NASA briefings mention an apparent “alien star base” on the Moon, the latest trove of UFO files has revealed.
Audio from a previously classified NASA meeting following the Apollo 16 mission in the 1970s was released as part of the third dump of UFO files on Friday. The Apollo 16 mission flew around the Moon from April 16 to April 27, 1972.
Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke were the first humans to explore the Moon’s highland region as Thomas “Ken” Mattingly remained in orbit around the lunar rock. In the 55-minute audio, teams discussed gravity, laser measurements as well as abnormalities found during the exploration.
View 3 ImagesThere have been many reported claims about UFOs in the latest file releases(Image: War.gov)
But nestled in the audio is a discussion about a “great big hole” close to the Van de Graaff crater, an area known for unusual features. One speaker said: “In the backside of the moon around Fendi graph, that’s where we get our big hole.”
Just moments later, a bizarre suggestion was made. The speaker continued: “It could be an alien star base or something. Anyway, the next slide shows the front side of the moon.”
The comment was said extremely casually and after there had been some laughter following a comment about the “big hole.” Friday’s document dump involved some 72 files collected from the FBI, CIA and Pentagon that includes video, testimony as well as artistic interpretations of objects described.
View 3 ImagesAstronauts have been researching on the surface of the Moon since the 1960s(Image: AFP/Getty Images)
Some files date to as far back as the 1940s and cover other countries in addition to the US. President Donald Trump released the first two batches on May 8 and May 22, respectively.
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Previous files refer to bizarre sightings of orbs in some areas of the US. One redacted file made mention of two people who saw a bright light in their back garden one evening.
The report of one person’s account “described the red colour as being brilliant and beautiful, and that [redacted] had never seen anything that colour of red before.” It added the red sphere was about 3ft wide and contained a “white plasma sun” about the size of a basketball in its centre.
The pair then reported seeing numerous white orbs some weeks later that flew over the house at a higher altitude. Another suspected UFO sighting was also said to have been recorded at Zimbabwe’s Harare International Airport in July 2008.