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Apollo 12 UAP Photographs, November 1969

Hasselblad photographs taken during Apollo 12's translunar coast showing unexplained luminous objects flanking the spacecraft.

NASA-A12-PHOTO-1969DECLASSIFIED
Reference UAP image from PURSUE Release 01 used in lieu of restricted Apollo 12 plate.NASADECLASSIFIED

Summary

Three Hasselblad frames taken on November 15, 1969 during Apollo 12's translunar coast show point-source luminous objects flanking the spacecraft. The pictures were retained in NASA's photographic archives without public release until PURSUE Release 01. Accompanying technical notes record that crew did not visually observe the objects through the spacecraft windows.

Why it matters

These are the earliest NASA-acknowledged photographic anomalies in PURSUE. Their re-release reignited a 50-year debate over what photographic evidence can and cannot establish.

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