A Nasa image with a “UFO” plus the three found so far as insets

And already, researchers claim to have uncovered THREE separate pictures showing UFOs close to the lunar surface, just days after the US space agency posted the archive online.

This week Nasa released thousands of high-definition pH๏τographs taken from its Apollo missions to the moon for the first time.

More than 8,400 have been uploaded by the American space agency to online pH๏τosharing site Flickr.

They offer a fresh look at the period when Neil Armstrong took man’s first steps on the moon.

And it has allowed alien chasers “fresh opportunity” to scour space for evidence of intelligent life, including one image which shows, once you zoom in on the picture, an arrangement of what could be three lights in distant space.

“UFO” found in an Apollo 17 image

One picture taken during Apollo 17, the final mission, has been hailed a major breakthrough, which UFO spotters claim shows a mysterious triangular craft with three lights on it.

It has been compared to a TR-3B craft – itself a mythical high-tech space craft which conspiracy theorists claim the US government has secretly developed.

The paranormal website said: “There are hundreds of images taken during the Apollo missions that show enigmatic, mysterious and strange images of mysterious objects on the moon.

“This image in particular taken by Apollo 17 Lunar Module pilot Harrison Schmitt, one of the last three men to walk on Earth’s natural satellite, shows a mysterious triangular-shaped UFO in the upper right part of the image.

“There is no question whether the image is real as it is an official NASA image which is found on their server together with hundreds of other images taken during the Apollo missions.

This is an Apollo 12 image

“The question is…what are we looking at here?

“Triangle-shaped UFO’s have been seen by millions of people around the world and while many believe these mysterious flying objects are actually some sort of secret military technology, others believe that they are the ultimate evidence proving that intelligent extraterrestrial beings have been visiting Earth for thousands of years.

“Seeing the triangular-shaped UFO on the moon means that it surely isn’t a secret military technology…leaving only one possible conclusion.

“NASA’s Apollo mission astronauts were never alone in space nor on the Moon.”

Scott C Waring, editor of UFO sightings Daily said: “It’s really mind blowing.

“In it is alien tech at its finest.

And another from Apollo 17

“Watching the Apollo 17 astronauts on the moon was this TR3B-like craft.

“The colours of the craft are boggling to say the least, and beautiful.

“All evidence points to this being 100% real guys. Not doubts here.”

Another picture found among the Apollo 12 images by Jason Hunter and placed on Youtube “shows a distant glowing object watching the Apollo lander fly across the moon,” according to Mr Waring.

Someone with the user name Bestidia highlighted a third image from the Apollo 17 collection, showing a small free object above the Moon that could also be triangular.