Sounds from the Far Side of the Moon - De-classified NASA Files Make Headlines

During the 1969 Apollo 10 moon mission, when astronauts Eugene Cernan, Tom Stafford and John Young were traveling along the far side of the moon, they could not communicate with NASA, and were pretty much on their own. During this dark hour, they heard a very eerie "woo"-ing sound, and preceded to discuss it with each other at length, questioning whether or not anyone would believe them. One astronaut can even be heard saying "Sounds like outer-space type music:"[read full transcript on NASA.gov]

Apollo 10 Astronauts Eugene Cernan, Tom Stafford and John Young Heard Strange Sound on Far Side of Moon

Transcripts Originally Classified by NASA

When the astronauts made it back around, they didn't mention this mysterious experience - or at least NASA edited out any mention of it (according to one conspiracy theorist). You can read the full transcript, as it was quietly de-classified in 2008:

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04 06 13 02 LMP That music even sounds outer-spaeey, doesn't it?
You hear that? That whistling sound?
04 06 13 06 CDR Yes.
04 06 13 07 _4P Who0ooooo. Say your - -
04 06 13 12 CMP Did you hear that whistling sound, too?
04 06 13 14 _P Yes. Sounds like - you know, outer-space-type
music.
04 06 13 18 _4P I wonder what it is

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04 06 17 58 LMP Boy, that sure is weird music.
04 06 18 01 CMP We're going to have to find out about that.
Nobody will believe us.
04 06 ].8 07 LMP Yes. It's a whistling, you know, like an outerspace-type thing.
04 06 18 10 CMP Yes .... VHF-A ...
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04 07 39 33 CMP Roger.
04 07 39 47 CDR Those numbers again, Gene-o, are what?
04 07 39 57 IMP I'll put mine on, Tom.
04 07 40 51 LMP I tell you, John, that music is really weird.
04 07 40 55 CMP ... Think we're going to get it on the front side?
04 07 40 58 _ I know it. You composed something, huh?
04 07 41 03 _P I don't know, man.
04 07 41 05 LMP No one will believe us. Okay, Tom, we're set until 35 minutes - 35 seconds. And we're at 4 minutes ·
and 35 from the burn.

NASA has now released audio, and since it will be featured in an upcoming television show "NASA's Unexplained Files," it's now making headlines:

Local and national news has been just as quick to build up this story as it has been to explain or "debunk" it... as... radio interference. Buzz Aldrin claims that he expected to hear these sounds on the moon during his (later) mission, because he was given a  heads up to this "radio interference."

Radio interference? That sounds like some type of Roswell-ish "weather balloon"-like explanation, doesn't it?

Why does NASA wait 10+ years to release a transcript documenting astronaut's reactions to "radio interference"? Why is Buzz given a heads up, but the first set of astronauts aren't?

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In the meantime, check out this great compilation of sounds heard in Space, from Jupiter to Planet Earth.... pretty incredible!: