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NASA X-Files? Apollo 10 astronauts captured music from far side of Moon in top secret recordings

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NASA archives opened and classified file emerges.

A mystery is haunting the legacy of Apollo 10 as declassified transcripts have reveal the astronauts heard mysterious music while on the far side of the Moon. Critics allege that NASA has suppressed the information, and even spliced over the recordings.

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By Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
CALIFORNIA NETWORK (https://www.youtube.com/c/californianetwork)
2/22/2016 (8 years ago)

Published in Technology

Keywords: Apollo 10, mission, archives, music, far side, Moon

LOS ANGELES, CA (California Network) - Apollo 10 was the second mission to traverse the backside of the moon from Earth and the astronauts experienced a complete loss of communication during the hour it took to fly the distance. This means there was absolutely no communication possible between Earth and Apollo 10. Despite this, all three astronauts reported hearing a strange "outer space" music during that time. The music went away as soon as communications resumed with Earth.

All three astronauts heard the music, with two in the command module and one in the lunar module, all hearing the same music on the radio. They described the music as a "whoooing sound." As they prepared to return to communication with Earth, the astronauts debated if they should tell NASA.

On the public channel, they mentioned nothing, but there is evidence they mentioned the music on their private channel. Astronaut Eugene Cernan, the seasoned commander, is captured on the private recording saying, "You're not going to believe this, Frank." then the recording abruptly ends with a splice. This strongly suggests that NASA cut out all official mention of the music.

The identity of the person named, "Frank" is unknown, but it may have been Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman who was on the first mission to traverse the backside of the Moon. Astronauts typically communicated with peers and close colleagues while in space.

The written transcripts were dutifully transcribed and deposited in the archives where they remained classified until 2008.

Why did NASA splice the transcripts? What was edited out? The astronauts themselves have not discussed the music with the public, likely out of obligation even some 48 years after the fact.

The origin of the sounds in unknown. One possibility could be radio waves from the Sun, which could have come through more powerfully once radio waves from Earth were blocked by the Moon. The Sun is known to emit every known kind of radiation.

Other theories include radio interference between the command module and lunar module.

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