Did the first man to go to the Moon see alliens??

Question

When they were asking for the piece that comes off the rocket, wasn't it far away enough for them to know it was.....too far to see it?? Why did they keep asking for the location of the piece?? It was like, "I'm looking at something, but not sure what it is". They never said anything else. Do they have to ask for the position of the piece, or were they actually looking at some UFO?

Answer 1

Firstly, UFO stands for UNIDENTIFIED Flying Object, it does not stand for Extraterrestrial Space Vehicle. The crew of Apollo 11 were looking at a UFO in so far as they could not identify exactly what it was by sight. All they could see was a blob of light that appeared to change shape and intensity. They asked about the location of the spent S-IVB part of the launch vehicle because, since the S-IVB was the part of the rocket that sent them to the Moon, it was heading in roughly the same direction even after they separated from it. The S-IVB was being tracked, however, and it was determined that it was simply too far away for them to be seeing it. What was not too far away were the four panels of the shroud that covered the lunar module.

At launch, the Apollo command and service modules sit atop the rocket. Directly behind them is a conical shroud covering the lunar module to protect it during launch. Once the rocket is launched the first and second stages fire, run out of fuel and drop away. The third stage, called the S-IVB, burns for a short time to get to orbit, then after a short period of checkout time the third stage is restarted to push the spacecraft to the Moon. Once that burn is finished the whole stack (S-IVB, lunar module and command/service module) is heading to the Moon. On the way the command service module separates and the conical shroud that covers the lunar module is blown open using small explosive bolts. The shroud splits into four panels. After this the command module docks with the lunar module and pulls it away from the S-IVB stage.

At this point you have six separate objects. The docked lunar, command and service modules make up one, the S-IVB is another, and then there are the four panels of the shroud. All of these objects are heading along the same basic path to the Moon, although the shroud panels are gradually getting further apart as they go because of the force required to blow the shroud open. Now the S-IVB is fired again to put it on a different course to another orbit around the sun. It therefore gets quite far from the spacecraft. However, the shroud panels are still more or less following the spacecraft, and it is very likely that what the crew saw was one of these panels. Because it is an irregular shape and painted differently inside and outside, and because the release would have set it spinning, it would be expected to appear to change shape and intensity if seen from a great distance.

Answer 2

I'm a bit skeptical when it comes to most, if not all, UFO sightings. Most of the time, the person telling the 'story' is usually seeking attention, or is suffering some sort of condition that makes me think "I'm positive you SAW a UFO ... I just doubt it was actually there" Same goes for ghosts.

However, when you start hearing about Astronauts seeing such things ... well, it gets a bit grey. I've always held astronauts in pretty high regard - especially as a kid. But at the same time - they're just regular people like you and me. It just happens that their job entails space travel (albeit a very small portion of 'space'). Take the court case recently with the female astronaut who flipped out and tried to kidnap a love rival. See? Just like the rest of us ... sort of.

I read a book once called "Our mysterious spaceship Moon" which had lost of 'apparently legitimate' transcripts of conversations between astronauts on the surface of the moon. I found it fascinating, and much more believable than the freaks you see on TV saying "They took me and probed my anus!". However, a lot of the 'theories' in that book have pretty much been debunked since it was published, and I'm pretty sure some of the conversations are the same.

Apparently, people still talk about astronaut transcripts that make reference to UFO's, but the only place I've read about it is the Internet - the most unreliable source of information available. Speaking of which - check out the link below.

Answer 3

I'm not sure what instance you are refering to, but you must keep in mind that the first astronaughts had no 'sensors' besides fixed cameras on their modules and their windows gave them only a limited veiw of the outside of the craft. If you are talking about apollo thirteen, (which never landed on the moon) they could've been talking about the missing section of rocket that was thrown off by the explosion.

Answer 4

In the early 1950's many redstone rockets were launched from Ft. Sill Oklahoma.The moon was simply used as target practice then, and this may account for many reports of artifacts on the moon.

Answer 5

most shuttle crew have seen ufos and cant say a thing about it
the shuttle has two radio channels one general purpose and one encrypted secure channel some chat about ufos has been heard from the general channel then suddenly it is switched to the secure channel so yes they have seen some strange things even going back to the gemini missions

Answer 6

Rumor (and I emphasize, "Rumor), is that on the conversation logs of the Apollo missions, someone says at one point, "There really is a Santa Claus." Some say Santa Claus is a code word for alien activity.