Declassified Apollo 12 images show UFOs on the moon — Space photo of the week

A black and white photo taken on the moon with two shadows of astronauts seen across the gray surface. In the dark sky a streak of blue light is surrounded by a yellow boxout.

Quick facts

What it is: An astronaut photo of unidentified lights seen from the moon

Where it is: Above the horizon on the lunar near side

When it was taken: During the Apollo 12 moon landing, Nov. 19-20, 1969

In mid-November 1969, a trio of NASA astronauts launched to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission and would soon become the second group of humans ever to set foot on the lunar surface.