The Latest on the Field: Aldrin Saw a UFO During Apollo 11 Mission

sure, lots of astronauts see UFOs, its simply "Unidentified Flying Object" doesnt imply aliens or anything crazy, simply something you see, and dont know what it is

(this is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, people assuming UFO = aliens = area 51 = roswell = what have you.....not that you are necessarily stating this, but i just want to set the record straight :) )
 
Labelling an alien space craft 'unidentified' just perpetuates the white man's colonial euro-centric attitudes.

Pretending that the aliens don't know perfectly well who they are may allow white men to 'boldly go where no one has gone before' but it just continues the myth of the 'other'.
 
Pretending that the aliens don't know perfectly well who they are may allow white men to 'boldly go where no one has gone before' but it just continues the myth of the 'other'.
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that should be "boldly go where no MAN has gone before" becuase its white MEN who will go there while the women stay home and do the laundry

(jk of course....dont hurt me abby)
 
defaultdotxbe said:
sure, lots of astronauts see UFOs, its simply "Unidentified Flying Object" doesnt imply aliens or anything crazy, simply something you see, and dont know what it is
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[UFO nut]Yes, but did you notice Aldrin said "what could it be?". If an astronaut as famous as Aldrin can't identify an object in space, it must be an alien ship.[/UFO nut]
 
defaultdotxbe said:
that should be "boldly go where no MAN has gone before" becuase its white MEN who will go there while the women stay home and do the laundry

(jk of course....dont hurt me abby)
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Shouldn't that be "to baldly go where no one gone before"? Only outdated, or female, star ship captains have hair after all.
 
asmodean said:
Shouldn't that be "to baldly go where no one gone before"? Only outdated, or female, star ship captains have hair after all.
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ACK! Split infinitive! It should be "To go boldly where no one has gone before."

That quote has always caused me to boldly go nuts...
 
In the side-bar description for the video there is a link to the below quote from NASA.

I just talked to Buzz Aldrin on the phone, and he notes that the quotations were taken out of context and did not convey the intended meaning. After the Apollo 11 crew verified that the object they were seeing was not the SIVB upper stage, which was about 6000 miles away at that time, they concluded that they were probably seeing one of the panels from the separation of the spacecraft from the upper stage. These panels were not tracked from Earth and were likely much closer to the Apollo spacecraft. They chose not to discuss this on the open communications channel since they were concerned that their comments might be misinterpreted (as they are being now). Apparently all of this discussion about the panels was cut from the broadcast interview, thus giving the impression that they had seen a UFO.

David Morrison
NAI Senior Scientist
26 July 2006
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Just thought I would archive that here for anyone not wanting to go any farther seeking information.

-Greyman
 
"Boldly to go" is to be preferred. And that cigarette commercial was all screwy too.
 
Greyman said:
In the side-bar description for the video there is a link to the below quote from NASA.
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Yes, I had already become aware of this through the Bad Astronomy website.

But guess what, UFO advocates I've been discussing the issue with on another forum don't believe Morrison, and suggest that he is lying. :bwall
 
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