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], 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)|authorlink=James Oberg|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> ], 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)|authorlink=James Oberg|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>


== 1996 == == 1969 ==
===STS-75=== === Apollo 11 ===
⚫ Neil Armstrong was reported to have witnessed multiple UFOs during ]. 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"/>
The ] was deploying a satellite connected to a 12 mile ]. When the tether broke, hundreds of small objects were filmed circling the disconnected tether. A model experiment was later conducted to see if an optical illusion could account for the sighting, and the experimenter believed the sighting were an optical illusion.<ref name="SciSpecial"/>


== 2005 == == 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 news|url=http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/541534/20140304/ufo-sighting-astrounaut-leroy-chiao-speaks-up.htm |title=UFO Sighting: Astronaut Leroy Chiao Finally Speaks Up on UFO Sighting During Spacewalk Back in 2005 |work=], A.U. Edition |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 news|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 |work=], India Edition |author=IBTimes Staff Reporter |date=2013-04-22 |accessdate=2014-04-23 }}</ref> 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 news|url=http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/541534/20140304/ufo-sighting-astrounaut-leroy-chiao-speaks-up.htm |title=UFO Sighting: Astronaut Leroy Chiao Finally Speaks Up on UFO Sighting During Spacewalk Back in 2005 |work=], A.U. Edition |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 news|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 |work=], India Edition |author=IBTimes Staff Reporter |date=2013-04-22 |accessdate=2014-04-23 }}</ref>

==List of reported UFO sightings in outer space==
{{organize section|date=May 2014}}
This is a list of alleged sightings of ] or UFOs in outer space.

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|{{nowrap|June 3-7, 1965}}
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|McDivitt saw a "white cylindrical shape with a white pole sticking out of one corner of it".<ref name="SciSpecial"/>
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|{{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 7-19, 1972}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|Eugene Cernan<br>]<br>]}}
|UFO enthusiast and blogger Scott C. Waring says there was a greenish-blue UFO hovering above the Moon.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ufo-sighting-moon-nasa-image-apollo-disc-501720|title=Apollo 17 Captures Glowing UFO Above Moon|work=], UK Edition|author=Drishya Nair|date=2013-08-27|accessdate=2014-04-23}}</ref>
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|{{nowrap|February 22 - March 9, 1996}}
|{{nowrap|]}}
|{{nowrap|]<br/>]}}
|Hundreds of unidentified objects circling a broken tether were filmed on camera.<ref name="SciSpecial"/>
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==See also== ==See also==

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UFO sightings in outer space are sightings of unidentified flying objects reported by astronauts while in space that they could not explain at the time. These sightings were claimed as evidence for alien visits by ufologists, although prosaic explanations have since been found for almost all of them. 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 mission.

1965

Gemini 4

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 rocket scientist James Oberg arguest that it was most likely the Titan 11 second stage of the craft.

Gemini 7

James Oberg, based on his trajectory analysis of the Gemini 7 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.

1969

Apollo 11

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 Otto Binder. Buzz Aldrin claims his words were taken out of context from an interview in 2005 about the incident.

2005

In 2005 during a six-month mission on the International Space Station, astronaut Leroy Chiao witnessed lights in a formation he describes as an "upside-down check mark" during a spacewalk with cosmonaut, Salizhan Sharipov. Sharipov did not witness the event. Chiao states that the lights were from a string of fishing boats. In 2013, bright objects were spotted outside the ISS and was captured by NASA's live cam.

See also

References

  1. ^ James Oberg (2012-08-25). "Debunking myths about Neil Armstrong". NBC News. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. Lee Speigel (March 27, 2012). "NASA UFO Files Revealed On Science Channel Special". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  3. Oberg, James (Fall 1981). "The Gemini 4 UFO". UFO Report. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. 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).
  5. Agle, D.C. (September 1998). "Flying the Gusmobile". Air & Space Magazine.
  6. Sofge, Erik (December 18, 2009). "Footage in the Sky: The Truth Behind NASA's 'UFO' Videos". Popular Mechanics. Hearst Communication.
  7. Jenalyn Villamarin (2014-03-04). "UFO Sighting: Astronaut Leroy Chiao Finally Speaks Up on UFO Sighting During Spacewalk Back in 2005". International Business Times, A.U. Edition. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  8. Lee Speigel (2014-03-02). "Astronaut Leroy Chiao Opens Up About His 2005 UFO Sighting". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  9. IBTimes Staff Reporter (2013-04-22). "UFO Sightings: Multiple Objects Spotted Near International Space Station". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

Further reading

  • Roach, Franklin E. (1968). "6. Visual Observations Made by U. S. Astronauts". In Condon, Edward U. (ed.). Scientific study of unidentified flying objects. Regents of the University of Colorado. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  • Malik, Tariq (August 22, 2013), Astronaut Sees 'UFO' Near Space Station (Video), Space.com
  • Hansen, James R. (2012). First man : the life of Neil A. Armstrong (1st Simon & Schuster trade paperback ed.). New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster. pp. 426–432. ISBN 9781476727813.
  • Oberg, James (February 1977). "Astronauts and UFOs: The whole story" (PDF). Space World: 4–28.
  • Oberg, James (2012). "astronauts, UFO sightings by". In Story, Ronald (ed.). The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters. New York: Constable & Robinson. ISBN 9781780337036.
  • Oberg, James. "The Apollo-11 UFO Incidents". Retrieved 7 May 2014. (excerpt from Oberg, James E. (1982). UFOs & outer space mysteries : a sympathetic skeptic's report. Norfolk, Va.: Donning. ISBN 9780898651027.)
  • Sagan, Carl (1996). The demon-haunted world: Science as a candle in the dark. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 9780307801043.

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