly recorded on March 19, 2001 by Jeff Challender shows a flash of light and three objects which performed movements which included starting, stopping, accelerating, and making sudden angled turns.<ref>{{cite news|first=Will|last=Evans|title=Jeff Challender Tracked NASA Flights|url=http://indianamufon.homestead.com/jeffchallendar.html|work=]|publisher=] of Indiana (MUFON)|date=January 2003}}</ref>

== 2005 ==
In 2005 during a six-month mission on the ], astronaut ] witnessed lights in a formation he describes as an "upside-down check mark" during a spacewalk with cosmonaut, ]. Sharipov did not witness the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/541534/20140304/ufo-sighting-astrounaut-leroy-chiao-speaks-up.htm#.U1gzKPldV3G |title=UFO Sighting: Astronaut Leroy Chiao Finally Speaks Up on UFO Sighting During Spacewalk Back in 2005 |publisher=] |author=Jenalyn Villamarin |date=2014-03-04 |accessdate=2014-04-23 }}</ref> Chiao states that the lights were from a string of fishing boats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/02/nasa-unexplained-files-are-we-alone-science-channel_n_4880334.html |title=Astronaut Leroy Chiao Opens Up About His 2005 UFO Sighting |publisher=] |author=Lee Speigel |date=2014-03-02 |accessdate=2014-04-23}}</ref> In 2013, bright objects were spotted outside the ISS and was captured by NASA's live cam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/459798/20130422/ufo-sightings-nasa-international-space-station-video.htm |title=UFO Sightings: Multiple Objects Spotted Near International Space Station |publisher=] |author=IBTimes Staff Reporter |date=2013-04-22 |accessdate=2014-04-23 }}</ref>


==List of reported UFO sightings in outer space==

This is a list of alleged sightings of ] or UFOs in outer space.

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!data-sort-type="date"| Date !!Ship !! Crew !!class="unsortable"|Description
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|{{nowrap|May 15, 1963}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|Gordon Cooper reported a sighting of a green-hued glowing object approaching his capsule. The alleged UFO was detected by radar. Cooper has denied this incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/phenomena/cooper.html|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20100223085906/http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/phenomena/cooper.html |archive-date=23 February 2010|title=Gordon Cooper: No Mercury UFO|author=Martin, Robert|publisher=Space.com|date=1999-09-10}}</ref>
|-
|{{nowrap|June 3-7, 1965}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|]<br>]}}
|McDivitt noticed and photographed a "white cylindrical shape with a white pole sticking out of one corner of it".<ref name="SciSpecial"/>
|-
|{{nowrap|August 2, 1965}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|Gordon Cooper}}
|Cooper noticed a silver egg like object with a green light.
|-
|{{nowrap|September 12, 1966}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|]<br>]}}
|Astronauts witnessed an oblong object over ].
|-
|{{nowrap|November 11, 1966}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|Jim Lovell<br>]}}
|A UFO was spotted approximately 800 meters away from the spacecraft.
|-
|{{nowrap|December 21-27, 1966}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|Frank Borman<br>Jim Lovell}}
|Astronauts reported seeing an unexplained "bogey".
|-
|{{nowrap|June 18-16, 1969}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|Thomas P. Stafford<br>John Young<br>Eugene Cernan}}
|They reported a UFO near ] on the Moon.
|-
|{{nowrap|July 20, 1969}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|]<br> Michael Collins<br>Buzz Aldrin}}
|Neil Armstrong was reported to have witnessed multiple UFOs during Apollo 11. An explanation was that the sightings could have been attributed to jettisoned components. Additional stories were accredited to a hoax spread by science fiction writer ].<ref name=NBC/> Buzz Aldrin claims his words were taken out of context from an interview in 2005 about the incident.<ref name="popmech"/>
|-
|{{nowrap|November 14-14, 1969}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|Pete Conrad<br>Richard F. Gordon, Jr.<br>]}}
|Controls on Earth noticed an object near the moon and witness two luminous UFO at close range.
|-
|{{nowrap|November 7-19, 1972}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|Eugene Cernan<br>]<br>]}}
|The crew witnessed and photographed a greenish-blue UFO hovering above the Moon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ufo-sighting-moon-nasa-image-apollo-disc-501720|title=Apollo 17 Captures Glowing UFO Above Moon|publisher=]|author=Drishya Nair|date=2013-08-27|accessdate=2014-04-23}}</ref>
|-
|{{nowrap|February 22 - March 9, 1996}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|]<br/>]}}
|Hundreds of unidentified objects circling a broken tether were filmed on camera<ref name="SciSpecial"/>
|-
|{{nowrap|May 19 - 29, 1996}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]}}
|Lights spotted, of uncertain origin: trouble differentiating between ground or star lights.<ref name="popmech"/>
|-
|{{nowrap|November 19 - December 7, 1996}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]}}
|Ice like UFOs particles were spotted during the mission that had a 90 degree change in trajectory.<ref name="popmech"/>
|-
|{{nowrap|March 8 - 21, 2001}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|]<br/>]<br/>]<br/>]}}
|Trajectory changing particles were seen out the capsule which could not be attributed to thruster firing.<ref name=IanFleming/>
|}


