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           'Outer-space Type Music' Reported by Apollo 10 Astronauts

   by VOA News

   In 1969, as Apollo 10's orbit took it to the dark side of the moon, the
   astronauts on board reported hearing strange "music."

   "Did you hear that whistling sound too?"

   "Sounds like -- you know, outer-space type music."

   "I wonder what it is."

   That was the conversation between astronauts Eugene Cernan and John
   Young upon first hearing the strange sounds as their ship traversed the
   far side of the moon, completely out of contact with Earth.

   The [1]transcripts were released in 2008 after being classified for
   decades, and now, the audio has been made public.

   "You hear that? That whistling sound? Whoooooo," says Cernan on the
   recording. "That sure is weird music."

   The sounds will be explored in an upcoming show on the Science Channel,
   called "NASA's Unexplained Files."

   But it is not likely that alien musicians were the source of the odd
   sounds.

   One expert on the show says the noise was likely caused by interference
   between the radios on the command module, the part of the spacecraft
   that housed all three Apollo astronauts, and the lunar module, the
   insect-looking ship that landed on the moon's surface.

   Here's the trailer for the Science Channel show:

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   [2]http://www.voanews.com/content/mht-outer-space-music-apollo-11/32016
   22.html

References

   1. http://www.scribd.com/doc/300014260/Apollo-10-Lunar-orbit-transcripts
   2. http://www.voanews.com/content/mht-outer-space-music-apollo-11/3201622.html