Story Musgrave Caught A Glimpse Of A Space Eel
[ranking: 2]
NASA astronaut Story Musgrave claims to have seen eel-like tubes swim through space. In an interview, he explains that he saw this creature on two separate occasions. While some immediately dismiss this as space junk - possibly some type of hose that detached from a spaceship - Musgrave is adamant that the white eel had its own propulsion technique.
Maj. Gordon Cooper Watched A Green Orb Approach Him Out Of The Darkness
[ranking: 4]
During Maj. Gordon Cooper's solo journey around Earth, he encountered more than just some space junk. Nearing the end of his 22-orbit trip around the planet, he suddenly noticed a green, glowing object approaching the Mercury capsule he was flying in. In fact, the rapid approach of the object was even picked up by the closest tracking station in Muchea, Australia.
Cooper even went on to describe the incident to the United Nations:
I believe that these extraterrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets... Most astronauts were reluctant to discuss UFOs... I did have occasion in 1951 to have two days of observation of many flights of them, of different sizes, flying in fighter formation, generally from east to west over Europe.
Astronauts Saw Fire Burn Without A Flame
[ranking: 8]
From 2009 to 2012, astronauts lit things on fire in space. Not because they were all pyromaniacs, but because they wanted to know how fire behaved in the cosmos. They discovered that fire burns at a lower temperature and with less oxygen and can also burn without a flame in microgravity.
Forman Williams, the project leader on the experiments, told Space.com: "Thus far, the most surprising thing we've observed is continued apparent burning of heptane droplets after flame extinction under certain conditions. Currently, this is entirely unexplained."
A Conspiracy Theorist Thinks Alan Bean Saw Glass Domes On The Moon
[ranking: 9]
Richard C. Hoagland, a proponent of alternate space theories, believed Alan Bean saw glass domes from a long-extinct alien civilization on the moon. In an interview, Bean described space as looking like "black, patent-leather shoes" from the surface of the moon. Hoagland maintained: "Space should be velvet-black. It should be inky-black. It should be infinity, unending, deep, endless black. It shouldn't be shiny."
The only explanation for Bean's description, Hoagland concluded, was that he was seeing space through the reflection of a glass dome.
Yang Liwei Heard A Mysterious Knock Outside His Ship
[ranking: 1]
In 2003, Yang Liwei became the first astronaut sent into space by the Chinese space program. He's said he heard "someone knocking the body of the spaceship just as knocking an iron bucket with a wooden hammer" on his maiden flight. He looked outside of the ship's porthole but was unable to find the source of the knocking. Considering space is a vacuum, it was even weirder that he heard a sound from outside the ship.
Liwei is not alone in this discovery, either; other Chinese astronauts heard the sound on missions in 2005 and 2008.
Neil Armstrong May Have Seen A UFO Parking Lot
[ranking: 5]
Neil Armstrong, besides strolling around the moon and saying some famous words, may have seen some gigantic UFOs in space. According to a source no less dubious than Aliens and Man: A Synopsis of Facts and Beliefs, Armstrong is rumored to have sent a secret message to NASA during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Armstrong allegedly said: "These babies were huge, sir! Enormous! Oh, God! You wouldn't believe it! ... I'm telling you there are other spacecraft out here ... lined up on the far side of the crater's edge! ... They're on the moon watching us!"
It's one of many, many such tales associated with the first lunar landing. Armstrong was notoriously tight-lipped about his experiences in space and never commented on this rumor, likely because there simply wasn't much factual basis for the claims that he ever saw or said any such things.
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