Is There a UFO Base on the Moon?
4/10
niche or mildly interesting
UAP Insight significance score
- Author
- Avi Loeb
- Published
- August 7, 2026
- Event date
- 2026-08-06
- Location
- Moon
- Witnesses
- Researcher
- Object type
- high-speed objects
spacesciencetechnologydata-scienceastronomy
Original excerpt
(Image credit: NewsNation ) Below is a transcript of an interview I had on August 6, 2026 with Jesse Weber on NewsNation , regarding an unrefereed paper, written by the Ukrainian astronomers Boris Zhilayev, Vladimir Petukov and Sergey Pokhvala and posted here . The abstract of the paper states: “High-speed video recordings of the sky near the Moon have allowed us to detect numerous UFOs. The size…
Key claims
- →Ukrainian astronomers Zhilayev, Petukov, and Pokhvala posted unrefereed paper on lunar UFOs
- →Paper based on high-speed video recordings of sky near the Moon
- →Claims numerous UFOs detected
- →Loeb interviewed about findings on NewsNation August 6, 2026
UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official
Avi Loeb discusses an unrefereed paper by Ukrainian astronomers claiming detection of numerous high-speed objects near the Moon in video recordings, raising questions about possible extraterrestrial bases.
Alternative explanation
The paper is unrefereed and makes extraordinary claims about UFO bases without peer review or independent corroboration.
Analysis by Claude · may contain errors
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