( NewsNation) — Buzz Aldrin reported seeing an unidentified object near the moon, unexplained flashes of light inside the spacecraft cabin and a bright, unidentified light source on the return trip during the Apollo 11 mission, according to a 1969 crew debriefing document included in the Pentagon’s newly released UAP files.

On 20 July 1969, the world watched as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin attempted the most dangerous landing ever attempted by humans. After traveling 240,000 miles from Earth, their lunar module “Eagle” began its descent toward the Moon’s surface.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Coronado space engineer who played a critical role in the Apollo 11 moon landing is looking back at the historic 1969 event as NASA's Artemis II mission unfolds. Artemis will take ...

Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 Command Module pilot, is pictured in the Command Module simulator during training in the spring of 1969. Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 Command Module pilot, is pictured in the Command Module simulator during training in the ...

Newly declassified UFO files from NASA's Apollo missions challenge long-running conspiracy theories that the historic Moon landings were faked in a studio.