Apollo 17 Mission Voice Transcript
NASA Apollo 17 Mission Transcript (1972)
Full Apollo 17 voice transcript. CMP Ron Evans tracked a bright rotating object roughly 10–12 Earth-diameters away that produced a rhythmic alternating bright/dim flash visible across multiple revolutions for 24+ hours; the crew repeatedly questioned Mission Control's S-IVB rocket-stage explanation. Cernan separately reported a flash on the lunar surface north of Grimaldi crater and described 'flat, flakelike particles' drifting past windows 'like the Fourth of July'.
Notable excerpts
“It is a bright object, and it's obviously rotating because it's flashing. It's way out in the distance.
“It's something physical in the distance.
“Hey, I just saw a flash on the lunar surface! ... north of Grimaldi.
Witnesses
- Eugene Cernan · Commander
- Harrison Schmitt · Lunar Module Pilot
- Ronald Evans · Command Module Pilot
Significance
Apollo 17 was the last crewed lunar landing. The transcript captures one of the longest continuous UAP observations in Apollo history; the crew explicitly rejected the 'nearby particle' hypothesis through three-dimensional optical comparison.
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- p.1EN· We're making plans here craft SEP time of 03 plus 43. for a space LMP 03 plus 43· CMP Now we've got a few very bright particles ments or something that go drifting by as maneuver. or we frag CC Roger中文· We're making plans here craft SEP time of 03 plus 43. for a space LMP 03 plus 43· CMP Now we've got a few very bright particles ments or something that go drifting by as maneuver. or we frag CC Roger
- p.2EN· CMP They're very bright中文· CMP They're very bright
- p.3EN· Tape 5/4 00 03 38 01 cc CMP CC CMP LMP CMP CC CMP CC CDR 00 03 00 03 00 03 39 39 39 35 53 57 cc CMP LMP cc CMP LMP CMP LMP Roger中文· Tape 5/4 00 03 38 01 cc CMP CC CMP LMP CMP CC CMP CC CDR 00 03 00 03 00 03 39 39 39 35 53 57 cc CMP LMP cc CMP LMP CMP LMP Roger
- p.4EN· Let's start the DET. 00 03 41 59 CDR Tickity-tick-tickity, Houston. at 59: 30中文· Let's start the DET. 00 03 41 59 CDR Tickity-tick-tickity, Houston. at 59: 30
- p.5EN· And probably the one most imposing thing I remember is - and the last one I remember before falling asleep - was the fact that there was a very bright spot that flashed right between my eyes like a very bright headlight - like a train coming at you, only with a flash中文· And probably the one most imposing thing I remember is - and the last one I remember before falling asleep - was the fact that there was a very bright spot that flashed right between my eyes like a very bright headlight - like a train coming at you, only with a flash
- p.6EN· LMP Okay, all you flash bugs down there - or flash bulbs I guess is the word - frame 50· LMP I'll tell you, I bet you Ron could give a star sighting on it (laughter)中文· LMP Okay, all you flash bugs down there - or flash bulbs I guess is the word - frame 50· LMP I'll tell you, I bet you Ron could give a star sighting on it (laughter)
- p.7EN· It is a - it is a bright object, and it's obviously rotating because it's flashing中文· It is a - it is a bright object, and it's obviously rotating because it's flashing
- p.8EN· It's something physical in the distance中文· It's something physical in the distance
- p.9EN· As it comes around in - in rhythmic fashion, you get a very bright flash; and then you get a dull flash· And then it'll come around with a bright flash, and then a dull flash中文· As it comes around in - in rhythmic fashion, you get a very bright flash; and then you get a dull flash· And then it'll come around with a bright flash, and then a dull flash
- p.10EN· CC Roger. 02 18 58 27 LMP In a little while, we'll probably get a pretty good look at a - what looks like a very concen trated intense storm that, I think, is just - east CMP *** And then we' 11 put them. once we get updated a little bit中文· CC Roger. 02 18 58 27 LMP In a little while, we'll probably get a pretty good look at a - what looks like a very concen trated intense storm that, I think, is just - east CMP *** And then we' 11 put them. once we get updated a little bit
- p.11EN· They're alike in intensity and pretty regular in the - in the intensity, bright and dim flashes they come out with, and they're widely separated中文· They're alike in intensity and pretty regular in the - in the intensity, bright and dim flashes they come out with, and they're widely separated
- p.12EN· LMP I was going to say, using your terminator time as a partial - mark for where Hawaii ought to be, Hawaii ought to be, it looks like that cyclonic circulation at the north end of the cloud bank I described, approaching that area, would be Just about on the Hawa - Hawaiian Islands中文· LMP I was going to say, using your terminator time as a partial - mark for where Hawaii ought to be, Hawaii ought to be, it looks like that cyclonic circulation at the north end of the cloud bank I described, approaching that area, would be Just about on the Hawa - Hawaiian Islands