Schmitt Lunar Flash - Grimaldi Crater

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Agency
NASA
Category
apollo
Type
PDF
Event Date
1972-12
Released
2026-05-08
Size
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Location
Grimaldi Crater, Lunar surface

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt report of a lunar surface flash near Grimaldi crater. Possible meteoroid impact - candidate explanation exists but never formally closed.

Anomalousness Index: 44/100

Evidentiary weight that this encounter remains unexplained after conventional analysis. Not a probability of extraterrestrial origin.

๐Ÿค– AI-ASSISTED SCORING ยท methodology

sensor quality (eyewitness_only) 30 ร— 0.25 = 7.5
witness credibility (astronaut) 95 ร— 0.2 = 19.0
corroboration (single_witness_only) 25 ร— 0.2 = 5.0
kinematic anomaly (no_kinematic_data) 30 ร— 0.15 = 4.5
mundane explanation available (plausible_mundane) 40 ร— 0.1 = 4.0
official disposition (partial_resolution) 40 ร— 0.1 = 4.0

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