On the evening of June 18，1178，at Canterbury，a small town in England，a crescent moon appeared in the star-studded western sky，and many people went out to admire it.At this moment they noticed a crack on the upper edge and from it a dazzling flare shot up.Then it split into flames and sent out sparks in all directions，as if a wounded snake writhing.The strange event lasted for a month and disappeared gradually.

In the end the surface of the moon returned to normal.

On May 3，1751，at 21：30Greenwich time，F(xiàn)rench astronomer Rouviere saw a series of flashes at the western edge of the moon looking as if someone lit a blasting fuse.This snake-like flashes appeared here and there and then disappeared.They always came out of the dark side.An English astronomer noticed this strange scene，too.

On the evening of April 18，1787，Gescher，a distinguished astronomer discovered some strange light-red spots near the Aristotle Crater when he was watching the moon.He also recorded 112strange lights of all sorts in this region.Similar cases occurred in the Platon Crater and Shreiter areas.

In 1870，the British moon specialist Ezer observed and recorded with the astronomical telescope a spot moving at the bottom of the Platon Crater on the moon.

In 1871，the British astronomer Bitt observed some regular geometric objects moving while sending out light signals in the crater.A similar series of strange phenomena were observed on the moon for many times：craters，wall-like buildings，the huge arched objects.On the moon trenches of different colors sometimes appeared on the moon extending at a speed of 6kilometers per hour.

In April 1874，Shavary，an astronomer from Prague，saw an extremely dazzling body flying away from the moon at a surprising speed and was out of sight in a second.

In June and July，1896，a huge mysterious object was observed flying past the moon.

In the past 500years，a number of more than 400strange phenomena were observed.However，it was not until the 1920s when astronomers began to study them.They discovered that some dark spots moving periodically in the Erastophone Crater.

However，this was not their inherent regular movement，for they sometimes moved in the opposite direction at a speed of 2kilometers a day.An American astronomer explained the periodic movement of these spots to be the large-scale migration of photophilous animals，but most astronomers thought it was the optical effect on the moon and its land features.

One morning in May 1943，a group of the former Soviet Union soldiers were on the march when one of them shouted，"Look！There is a light spot in the dark zone of the moon."Everybody saw it：a peculiar bright star was beside the dark zone motionless.In an instant it moved and gradually flew away from the moon.

In mid-August 1955，when an astrophile was watching through the astronomical telescope made by himself，he saw a luminous flying object about 374.6kilometers above the moon.Its brightness was equal to a third-class star.When it flew to one-third position of the moon circle in four or five seconds，it suddenly turned and landed on the moon.

On November 26，1956，many astronomers observed a strange phenomenon on the moon.A huge shining cross，called "Maltese Cross"，suddenly appeared.However，it was hard to understand that exactly two years later on November 26，1958，astronomers from different countries coincidently discovered in the perigee orbit another mysterious flying object called "Dark Ghost".

In 1963，astronomers in the Fragers Observatory in Arizona，USA discovered 31huge luminous bodies when they were observing the moon.They were 5000by 300meters and could fly in formations.Meanwhile，they discovered other smaller flying objects 150meters in length coming and going among them.

On the evening of October 29，1963，the American Rowell Observatory observed a dazzling flame north of the Grod Crater on the moon and then disappeared.A short while later，it was found near the Aristotle Crater again.

On May 18，1964，an American astronomer，Harris，observed on the moon a light spot moving at the speed of 32kilometers per hour for an hour 14minutes.Another 13minutes later，yellow flashes were observed lasting only several seconds near the Sabin Crater not far away.

On June 21，1964，three astronomers，Harris，Cross and Highland，discovered a D-shaped dark spot at the south of the Roth Crater moving at the speed of 32to 80kilometers per hour.

In 1966，when an English astronomer Pamur observed with a high-power astronomical telescope the crater bottoms on the moon.He observed strange ribbons changing from dark to light brown in color and then radiated in all directions from the bottom，changing and expanding constantly.When the noon was approaching，they grew to the maximum.When dusk came，they shrank，grew pale and disappeared in the end.

