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NASA-UAP-D7: Skylab Technical Crew Debriefing 1973

U.S. Department of War (PURSUE release 1) · 2026-05-08 · 11 pages · text from the file's own layer

This U.S. Department of War PURSUE release, dated 2026-05-08, compiles excerpts from NASA Johnson Space Center technical crew debriefings for Skylab missions, dated June 30, 1973, October 4, 1973 and February 22, 1974. Crews describe light flashes seen with eyes closed and believed to be cosmic particles. The second crew describes tracking a bright reddish rotating object near their orbit for about 10 minutes and asks for it to be identified. The third crew reports flashing lights they presumed were Skylab pieces or other satellites.

  • p. 6 …We never saw it again. You'd think we would have seen it the next night…
  • p. 8 …We never saw it on any - earlier or succeeding orbits and we'd be quite interested…
  • p. 11 …I was never fully convinced that I had done the vacumming job properly; therefore, I fabricated…
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SKYLAB 1/2
TECHNICAL
CREW DEBRIEFING
JUNE 30, 1973
PREPARED BY
TRAINING OFFICE
CREW TRAINING AND SIMULATION DIVISION
NOTICE: This document may be exempt from public disclosure under
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S. C. 552). Requests for its
release to persons outside the U. S. Government should be handled
under the provisions of NASA Policy Directive 1382 .2.
Natwnal Aeronautics and Space Administration
LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
Houston, Texas

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