NASA Skylab technical crew debriefing
Skylab mission technical crew debriefing documenting visual contacts during orbital operations. Released through PURSUE Release 01 on May 8, 2026.
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NASA-UAP-D7 · pdf · Release 01
Provenance metadataFields marked “not disclosed” are transparent gaps in the release, not omissions on our end.
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Official description
NASA-UAP-D7: Skylab Technical Crew Debriefing covering segments where crew members report observations of unidentified objects external to the Skylab Orbital Workshop. The debrief is part of the standard post-mission engineering and operations review.
Editor's context
The Skylab UAP material has been partially in the public record since the 1970s, most notably the Skylab 3 (SL-3) Conrad/Bean/Garriott observations of a 'red object' that the crew tracked visually and photographed. The PURSUE-released debrief consolidates the crew-side technical accounts into one document. As with Apollo 12, this is a re-release in official UAP framing rather than new factual content.
Prevailing explanation
What scientists and analysts generally think
The SL-3 'red object' is widely identified in orbital tracking records as catalog number 6153, a piece of debris from a separate Soviet launch. The other Skylab observations are largely attributable to ice crystals, fuel-vent particulates, and reflections off the workshop's solar-array surfaces. None of the Skylab observations require an exotic interpretation; all are consistent with known orbital-debris and operational phenomena.
In the margins
Transcribed redactions, stamps, and handwritten markings, the paratext of the file. Often the most human part of a declassified document, and worth reading on its own.
- Stampp. transcript headerNASA, SKYLAB, TECHNICAL CREW DEBRIEFING
- StampDECLASSIFIED PER PURSUE, May 8, 2026
- AnnotationMission window covered: SL-2 (May-June 1973), SL-3 (July-September 1973), SL-4 (November 1973 to February 1974).
Cite the primary source
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "NASA Skylab technical crew debriefing." Released via PURSUE program, 2026-05-08. File ID: PURSUE NASA-UAP-D7. https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/NASA-UAP-D7-Skylab-Technical-Crew-Debriefing-1973.pdf. Accessed 2026-08-01 via Social Media for Aliens archive, https://socialmediaforaliens.com/files/nasa-skylab-debriefing-1973.
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