NASA-UAP-VM004, Apollo 12, 1969

NASA-UAP-VM004 is an archival photograph taken at the Apollo 12 lunar landing site in 1969. The image depicts the lunar surface and horizon as seen from the landing site on the Moon. A highlighted region slightly left of center, above the horizon line, has been marked to draw attention to an unidentified phenomenon visible in that area. The document was released on May 8, 2026, under the PURSUE Release 01 program. No accompanying text or metadata beyond the description is available, and no OCR text was extracted from the record.

The document is notable as a NASA-sourced visual record from a crewed lunar mission, formally released under a UAP declassification program. The addition of highlight annotations indicates the image was reviewed and processed prior to release, though the releasing agency explicitly states those alterations carry no analytical or investigative weight. No further detail is provided about the nature, size, or behavior of the highlighted anomaly. The absence of supplementary reporting, crew observations, or technical analysis limits what can be determined from the image alone.