A new video has emerged on YouTube which conspiracy theorists claim shows an image of a UFO taken on the moon in 1969.
The image shows a missile-shaped object with what appears to be a bright trail behind it.
The black and white picture is thought to have been taken on the Apollo 11 space mission, which was manned by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
A new video has emerged on YouTube which conspiracy theorists claim shows an image of a UFO taken on the moon in 1969. The image shows a missile-shaped object with what appears to be a bright trail behind it
THE APOLLO 11 SPACECRAFT
Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon.
Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle in July 1969.
Mr Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later while Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later.
They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material for return to Earth.
Launched from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, Apollo 11 was the fifth manned mission of NASA’s Apollo programme.
Broadcast on live TV to a worldwide audience, Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface and described the event as ‘one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.’
The UFO theory comes from YouTube channel Paranormal Crucible, who posted a video showing the mysterious image, earlier this month.
The description for the video reads: ‘Bizarre image from the Apollo archives which appears to show a missile type UFO cruising across the moon.
‘Could Nasa be bombing alien installations on the lunar surface, possibly using high tech ships from the secret space programme?
‘Very odd object, not convinced it’s an alien craft, more likely something we launched, but at who and why?’
While the video has had more than 100,000 views, not everyone seems convinced.
User xNyc008X commented: ‘Another channel that loses credibility because of the doctored main pic. Just be real, especially with stuff like this.’
Spectrumwiz added: ‘Rocket plumes do not happen in the vacuum of space.’
The black and white picture is thought to have been taken on the Apollo 11 space mission, which was manned by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
Nigel Watson, author of the UFO Investigations Manual told MailOnline: ‘The main problem is that we have no sense of scale here, and it would be worth checking the same area at different times of day to see if this is an optical illusion caused by a combination of geographical features and the angle of the sun.’
Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon.
Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module, Eagle, in July 1969.
During its time on the lunar surface, Apollo 11 captured several images, although it unclear whether the picture used in the YouTube video is an official Nasa image.