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Revision as of 05:46, 9 July 2019 by 47.4.229.46 (talk) (Read the page)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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).
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.
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.)
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.
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
- 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.
- Cite error: The named reference
NBCwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - 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.
- ^ "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.