==See also== ==See also==
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==References== ==References==
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<ref name="popmech">{{citation|title=Footage in the Sky: The Truth Behind NASA's 'UFO' Videos|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/4319637|publisher=Hearst Communication|date=December 18, 2009|author=Sofge, Erik}}</ref> <ref name="popmech">{{cite news|title=Footage in the Sky: The Truth Behind NASA's 'UFO' Videos|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/4319637|work=]|publisher=Hearst Communication|date=December 18, 2009|last=Sofge|first=Erik}}</ref>
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==Further reading== ==Further reading==
{{Refbegin}} {{Refbegin}}
*{{cite book|first=Franklin E.|last=Roach|author-link=Franklin E. Roach|chapter=6. Visual Observations Made by U. S. Astronauts|editor-last=Condon|editor-first=Edward U.|title=Scientific study of unidentified flying objects|date=1968|publisher=Regents of the University of Colorado|chapter-url=http://files.ncas.org/condon/text/s3chap06.htm}}
* Adolf Bele: Misterij letećih tanjura, Zagreb, 1987.
* {{citation|title=Astronaut Sees 'UFO' Near Space Station (Video)|url=http://www.space.com/22478-nasa-astronaut-ufo-video.html|publisher=Space.com|author=Malik, Tariq|date=August 22, 2013}} * {{citation|title=Astronaut Sees 'UFO' Near Space Station (Video)|url=http://www.space.com/22478-nasa-astronaut-ufo-video.html|publisher=Space.com|last=Malik|first=Tariq|date=August 22, 2013}}
* {{cite book|last=Hansen|first=James R.|author-link=James R. Hansen|title=First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong|title-link=First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong|date=2012|publisher=]|location=New York, N.Y.|isbn=9781476727813|pages=426–432|edition=1st Simon & Schuster trade paperback}}
* {{cite journal|last=Oberg|first=James|title=Astronauts and UFOs: The whole story|journal=Space World|date=February 1977|pages=4&ndash;28|url=http://www.jamesoberg.com/77Feb-SW-astro-UFO.PDF}}
* {{cite journal|last=Oberg|first=James|author-link=James Oberg|title=Astronauts and UFOs: The whole story|journal=Space World|date=February 1977|pages=4–28|url=http://www.jamesoberg.com/77Feb-SW-astro-UFO.PDF}}
* {{cite web|last=Oberg|first=James|title=The Apollo-11 UFO Incidents|url=http://www.debunker.com/texts/apollo11.html|accessdate=7 May 2014}} (excerpt from {{cite book|last=Oberg|first=James E.|title=UFOs & outer space mysteries : a sympathetic skeptic's report|date=1982|publisher=Donning|location=Norfolk, Va.|isbn=9780898651027}})
*{{cite encyclopedia|last=Oberg|first=James|title=astronauts, UFO sightings by |editor-first=Ronald |editor-last=Story |encyclopedia=The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters|date=2012|publisher=Constable & Robinson|location=New York|isbn=9781780337036}}
* {{cite web|last=Oberg|first=James|title=The Apollo-11 UFO Incidents|url=http://www.debunker.com/texts/apollo11.html|access-date=7 May 2014}} (excerpt from {{cite book|last=Oberg|first=James E.|title=UFOs & outer space mysteries : a sympathetic skeptic's report|url=https://archive.org/details/ufosouterspacemy0000ober|url-access=registration|date=1982|publisher=Donning|location=Norfolk, Va.|isbn=9780898651027}})
*{{cite book|last=Sagan|first=Carl|title=The demon-haunted world: Science as a candle in the dark|date=1996|publisher=]|location=New York|isbn=9780307801043}}
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==External links== ==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://sservi.nasa.gov/?question=apollo-11-ufo-sighting |title=Buzz Aldrin's UFO Sighting |first=David |last=Morrison|date=2 October 2006 |work=Solar system exploration research virtual institute |publisher=NASA |accessdate=6 May 2014}} *{{cite web|url=http://sservi.nasa.gov/?question=apollo-11-ufo-sighting |title=Buzz Aldrin's UFO Sighting |first=David |last=Morrison|date=2 October 2006 |work=Solar system exploration research virtual institute |publisher=NASA |access-date=6 May 2014}}
*{{cite web|url=http://sservi.nasa.gov/?question=apollo-11-ufo-sighting |title=Apollo 11 UFO Sighting |first=David |last=Morrison|date=2 October 2006 |work=Solar system exploration research virtual institute |publisher=NASA |accessdate=6 May 2014}} *{{cite web|url=http://sservi.nasa.gov/?question=apollo-11-ufo-sighting |title=Apollo 11 UFO Sighting |first=David |last=Morrison|date=2 October 2006 |work=Solar system exploration research virtual institute |publisher=NASA |access-date=6 May 2014}}
*{{cite web|last=Oberg|first=James|title=99 Frequently Asked Questions {FAQs} about astronauts and UFOs|url=http://jamesoberg.com/99faq.html|publisher=Jamesoberg.com (self-published)|author-link=James Oberg|access-date=7 May 2014}}
*{{cite news|title=UFO No longer unidentified|url=http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/travelinginspace/no_ufo.html|accessdate=7 May 2014|newspaper=NASA News Topics|date=19 April 2004}}
*{{cite news|title=UFO No longer unidentified|url=http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/travelinginspace/no_ufo.html|access-date=7 May 2014|newspaper=NASA News Topics|date=19 April 2004}}


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Unidentified flying objects have been reported by astronauts while in space. These sightings have been claimed as evidence for extraterrestrial life by ufologists.

