nasa-uap-d2-apollo-17-transcript-1972.pdf

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CC Yes, we copied your V_I and your EMS numbers, and we've got a number for you. Maneuver start time will be at 03 plus 33 plus 27.

LMP Okay, we got you. Maneuver at 03:33:27.

CC That's affirmative, Jack.

LMP You guys didn't tell us we couldn't see anything going through the sunrise.

CC (Laughter) Roger.

00 03 25 01 CC 17, Houston. We're making plans here for a spacecraft SEP time of 03 plus 43.

LMP 03 plus 43. Roger.

00 03 27 27 CC 17, Houston. We're copying cabin press of 5.9 this time.

CMP Roger. We - we just got it, Bob.

CC Okay.

CMP Thank you.

00 03 31 55 LMP Frame 65…

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CC Roger. They look like fluid of some sort?
CMP Not to me. They look like pieces of something.
CC Roger.
CMP They're very bright.
CC Jack, we'd like OMNI Charlie.
CMP Bob, for the most part, these fragments are not - or are tumbling at a very slow rate. I tried a couple of pictures of them - different settings. You may get an idea of what, at least, the patterns look like.
CC Roger. I've got you. We're all ears on these fragments. Do you think you can figure out what they might be?
CMP Well, you know I - I don't know. There are a number of possibilities. If you had some kind of a - …

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00 03 38 01 CC Roger. Cut in.

CMP Every once in a while, a fragment of considerably higher velocity than the others goes across my window. But that's very rare.

CC Roger.

CMP Hey, that's that field of view I saw out my window. Jack, do you see it now?

LMP Yes.

CMP And, Bob. At least, there - there's no apparent relative motion between fragments.

CC Roger. Understand.

CMP I'll take two pictures about a minute apart if I can. And it'll be Frame 70.

CC Okay. Frame 70.

CDR And, Bob. This is Geno. My impression is that they are - flat, flakelike particles. Some may be 6 inches ac…

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00 03 40 01 CMP Okay. SECS LOGIC is CLOSED; SECS ARM are CLOSED; LOGIC POWER is ON.
LMP Okay.

00 03 40 13 CC 17, Houston. You have a GO for T&D.
CDR Okay. A GO for T&D.

00 03 40 38 CMP Okay. We'll ARM the PYROs. And we'll hit the GDC ALIGN.

00 03 41 00 CMP And maneuver's complete. And 0180 and 0? On the GDC? No. It's just ... It's kind of diddling.

00 03 41 19 CMP Okay. DELTA-V in NORMAL.

00 03 41 42 CMP S-IVB, okay. Okay, switches are all set.
LMP Okay; 59:30.

00 03 41 55 CMP Okay. Let's start the DET.

00 03 41 59 CDR Tickity-tick-tickity, Houston. We're running at 59…

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02 18 41 11 CDR Okay. Is that it? Yes, I can get that, Gene.

CMP Okay, you want to take a picture of it first? Okay, POWER ... Okay, stand by. 3, 2, 1 -

02 18 41 59 CMP MARK it. POWER switch OFF.

CDR Say, Bob or Stu.

CC Roger. Go ahead.

02 18 42 34 CDR Okay, add - to ad to today. Not last night, but - I guess the first night I was in bed - I definitely saw some of these - because I had a hard time going to bed, to start with - I saw some of the same peripheral horizon-type things you said were not the type of data you were looking for; but I also saw a - some sets of the streak…

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02 18 44 40 CDR Okay, I just wanted you to - just told them like we saw them. That's all.

CC Roger.

CDR I will say one thing, though; no question in my mind but that they're there. Last trip I took, I guess I just wasn't looking for them or paying any attention to them. Maybe they were there and I ignored them because of other things. But they're there.

LMP Okay, all you flash bugs down there - or flashbulbs I guess is the word - frame 50. I just took four pictures to show - two on the side and two on the bottom - to show the position of the ALFMED, and one of them of each set wa…

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02 18 46 46 CC Jack, are you sto - you all stowing the ALFMED now or are you done?

CMP What's that, Bob?

CC Are you all done with the ALFMED now, Ron?

CMP Yes, I've got to get it to - get the plate moved back down there yet.

CC Okay, Ron - -

CMP ... get the blindfold off first so I can see what I'm doing.

CC Roger. I just want you to know. We've got a real long update coming up to you here on the LOI abort charts and that - and it's going to be, probably, a difficult readup. And you're the most familiar with the charts; you probably would want to take them. But whenever you wa…

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very rhythmic fashion because the flashes come around almost - almost on time. And it's as we look back at the Earth, it's up at about 11:00 about - oh, maybe 10 or 12 Earth diameters. I don't know whether that does you any good, but there is something out there.

CC Roger. We don't doubt it, Gene. And we might work out a set of gimbal angles or something here; maybe we can get a look at it through the optics.

02 18 49 02 CDR Okay. And I - I - I just want to emphasize that it's definitely not - not one of these particles that tends to look like a star out there. It's something phys…