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Aurora-type bright green airglow phenomenon

Undated·orbital flight·NASA·insufficient data

An astronaut observed a bright green Aurora-type light in the airglow layer that changed in color and appeared to affect the height of the airglow below it, creating sharp definition changes in the atmospheric layer.

“Pete spotted an interesting phenomenon that he pointed out one night that I had never seen before. It looked like an Aurora. It was an Aurora type light and it was a very bright green. It changed in color and was in the airglow layer. It actually changed the height of the airglow below.”

Verbatim from NASA-UAP-D020.pdf · View original on war.gov

Case details

Date exactness
Not exact
Location
orbital flight
Branch
NASA
Sensors
eyewitness
Shape
Aurora type light

Resolution

Observer acknowledged uncertainty about what the phenomenon was, describing it as 'apparently some kind of a Aurora effect.'

Source document

Agency: NASA

File: NASA-UAP-D020.pdf

Case ID: UNDATED-NASA-3A98D5

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