Apollo 12 Mission Voice Transcript
NASA Apollo 12 Mission Transcript (1969)
NASA's full air-to-ground voice transcript for Apollo 12. During lunar surface ops, LMP Alan Bean — peering through the Alignment Optical Telescope at the dark Quadrant 1 — described "particles of light" that "haul out of here and just press off at the stars," while the AGS display flashed all-81s in a one-second pulse. Mission Control confirmed the same flashing pattern had been observed during Bethpage spacecraft testing. Released as searchable text — no redactions.
Notable excerpts
“I was thinking they're dropping from my water boiler, but it looks like some of those things are escaping the Moon.
“They really haul out of here and just press off at the stars.
“I'm getting an all 81s flash on both the address and the information registers.
Witnesses
- Pete Conrad · Apollo 12 Commander (CDR)
- Alan Bean · Lunar Module Pilot (LMP)
- Dick Gordon · Command Module Pilot (CMP)
Locations
- Lunar orbit · LM Intrepid
Significance
Among the most credible real-time UAP records ever made on a lunar mission: observed live, called down on official voice loop, and documented in-frame by Mission Control rather than recalled second-hand.
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Per-page highlights
The most signal-bearing sentences on each page (mentioning UAP / radar / observation / altitude / coordinates). Kept in the original language to avoid translation drift.
- p.1EN· 05 19 14 58 05 19 16 31 05 19 16 35 05 19 16 37 05 19 16 45 05 19 20 05 05 19 20 09 05 19 20 14 05 19 20 22 05 19 20 27 05 19 21.J 31 05 19 20 36 05 19 20 53 05 19 20 59 05 19 21 10 05 19 21 20 05 19 23 14 05 19 23 20 05 19 23 39 05 19 23 52 05 19 23 57 05 19 24 05 ) cc CC CDR-I.M CC CDR-I.M CMP cc CMP cc CMP cc CMP…中文· 05 19 14 58 05 19 16 31 05 19 16 35 05 19 16 37 05 19 16 45 05 19 20 05 05 19 20 09 05 19 20 14 05 19 20 22 05 19 20 27 05 19 21.J 31 05 19 20 36 05 19 20 53 05 19 20 59 05 19 21 10 05 19 21 20 05 19 23 14 05 19 23 20 05 19 23 39 05 19 23 52 05 19 23 57 05 19 24 05 ) cc CC CDR-I.M CC CDR-I.M CMP cc CMP cc CMP cc CMP…
- p.2EN· You can see these lights - particles of light. flash~s of light just seem to come from - in this case, I'm looking in quadrant 1 which is the left one中文· You can see these lights - particles of light. flash~s of light just seem to come from - in this case, I'm looking in quadrant 1 which is the left one
- p.3EN· I'm getting an all 81 s flash on both the address and the information registers at about one- fifth the brilliance of the normal numbers中文· I'm getting an all 81 s flash on both the address and the information registers at about one- fifth the brilliance of the normal numbers
- p.4EN· Well, my ball tells me I'm pointed at you, Dick, and so does my radar中文· Well, my ball tells me I'm pointed at you, Dick, and so does my radar