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66: The Black Knight Satellite - Watching us from orbit for 13,000 years

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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The Black Knight Satellite

The Black Knight satellite was first spotted over Florida in May 1961. Astronaut Gordon Cooper reported seeing a green glowing object ahead of his module on Mercury 9. When Cooper got back from the mission, he was not allowed to ask about the sighting. The official explanation was that there was an electronic malfunction on Cooper's craft which caused high levels of hallucinations.

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