The Pentagon released its latest batch of declassified UFO files on Friday — including audio of the Apollo 12 crew describing how they once saw mysterious “streaks of light” while trying to sleep in deep space.
The audio from a 1969 post-mission medical debrief captured the astronauts — Pete Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan Bean — detailing how they’d experienced the bizarre flashes despite having their eyes closed.
“The astronauts each reported that these experiences occurred in the dark as they tried to sleep,” a description on the site states.
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