This is one comes directly from a famous photo from the second Apollo mission to land on the moon, Apollo 12. The photo is of astronaut Alan Bean and was taken by Pete Conrad as both stand on the lunar surface. You can see Conrad in the reflection in Bean's visor. You can also see some instrumentation in the foreground of the reflection.
But what the heck is that thing hovering in the sky in the background, pointed out here as "artifact" by "Luna: Astronauts Among the Ruins"? You can even see the shadow it casts on the ground behind Conrad. It's been seen as everything from a UFO to a hanging light fixture by those who think the Apollo landings were faked. Yet this photo is really puzzling. We can usually find reasonable, or at least plausible explanations for the other photos shown here and elsewhere, but this one is truly enigmatic.
What about it NASA? What the heck is that thing?
