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Buzz Aldrin says his Apollo 11 'UFO' was likely a spacecraft panel

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Buzz Aldrin standing on the Moon during Apollo 11
Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface during Apollo 11, the mission on which he saw the object Neil A. Armstrong, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

In a 2005 Science Channel documentary, Aldrin described a light that seemed to travel alongside Apollo 11. He later told the AP the interview was edited to omit his explanation: most likely sunlight off a panel shed by the spacecraft. The 1969 crew debrief records the sighting.

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  1. OfficialApollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing, Vol. I (copy hosted by The Black Vault)NASA / 1969-07-31
  2. PressAldrin's UFO Encounter Explained Ahead of 25th Anniversary of Lunar LandingThe Christian Post (citing AP) / 2014-07-09
  3. PressDid Buzz Aldrin really see a UFO? Technically, yes.The Christian Science Monitor / 2014-07-10

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