Brief
Apollo 15
The claims the writer was given for Apollo 15, in the order they were given.
1
Al Worden was the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11.
“Al Worden, Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:293-329 administrative second hand
2
Richard C. Hoagland considers Al Worden's description of a haze layer over Mare Crisium to be visual confirmation, recorded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), of his lunar dome hypothesis.
“his slowly accumulating photographic data re a possible 'Crisium Dome' had been *visually* confirmed (and recorded) by NASA, from astronaut Al Worden, in his official Apollo 15 debriefing”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:85854-86031 opinion first hand
3
Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, in his official Apollo 15 debriefing, described ejecta from Proclus crossing Mare Crisium as appearing like flying above a haze layer and looking down through it, as if suspended over it.
“It is very strange the way the ejecta... from Proclus crosses Crisium. It is almost like flying above *a haze layer* and looking down *through the haze*... It looks like it is suspended *over* it”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch11:99-286 testimony second hand
4
Richard C. Hoagland found that the Apollo 15 Lunar Module was named "Falcon," seemingly a reference to the United States Air Force Academy mascot, since Mission Commander David Scott was a graduate of the Academy.
“He noted, for instance, that the Apollo 15 Lunar Module had been named “Falcon”, seemingly a reference to the Air Force Academy mascot. Since Mission Commander David Scott was a graduate of the Academy, the name made sense”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:17833-18050 observation first hand
5
Apollo 15 photograph AS15-88-12013, taken after Trans-Earth Injection looking back toward the Moon, shows blue Rayleigh-scattered light encircling the Moon similar to the atmospheric airglow limb seen on Earth.
“Color Fig. 16 - AS15-88-12013 Post TEI view looking back toward the Moon. Color enhancement shows blue rayleigh scanttered light encircling the Moon, identical to atmospheric "airglow limb" seen on Earth.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:50903-51101 observation
6
Identical rectilinear formations to those on the South Massif had been seen and photographed by the crew of Apollo 15, which landed on the shores of Mare Imbrium, west of Apollo 17.
“Strikingly *identical* (and equally mysterious) "rectilinear" formations had been seen and photographed by the crew of Apollo 15 (which landed far to the west of Apollo 17, on the "shores" of Mare Imbrium)”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch19:56368-56565 observation first hand
7
On Apollo 15, 16, and 17, the Sequential Color Camera received a gamma correction capability, and transmissions on those missions were run through a bandwidth-limiting low-pass filter that reduced image quality.
“However, the Sequential Color Camera only received a gamma correction capability on the last three missions (Apollo 15, 16, and 17) and all of the transmissions were run through a bandwidth limiting “low-pass” filter which dramatically reduced the image quality.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch20:10573-10827 observation
8
Apollo 15 photograph AS15-88-12013 was taken after Trans-Earth Injection, following the Service Module engine placing the combined Command/Service Module on a lunar escape trajectory after a three-day mission to Hadley Rille.
“One striking Archive image was an Apollo 15 frame (AS15-88-12013 [Fig. E4]), taken “post-Trans Earth Injection” (TEI)—after the Service Module engine had placed the combined Command/ Service Module on a lunar escape trajectory, homeward-bound toward Earth after the successful three-day Mission to Hadley Rille.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch20:16501-16806 observation
9
Apollo 15 photograph AS15-88-12013, taken looking back at the Moon after Trans-Earth Injection, provides evidence, in Richard C. Hoagland's interpretation, that much of the Moon's Earth-facing hemisphere was domed over, based on diffuse sunlight scattering off remnants of glass-like domes.
“Taken “looking back” as Apollo 15 was rapidly climbing away from the Moon, this image provides startling evidence that much of the Moon’s Earth-facing hemisphere was/is *“domed over”* ... as determined by the scattering of *diffuse* sunlight being reflected off remnants of the surviving “glass-like domes.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch20:16814-17115 opinion first hand
10
Richard C. Hoagland considers the Apollo 15 whole-Moon observation of light scattering combined with close-up photographs of similar geometric glass "rebar" structures photographed over Sinus Medii by the crew of Apollo 10 to provide two independent confirmations of the same anomalous light-scattering phenomenon.
“Combining this key Apollo 15 observation of the whole Moon with close-ups of this same phenomenon photographed from close-in lunar orbit (the stunning geometric glass “rebar” photographed over Sinus Medii by the crew of Apollo 10—see Color Figs. 2 and 3) provides two, completely *independent* confirmations of this *same* anomalous light scattering phenomenon.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch20:17651-18001 opinion first hand
11
Richard C. Hoagland interprets the independent Apollo 15 and Apollo 10 observations as showing diffuse light scattering created by trillions of surviving fragments from miles-high, glass-like lunar domes.
“The only reasonable interpretation of these independent Apollo observations is that both missions were, in fact, photographing the diffuse light-scattering created by *trillions* of surviving fragments from miles-high, glass-like *lunar domes*.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch20:18014-18251 opinion first hand
12
Richard C. Hoagland considers the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) infrared image to be startling confirmation of an optical Apollo 15 photograph published in the first edition of Dark Mission, showing an optical halo around the full Moon with the Sun directly behind the Apollo 15 spacecraft.
“It was also startling confirmation of an optical Apollo 15 photograph we had published in the first edition of this volume; the one (Figure 16 - color section) where there is an optical halo seen going completely around the full Moon (with the Sun directly behind the Apollo 15 spacecraft).”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch6:43039-43318 opinion first hand
13
Richard C. Hoagland notes that critics could rationalise the Apollo 15 optical halo image as scattering on the spacecraft window glass because it was recorded in reflected light, unlike the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) infrared image.
“But that had been in reflected light, and critics could always rationalize it away as scattering on the spacecraft window glass or some other equally trivial explanation. But with this IR image, the physics are totally different.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch6:43331-43550 opinion first hand
14
Al Worden, command module pilot for Apollo 15, died in March 2020.
“such as Al Worden, the command module pilot for Apollo 15, who died in March 2020.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:11061-11138 administrative
15
According to The Spaceman, Al Worden told him he saw bright white lights in craters on the Moon during his three days, seventy-four orbits, in lunar orbit.
“'Al was in orbit for three days. Seventy-four times around the Moon. That's a long time looking at the moon. He just matter-of-fact told me, he saw lights, bright white lights, in craters on the Moon,' The Spaceman said.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:11145-11359 testimony second hand
16
Harrison Schmitt did not use the data card book to the extent he believes it was used on Apollo 15 and possibly on Apollo 16.
“I did not use the data card book to the extent that I know it was used on 15 and maybe on 16.”
NASA-UAP-D029, Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing (Continued), 1972 2026-07-11 00:04:29.1-00:04:33.7 observation first hand