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Unexplained

Sighting in Texas, February 18, 1971

United States

Item released by the US government (PURSUE, NASA): an audio recording, "Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued)". Incident: 2/18/71, Texas. According to the government, no definitive determination could be made.

What happened

This file contains segment 2 of 2 of the Apollo 14 post-mission crew debriefing at the Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center), Houston, Texas. In this continued segment, crew members and debriefers further discuss the “light flash phenomena,” a then novel, now well-documented biological effect where high-energy cosmic rays pass through the eye and strike the retina, causing the perception of light streaks or flashes.

Summary written by AARO, the Pentagon's UAP office, and released by the US government (public domain).

Date
February 18, 1971
Location
Texas · region only
Type of sighting
From the ground

Sources

Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.