Chandrayaan-3: Vikram lands in the Moon’s southern latitudes
The 23 August 2023 landing, Pragyan rover operations and local soil-composition measurements.
An explanation exists#0105
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Observations
Documented events, historical claims and public reports. Event dates and review status are listed separately; unidentified does not mean extraterrestrial.
Event year, not the article publication date.
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17 March 2013 flash: an impact that left a new crater
A bright ground-based flash received an independent check when LRO identified a fresh surface crater.
An explanation exists#0103
Apollo 11: the first human landing on the Moon
The documented Eagle landing, surface activities and coordinates refined from orbital imagery.
An explanation exists#0101
The Wow! signal: one record and an open question
On 15 August 1977 a radio telescope recorded an unusual narrowband signal whose source remains unidentified.
Insufficient evidence#0099
Krakatau: an explosion, waves and extraordinary sunsets
The August 1883 eruption left records in the ocean, atmosphere and observers’ accounts around the world.
An explanation exists#0097
Laki: the dry haze over Europe
The 1783–1784 eruption linked Icelandic lava fields with an unusual haze thousands of kilometres away.
An explanation exists#0095
Rendlesham Forest, 1980: lights, a memorandum and later accounts
Servicemen reported lights in the forest; surviving records distinguish the early account from later additions.
Insufficient evidence#0093
Socorro, 1964: police officer Lonnie Zamora’s report
Early reports and a site examination preserved an alleged landing account without identifying the object.
Insufficient evidence#0091
Washington, 1952: radar returns over the capital region
July radar and visual reports prompted interceptor flights and an official investigation.
Insufficient evidence#0089