On September 11，1967，a group of Canadian astronomers observed an oblong dark spot moving from west to east for eight to nine seconds in the euxinic area of the moon and suddenly stopped at the edge of the moon's circle.Thirteen minutes later，yellow light flashed for several seconds near the Sabin Crater where the spot was found.Twenty days later，another dazzling spot was found moving at the speed of 80kilometers per hour.

In 1968，American specialists discovered three red light spots in Aristotle Crater becoming one in the end.Japanese astronomers observed rose spots scattering in the south of the crater.Soon after，there were three colorful ribbons 50，000meters by 8，000：two were red and one was blue.It was attractive that they could be observed most clearly when the sunlight was shining onto the full moon's surface.

On July 30，1968，at 22：10，the Romanian astronomer Muzaresh discovered a luminous body similar to a star in size at the east edge of the new moon.It quickly changed its shape into a square quite fit in the moon circle and then began to move toward the moon and disappeared in an instant.

At the end of 1968，American Aerospace Bureau compiled and published a special work，Detailed Catalogue of the Mysterious Phenomena on the Moon，which recorded the observations of the moon in the past 400years.5to 19of them remain unexplained，e.g.moving bodies of light，geometric shapes，mysteriously disappeared craters，color trenches extending at the speed of 6km an hour，appearance and disappearance of "city walls"and huge domes changing their colors.

On March 7，1971，there was a sudden gush of water from the edge of the Storm Ocean on the moon.Is the water on the moon drifting？

On September 27，1981，a Russian astronomer discovered that a comet-like flying object skimmed over the surface of the moon.

In November，1991，the Outer Space &UFO International Academic Symposium was held in Japan.Some Japanese experts showed a 10-minute document of events happened in the past few years and recorded with the aid of a powerful astronomical telescope.It contained many real flying objects over the moon similar to light balls throwing their shadows on the moon.They flew in various orbits，e.g.the moon's equator and the meridian line.After treatment of these pictures by computer，it can be concluded with the aid of photographic measurement that the diameter of the largest light balls was 20kilometers and its flying speed was 200kilometers per second.All the experts present agreed that no natural light objects could fly so fast in orbit.

On March 15，1992，at 16：45，a Russian astronomer discovered a dark square flying object 5kilometers long flying in a curve for 2.5seconds.It flew eastward at first and then to westward，and finally disappeared in the Alphonse Crater on the moon.Its flying orbit was 500kilometers and its speed 200kilometers per second.

A Japanese astrophile once observed the moon for ten years with an astronomical telescope equipped with a camera.In this period，he took pictures of many UFOs flying over the moon with their shadow cast on the moon.They were over 20kilometers in diameter with a speed of 600，000kilometers per hour.

An famous ufologist also made the same observations.

月球怪異現(xiàn)象自古謎

1178年6月18日，英國小鎮(zhèn)坎特伯雷。這天晚上，滿天星斗，明亮的彎月出現(xiàn)在西部天空，許多人出來賞月。正在這時，賞月的人們突然發(fā)現(xiàn)，在月牙圓弧的上邊緣忽然出現(xiàn)一道裂縫，然后從這一裂縫中噴出耀眼的火舌，這火舌向四周蔓延又分裂出許多分支的火焰和四處飛濺的火花，噴出的火舌猶如一條受傷的蛇綿延彎曲地跳動著。這一奇異現(xiàn)象一直持續(xù)了一個月。

一個月后，這一現(xiàn)象漸漸消失，月亮又恢復了往日的平靜。

1715年5月3日，格林維治時間21時30分，法國天文學家耶·盧維爾在月球西部邊緣發(fā)現(xiàn)一連串奇怪的閃光現(xiàn)象，好像有人在那里點燃導火索一樣。這種蛇形閃光時而出現(xiàn)在這里，時而出現(xiàn)在那里，不久便消失了。這種閃光的“蛇”每次都是從月球的陰暗面某處鉆出來的，英國另一位著名天文學家埃·加利也同時觀測到這一奇異現(xiàn)象。

