lil'1'(, tlisC::lnling. "'Ild I pllslwd tlH'SC fnnlanl with ;[
\'l'I,','ily. I would gUt'SS, mi\~ht 1)(' :'l or1 feet por <;('l'()l!d.
'\11.1 Il'l' wall'lIt'" thest' fDI' quite SOIIW time pcrioJ tlllti 1
tlwy finally ,li:-;appean:LI abollt 2 maybe:; or possihly ;1
orbits later at sunrise condition, we looked out again
and saw 4 ohjects lined up ~n a row and they weren't stars
I know. They mllst have been these same things we tossed
overboard.
~Iuch has \Ieen nlade of this event by ,Jolll\ A, Keel, who apparent 1)1
thought tlH'r(' "as (,tisL:repnncy be-tween the number of objects thrown out
h)' the astronauts (three) <lnd the number of objects later seen as
illuminated ob,iC'cts (fovr) , '111l' pertinent part of Keel '5 article
follows \~l'el. 1%;);
You never read ahout it in your local newspaper but
during the last succes3fulmanned space shot -- the flil';ht
of c;el::i,i! 1:: in Novemher 1!l(J() -- astronauts ,Jumes Lovell
and Ldwin Aldrin reported seeing four unidentifiable oh-
jects Ileal' their orbit.
"We sal~ four objects lined up in a 1'0\\,11 Captain Love;] 1
told a press conference on November 23rd, "and they weren't
stars T know". Several orbits earlier, he explained, they
had thrown three small plastic hags of g:lrbage out of
the spa-:ccraft, lie hinted that these four starllkc 0bjccts
standing in a )]('at row were, sOJnl'how, that trio of non-
luminous ).:arba~l' bag~ .
,\ carefUl l'eaJing of the Driginal rranscript hO',vever shows thelt
foul' ol'.i.:'cts hert' disl'arded, i.e. Utc' £,U)'0', [JlulJ On-fCC VU(fH.
lInidl'l,tifi\'d I-'h'illl' l1hje<:ts,.,--'---_..:::.:, - ,._ •....:_--
There an' 1111'\'(' \'i:-lIal si):htillgs made hy thl' astr(1nilllt~;
lI'hill' ill oybit \I'hieh, ill tit.' ju\lgm('nt ~)r the writl'r, have not
hecn aJt'quatcl~' explained, 'l'lH'Sl' an':
306
IiI'!''' .\iscl1'ding, i\ml I JHISlled tlH'SC fonlanJ with a
\'<'ll,,'ill', I would gu\'s~, lIIi.:hl Iw :) ori feet per ',"l'OJICi,
,\l1d I~l' wilt,'h"d lhe''"t' for qllitt' SOliif' time per'iou until
tlh'Y finally llisappeanctl about 2 maybe:; or possibly 1\
orbits later at sunrise conuition, we looked out again
and saw tI ohjects lined up~n a row and they weren't stars
I know. They mllst have been these same things we tossed
overboard.
~Iuch h:15 \'een n,aue of this event by Jol.n A. Keel, who apparent 1)'
thought tl1£'rc I<as ,.Ii screp:lnc), between the numLer of objects thrown out
b;' the astronauts (three) anJ the l,umber of objects later seen as
i l1umin8teu ob.lens (fol.1'). 'I11l' pertinent part of Keel '5 artic18
follol,5 (ket. 1%7):
You I\l'Vl'l' read ahout it in your local newspaper but
during till' la~t succes3ful manned space shot -- tile fl i~ht
of ,;el~:i.lit 1:; in NovE-miler l~)()() -- astrOlwuts .James [,ove] I
and Ldwin Aldrin reported seeing fOllr unidentifiable oh-
jects Ilcar their orbit.
"We sal' four objects lined up in a rOI," Captain Lovp II
told a I,n'ss conference on November 23rd, "and they weren I t
stars T Know". Several orbits earlier, he ('xplainecl, they
had thrown three small plastic bags of garbage out of
the' spa-:C'craft. Ill' hinted that these four starlike 'lbjects
standing in a Iwat row were, sOJnt'how, that trio of nOI)-
luminous g~lrbi1~l' bag~ .
,\ careful 1'l',luing of thc originill tran!;cript l1o~"ev"r ~how~ t\],lt
1'plll' ol',i.:'ct:-; I\l'l'l' di ~l'al'ued, i .t'. t,U: El,:iU, IJ[UIJ l'ill'e(' bU(fH.
lInidvI,(ifil'ti I:l,ill\' llhit,~·t·:,
.,--'---..:.::.. ~ ,--", ....:_--
There' an' thl'<'l' \'j"lIal sigitlil1gs lIIadl' "y till' astr(lfWlIt:;
lI'hilL' ill orbit "hiell, in th.' ,iu,lgl1ll'nt Dr the writlT, lwvc not
hCPll ,Idl'qllatl'l~' explained. TIH'~l' an':