Some of the alleged sightings never occurred: science fiction writer Otto Binder perpetuated a hoax claiming Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong had encountered UFOs during the Apollo mission. UFO proponents see comments by astronauts or photos processed by NASA as one of the "strongest bodies of evidence" because they are considered to be of high trustworthiness; however, NASA Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs, Robert F. Allnut, concluded in a 1970 letter, "after fifteen years of manned space voyages including space stations and landing on the Moon, spacemen have brought back not a shred of evidence – verbal, photographic, or otherwise – for the existence of extraterrestrial spacecraft, or 'UFOs'."

In 2009, footage from NASA was posted on YouTube by ufologists which "renew UFO conspiracy theories that the government is hiding knowledge about its interactions with intelligent life" by relying on a "lack of context" to promote a "collection of indistinct imagery and allegations". A number of the incidents were collected for an episode of the 2014 television series Are We Alone?.

Incidents

Some sightings involving astronauts or NASA include:

During the Gemini 4 mission, pilot Jim McDivitt spotted an object that he described as a "white cylindrical shape with a white pole sticking out of one corner of it." He took two pictures of it. His partner, Ed White, was asleep at the time. McDivitt maintains that it was some unknown but man-made piece of debris, while James Oberg argues that it was most likely the Titan II second stage of the craft.

In a transcript of Gemini 7 mission, the astronauts mention a "bogey" which ufologists have claimed was a reference to a UFO. Oberg, based on his trajectory analysis of the mission, describes the astronauts' comments about a "bogey" as referring to booster-associated debris, and not a reference to some sort of UFO. The astronaut who made the comments, Frank Borman, later confirmed that what he saw was not a UFO, and that when he offered to go on the television show Unsolved Mysteries to clarify, the producers told him, "Well, I'm not sure we want you on the program."

Within the UFO community, stories have spread that Neil Armstrong was reported to have witnessed multiple UFOs during Apollo 11. Armstrong claimed he saw two blue pale glowing orbs. An explanation was that the sightings could have been attributed to jettisoned components. Additional stories were accredited to a hoax spread by science fiction writer Otto Binder. Buzz Aldrin says his words were taken out of context from an interview in 2005 about the incident. Aldrin said that he "observed a light out the window that appeared alongside ".

During a 2005 spacewalk outside the International Space Station, astronaut Leroy Chiao reported seeing lights in a formation he described as "in a line" and "almost like an upside-down check mark". The incident was promoted as a possible UFO sighting in the television series Are We Alone?. Chiao later identified the lights as being from fishing boats "hundreds of miles below".

In August 2013, astronaut Christopher Cassidy reportedly saw a UFO float past the International Space Station near its Progress 52 cargo ship. It was identified by Russian flight controllers as an antenna cover from the Zvezda service module.

On August 19, 2020, Cosmonaut Ivan Vagner posted a video on Twitter featuring UFOs on a time lapse he recorded of the Aurora Australis. Vagner dubbed the objects "space guests" with Roscosmos quote tweeting Vagner to say "An interesting and at the same time mysterious video made by the cosmonaut of Roscosmos Ivan Wagner from the International Space Station."

See also

References

  1. ^ James Oberg (2012-08-25). "Debunking myths about Neil Armstrong". NBC News. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. James Oberg (Feb 1977). "Astronauts and UFOs – the Whole Story!" (PDF). Space World. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. ^ Sofge, Erik (December 18, 2009). "Footage in the Sky: The Truth Behind NASA's 'UFO' Videos". Popular Mechanics. Hearst Communication.
  4. ^ Lee Speigel (2014-03-02). "Astronaut Leroy Chiao Opens Up About His 2005 UFO Sighting". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  5. Lee Speigel (March 27, 2012). "NASA UFO Files Revealed On Science Channel Special". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  6. Oberg, James (Fall 1981). "The Gemini 4 UFO". UFO Report. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  7. ^ Agle, D.C. (September 1998). "Flying the Gusmobile". Air & Space Magazine.
  8. Oberg, James (September 15, 1995). "Gemini-7: Lessons and Legends (A 30th Anniversary Revisit – "Formation Flying", "Lessons Learned" Later, and one "Bogey"". Jamesoberg.com (self-published).
  9. Spignesi, Stephen J. (2000). The Ufo Book of Lists. Citadel Press. pp. 105–. ISBN 9780806521091. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  10. Marsching, Jane D. (September 2003). "Orbs, Blobs, and Glows: Astronauts, UFOs, and Photography". Art Journal. 62 (3): 56–65. doi:10.1080/00043249.2003.10792170. ISSN 0004-3249.
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