Industry Odisha Bureau, Jun 14: In the wake of the reportedly released third batch of declassified files, christened as the ‘UFO Files’, by Pentagon (now called US Department of War) on Friday related to the intriguing Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), it is all now abuzz with a possible alien base on the dark side of the moon.
Though the Apollo-era NASA audio recording has reportedly fuelled fresh speculations among the UFO enthusiasts, the audio clip reportedly offers “no confirmed evidence on the extraterrestrial activity as the conversation appears to be based on speculation rather than hard data.”
In the reportedly released audio recording, one participant during the conversation reportedly describes about a “big hole in the Van de Graaff region of the moon’s surface, while another participant reacts interjecting the big hole could be an alien star base or something.”
Thus, it is being reportedly argued that, “it all appears to be speculative banter during a technical review, not a disclosure of classified findings or a formal scientific conclusion.”
The audio clip has reportedly ignited such a renewed discussion on the possibility of ‘alien base’ on the ‘dark side of the moon’, because that part of the moon’s surface “has long been a subject of fascination among the scientists as well as the UFO enthusiasts”.
So far the Van de Graaff region of the moon’s surface is concerned, it is of “significant interest for exploration due to its unique geological features and the potential for discovering ancient volcanic deposits. The crater’s location in a magnetically and geochemically anomalous region adds to its scientific value. The presence of localised magnetic fields and slight enrichment in thorium suggest the presence of KREEP (K-potassium, REE-rare-earth elements, P-phosphorous) materials.”
Notably, “Apollo 16 Mission was a part of NASA’s Apollo programme that was launched on April 16, 1972 from the Kennedy Space Center aboard a Saturn V rocket and concluded with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on April 27, 1972 with its mission duration of 11 days, 1 hour, 51 minutes. It was the penultimate Moon landing, and the second of the ‘J missions’ which featured extended lunar surface stays, enhanced scientific objectives, and the use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV).”
