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Volume 17: Number 3: Article 2
Video Analysis of an Anomalous Image Filmed During Apollo 16
Hiroshi Nakamura, Takaramachi 1-3-2, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 124-0005,
Japan
Video data of NASA Film CL-862 showing a saucer-shaped object moving
in an unusual trajectory above the moon is examined. It is alleged by
Donald B. Ratsch that footage was taken by John W. Young, who was spacecraft
commander during the Apollo 16 mission, as the spacecraft approached
the moon. Image analysis is performed to determine if the object in
question is Earth as claimed by Karsten Voigt, even though James Oberg,
who also thought it was Earth, has retracted that explanation because
of work by Jack Kasher.
Our analysis indicates that the object is neither Earth, the command
module, or debris. Our analysis shows that footage was not obtained
when Apollo 16 was approaching the moon. We have shown this by using
the age of the moon in the film scene. We show that the footage was
obtained when Apollo 16 was leaving the moon. This analysis is supported
by corroborative data of metric camera images. AS16-M-3051, -3052, and
-3053, even though there were no metric photos taken at the same time
as the CL-862 footage.
Our analysis shows that the film was taken by Apollo 16 between 2:30
and 3:00 UTC on 25 April 1972 from about 2,200 km above 10.2 degrees
north latitude and 89.1 degrees east longitude. Assuming the object
is roughly the same size and distance as some craters, the diameter
was 60 to 120 km!
The disc object appears to have vanished into the moon shadow 4 seconds
after its initial appearance in the film, but it never moved much farther
away from the Apollo 16 craft into the dark space background. The object
appears to have been on a collision course with the moon. However, it
is unlikely that a minor planet (large meteor) crashed into the moon
because a moonquake did not occur on 25 April 1972; therefore, the object
was not a minor planet.
Furthermore, the object appears to be an artificial structure consisting
of a disc that has a prominent dome at the center. The apparent motion
toward the moon which, nevertheless, avoided collision with the moon,
and the unsuitable shape for a minor planet suggest that the object
is a kind of very large extraterrestrial spaceship.
However, we ask NASA for the disclosure of more information while refraining
from emphasizing premature explanations for the object.
Keywords: UFO, CL-862, extraterrestrial spaceship
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Video Analysis of an Anomalous Image Filmed During Apollo 16
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