Department of War PURSUE File
NASA-UAP-D024, “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing”
Houston, Texas
Editorial summary
This is audio of an Apollo 16 scientific debriefing held in Houston, Texas, featuring presentations from the principal investigators of various Apollo experiments. The investigators describe preliminary results to help prepare the crews for Apollo 17. Among the items discussed is a flash that had been observed but not yet reported. The mention of the flash begins at the 25 minute and 15 second mark of the recording.
Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.
Government description
This debriefing includes presentations from principal investigators of various Apollo experiments. The principal investigators describe preliminary results of their work to educate the Apollo crews about what they’ve obtained from Apollo 16 to help prepare for Apollo 17. They also describe anomalies, such as a “flash” that was observed that had not yet been reported. The flash is mentioned beginning at 25:15.
Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.
Originating agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Record type
AUD
Incident date
Unspecified
Incident location
Houston, Texas
Release tranche
Release 03 (May 8, 2026)
Distribution
Cleared for public release