By Tim Binnall
A decades-old photo from the Apollo 9 mission is making the rounds online as some suspect that a peculiar triangular shape spotted in the background could be some kind of alien craft. The image in question, which you can see in full context here, was taken by astronauts during a spacewalk on March 8th, 1969. Earlier this week, the picture popped up on a popular YouTube channel devoted to UFOs and space anomalies, which subsequently led to a number of media outlets highlighting the intriguing photo and wondering if the anomaly could be something extraterrestrial.
Appearing to be thousands of miles away from the astronauts and seemingly lingering in the outer atmosphere of the Earth, the object has drawn comparisons to the Black Knight satellite, an alleged clandestine craft that conspiracy theorists believe is orbiting our planet and being kept secret by the proverbial 'powers that be.' Should the image look familiar to dedicated UFO researchers, that's because it was not actually recently discovered as it has been circulating on various forums and websites for the past few years and, every few months, it winds up being heralded as a 'new' find.
As for what the object could be, if it is not an alien craft or an ET satellite, fastidious UFO researcher Scott Brando argues that the anomaly is, in fact, merely a photographic imperfection that was produced when the original NASA images were processed digitally back in 2004. This would seem to explain how it was 'hiding in plain' sight for decades until it was noticed by researchers studying Apollo images online. With that in mind, what's your take on the weird object? Is it an alien craft or just a speck of dust? Share your thoughts with us at the Coast to Coast AM Facebook page.