LCROSS: an impact into shadow and water in the ejecta
On October 9, 2009 a Centaur stage struck a permanently shadowed area in Cabeus. LCROSS instruments examined the ejecta and detected w…
An explanation exists#0177
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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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Surveyor 1: footpads on the ground, a camera begins to look
On June 2, 1966 Universal Time, Surveyor 1 made the first American soft landing on the Moon and returned images of its immediate surro…
An explanation exists#0175
Ranger 7: the final minutes that brought the Moon close
On July 31, 1964 Ranger 7 transmitted thousands of images before its planned impact. The sequence revealed lunar terrain in detail bey…
An explanation exists#0173
Project Condign: a classified assessment, a defence question and a plasma hypothesis
A 2000 Defence Intelligence report assessed the military relevance of UAP reports. Its proposed plasma mechanisms are not established …
Under review#0171
Petit-Rechain: a triangle photograph and its maker's admission
A photograph attributed to spring 1990 became an emblem of the Belgian wave. In July 2011 its maker told RTL-TVI that he had photograp…
Manipulation detected#0169
Stephenville: testimony, a corrected statement and FAA radar data
The January 8, 2008 reports led to disputed military statements and a civilian analysis of radar data obtained through FOIA. The recor…
Under review#0167
The Phoenix Lights: two events within one famous evening
On March 13, 1997 observers saw an earlier moving formation and a later row of bright lights. The flare explanation for the later disp…
Under review#0165
The Belgian wave: gendarmes, triangles and the limits of a radar record
Reports in 1989–1990 prompted an F-16 interception. The military acknowledged a failure to identify the phenomena; radar locks did not…
Under review#0163
Lunokhod 1: eleven lunar days and the rediscovery of a reflector
The first successful planetary rover arrived in November 1970 and traveled more than ten kilometers. Decades later orbital images help…
An explanation exists#0161