The 1973 Sky Lab Incident
UFO This space anomaly was photographed during Sky Lab III on day 263 of 1973 at 16:45 Zulu Time. Four shots were taken (one is shown here).

The NASA Photo Evaluation Lab lists this object as either an unidentified object or a satellite.

(NASA Photo # SL3-118-2140)

On the 59th day of flight Skylab III's three-man crew saw and photographed a strange red object. Not more than 30-50 nautical miles from them, Alan Bean, Owen Garriott and Jack Lousman reported the object was brighter than any of the planets.

This incident has never been explained.

Source & References:

http://www.nicap.org/waves/1973fullrep.htm

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