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| '''UFO sightings in outer space''' are sightings of ]s reported by astronauts while in space that they could not explain at the time. These sightings have been claimed as evidence for alien visits by ]. 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=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> 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|accessdate=18 May 2014}}</ref> | |||
| This wiki page needs a complete overhaul due to blatant misinformation and denial bias in its content. The only few incidents listed here are ones of American origins that have either been disputed after the fact, or have been admitted as a hoax (and thus shouldn't even be listed on this page at all). | |||
| 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/> | |||
| The editors of this page have failed to provide neutral information or coverage of incidents occurring during non-American space missions, or ones from American space missions that retain sufficient ambiguity. | |||
| ==Incidents== | |||
| It's also telling how the introduction of this page states that "SOME" of these incidents have later been admitted to be hoaxes, yet it only names (and lists accordingly under "Incidents") one example — the Apollo/Armstrong incident. (And again, if it's a known hoax, then it shouldn't be on this page; it's inclusion here the unjustified language used — "some" — would lead one to speculate that it's intentional manipulation of the page and topic.) | |||
| Some sightings involving astronauts or NASA include: | |||
| 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|accessdate=2014-04-25}}</ref> 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.<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|authorlink=James Oberg|accessdate=7 May 2014}}</ref> | |||
| I will continue to erase the page and re-paste this edit every single day until it's given a proper, neutral treatment rather than an obvious dismissive brush off. | |||
| 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)|authorlink=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> | |||
| 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|accessdate=18 May 2014|date=2000|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=9780806521091|pages=105–}}</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"/> | |||
| 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 |accessdate=2014-04-23}}</ref> | |||
| In August 2013, according to ], astronaut ] saw a UFO float past the International Space Station near its ] cargo ship.<ref name=fox2013/> It was soon identified by Russian flight controllers as an antenna cover from the ].<ref name=fox2013>{{cite news | url=http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/20/nasa-solves-ufo-mystery-outside-international-space-station/ | work=] | date=2013-08-20 | title=NASA solves 'UFO' mystery outside International Space Station }}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{Reflist|30em|refs= | |||
| <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> | |||
| }} | |||
| ==Further reading== | |||
| {{Refbegin}} | |||
| *{{cite book|first=Franklin E. |last=Roach |authorlink=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|chapterurl=http://files.ncas.org/condon/text/s3chap06.htm}} | |||
| * {{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}} | |||
| * {{cite book|last=Hansen|first=James R.|title=]|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|authorlink=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 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|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 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}} | |||
| {{Refend}} | |||
| ==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=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|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)|authorlink=James Oberg|accessdate=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}} | |||
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Revision as of 05:56, 9 July 2019
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 have been claimed as evidence for alien visits 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. 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.
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, according to NASA TV, astronaut Christopher Cassidy saw a UFO float past the International Space Station near its Progress 52 cargo ship. It was soon identified by Russian flight controllers as an antenna cover from the Zvezda service module.
See also
References
- ^ James Oberg (2012-08-25). "Debunking myths about Neil Armstrong". NBC News. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- James Oberg (Feb 1977). "Astronauts and UFOs - the Whole Story!" (PDF). Space World. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ Sofge, Erik (December 18, 2009). "Footage in the Sky: The Truth Behind NASA's 'UFO' Videos". Popular Mechanics. Hearst Communication.
- ^ Lee Speigel (2014-03-02). "Astronaut Leroy Chiao Opens Up About His 2005 UFO Sighting". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- Lee Speigel (March 27, 2012). "NASA UFO Files Revealed On Science Channel Special". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- Oberg, James (Fall 1981). "The Gemini 4 UFO". UFO Report. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ Agle, D.C. (September 1998). "Flying the Gusmobile". Air & Space Magazine.
- 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).
- Spignesi, Stephen J. (2000). The Ufo Book of Lists. Citadel Press. pp. 105–. ISBN 9780806521091. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "NASA solves 'UFO' mystery outside International Space Station". Fox News. 2013-08-20.
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}}: External link in|chapterurl=|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.
External links
- Morrison, David (2 October 2006). "Buzz Aldrin's UFO Sighting". Solar system exploration research virtual institute. NASA. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- Morrison, David (2 October 2006). "Apollo 11 UFO Sighting". Solar system exploration research virtual institute. NASA. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- Oberg, James. "99 Frequently Asked Questions {FAQs} about astronauts and UFOs". Jamesoberg.com (self-published). Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- "UFO No longer unidentified". NASA News Topics. 19 April 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
