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This 1998 NASA file holds UFO-related letters from constituents that were forwarded by members of Congress, together with NASA's handling records. Senator Olympia Snowe forwarded letters from Maine residents, including a 12-year-old who asked for Roswell documents and listed a number of reported sightings. Senator Charles Grassley forwarded a question about astronaut UFO sightings. NASA's reply says it has no UFO program and has not withheld anything. The reply enclosed a NASA fact sheet and James Oberg's article, which explains the Gemini-4 McDivitt object as the spacecraft's own booster.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Released with redactions. This collection of documents, primarily from 1998, contains draft and final correspondence from the White House and the offices of members of Congress responding to constituent inquiries about Unidentified Flying Objects, or “UFOs.” These inquiries cover a diverse range of topics, including alleged UFO sightings by NASA astronauts, questions regarding the authenticity of photos collected during U.S. missions to Mars, alleged improper withholding of information by the U.S. Government, questions regarding the appropriateness of “UFO-related” governmental spending, and calls for congressional hearings regarding the nature and existence of “UFOs.” The official responses consistently state that, circa 1998, the U.S. Government is not aware of evidence supporting the existence of extraterrestrial technology, and that NASA does not actively investigate “UFOs.” The collection includes references to materials of both confirmed and unconfirmed authenticity, as provided by constituents, as well as references to historical, scientific literature addressing specific “UFO” sighting claims.
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that it would have been in a different on with their mission Americans saw the TV images and
direction. Next, they suggested that ln lunar orbit. new (or perhaps the heard the voices of the crewmen
the lights could have been pieces of same) UFOs dogged the spacemen. wondering what the objects could be.
the Lunar Module "garage'', called During the descent to the lunar They were obviously unidentified,
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and highly reflect ive. Conrad, so the on Earth saw bright objects crossing were objects of some sort. Hence, they
UFO story goes, remarked that this the field o f view of the Apollo TV were UFOs.
was unlikely since one of them had cameras. Simila.r objects were seen The "Fawcett List" of space UFOs
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simply could not do. Finally, the . Here, then, is a major case for within 132,000_ miles of the moon.
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