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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 1/4
TECHNICAL
CREW DEBRIEFING
FEBRUARY 22, 1974
PART I
PREPARED BY
TRAINING OFFICE
CREW TRAINING AND PROCEDURES 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.
National Aeronautics and Space Adminutration
LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
Houston, Texa,s

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