NASA-UAP-VM6, APOLLO 17, 1972

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NASA-UAP-VM6, APOLLO 17, 1972 is a declassified record from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, dated 1972, classification UNCLASSIFIED. It is part of PURSUE Release 01 — the Pentagon's first public unsealing of UAP records under the Presidential Unsealing & Reporting System for UAP Encounters program, published on 2026-05-08 at war.gov/UFO/. UAP.WATCH has indexed the full text locally so the document can be read, searched, and cited without leaving the site.

Linked incidents

• Lunar Sky, north of Grimaldi crater — 11 DEC 1972 (PURSUE-003)

Document text

DOCUMENT TITLE: NASA-UAP-VM6, Apollo 17, 1972
SOURCE: NASA
DATE: 1972
LOCATION: Moon
TYPE: STILL IMAGE / PHOTOGRAPH
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION (DEPARTMENT OF WAR):
As part of the review of historical UAP materials under PURSUE, DOW has opened a case to investigate the accompanying NASA photograph from the Apollo 17 mission, taken December 1972. The image contains three “dots” in a triangular formation in the lower right quadrant of the lunar sky that is clearly visible upon magnification of the image. While this photo has been previously released and discussed by keen observers, there is no consensus about the nature of the anomaly. New preliminary US government analysis suggests the image feature is potentially the result of a physical object in the scene. Additionally, as part of this investigation, the government has obtained the original film from the Apollo 17 mission and the results of the full NASA and DOW analysis will be released when completed.

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