NASA-003is this archive's internal reference, not an official government file number, and the CONFIDENTIAL tag is an editorial archival label — not a current U.S. classification. Now Declassified is an independent index and is not affiliated with the U.S. government. See the original records via NASA UAP Study.
Visual reconstruction and recovered media extracted from the incident dossier. This case includes still evidence and analytical reconstruction.
Representative official gallery image traced to an official public-source archive
Photograph shows three dots in triangular formation in the lunar sky. Harrison Schmitt reported a flash north of Grimaldi crater. NASA's assessment: 'no consensus about the nature'. Photographs not included in original public mission archives.
Two separate anomalies from the Apollo 17 mission are documented in this indexed archive file. First, a photograph taken during cislunar transit shows three distinct luminous dots arranged in a precise equilateral triangle at an estimated 30,000 miles from the lunar surface. These photographs were not included in the original public mission archives and were classified until this 2026 release. Second, geologist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt radioed Mission Control to report an unexplained flash north of Grimaldi crater during surface operations. Cernan confirmed the observation. The lunar surface flash has no geologically plausible explanation consistent with known lunar activity. NASA's 2026 assessment note reads: 'no consensus about the nature of either phenomenon.'
This incident is indexed as file NASA-003inside Now Declassified's research layer. The nearest official source trail for this agency points to NASA UAP Study, where archive records, imagery, or supporting context are published for public review.
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