1787年4月18日夜晚，著名的天文學家維·蓋舍爾在觀測月球阿里斯多德環(huán)形山附近時，發(fā)現(xiàn)一些奇怪的淺紅色光斑。此外，在這一地區(qū)他還記錄下112次各種奇異的光學現(xiàn)象，在普拉頓環(huán)形山、施雷泰爾各地和危海地區(qū)也出現(xiàn)過類似的光學現(xiàn)象。

1870年，英國月球學家格·埃澤爾通過天文望遠鏡觀測記錄下一個斑點，它在月球柏拉圖環(huán)形山的谷底運動。

1871年，英國天文學家比特在月球柏拉圖環(huán)形山中觀測到若干幾何形狀規(guī)整的物體在運動著，它們還發(fā)出光信號。此外，月球上還多次出現(xiàn)一系列類似的怪異現(xiàn)象：某些環(huán)形山、圍墻式建筑物和巨大的拱形物時隱時現(xiàn)。月球上有時還出現(xiàn)顏色不同且迅速延伸的塹壕，其延伸速度達6千米/小時。

1874年4月，布拉格的天文學家沙法利克發(fā)現(xiàn)一個極耀眼的發(fā)光體以驚人的速度飛離月球，轉眼便消失在宇宙深處。

1896年6月和7月，發(fā)現(xiàn)一個巨大的神秘飛行物從月球旁掠過。

在過去的500年里，共發(fā)現(xiàn)月球上轉瞬即逝的各種怪異現(xiàn)象多達400多起，而一直到20世紀20年代，天文學家才著手對月球上的怪異現(xiàn)象進行專門研究。天文學家對月球進行研究時發(fā)現(xiàn)，在月球埃拉托斯芬環(huán)形山中有某些深色斑點做周期性運動。

然而，這并非是那些深色斑點固有的規(guī)律性運動，因為這些斑點有時還朝相反方向運動，其每天運動2千米。一名美國天文學家把月球上這種深色斑點的運動解釋為月球上的喜光動物群的大遷徙，但絕大多數(shù)月球學家把月球上斑點的這種周期性運動解釋為月面光效應和地貌特性所致。

1943年5月的一個清晨，一支前蘇聯(lián)部隊正在行進中。突然聽到隊伍中一名士兵大聲喊道：“快看，月球暗區(qū)中部有一個光點。”這時，大家舉目向月球望去：在月球暗區(qū)的旁邊正好有一顆奇特的亮星，它一動不動地懸停在那里，眨眼之間又運動起來，并漸漸離開月球的圓面繞過月球遠離而去。

1955年8月中旬，前蘇聯(lián)一名天文愛好者用自制的天文望遠鏡對月球觀測時發(fā)現(xiàn)，在月球圓面上方距其邊緣約347.6千米的地方有一個飛行中的發(fā)光體，它相當于一個3等星的亮度。當發(fā)光體用四五秒鐘時間飛至1/3月球圓面的位置時，卻突然又沿著一條急轉的軌道降落到月面上。

1956年11月26日，許多天文學家同時觀測到月球上出現(xiàn)的一種離奇古怪的現(xiàn)象：這一天，月面上突然出現(xiàn)一個閃光的巨大十字架，天文學界稱為“馬耳他十字架”。然而，令人費解的是，恰恰就在月球上發(fā)現(xiàn)“馬耳他十字架”兩年后的1958年11月26日，各國天文學家又不約而同地在近地軌道上發(fā)現(xiàn)另一個神秘飛行物，天文學家稱之為“黑幽靈”。

1963年，美國亞里桑納州弗雷格斯天文臺的天文學家們在對月球的觀測中，發(fā)現(xiàn)31個巨大的發(fā)光體。它們是一些長5000米、寬300米的的長方形發(fā)光體，它們能以陣容整齊的隊形運動。與此同時還發(fā)現(xiàn)，另一些長150米的較小的飛行物穿梭往返于那些巨大的發(fā)光體之間。

1963年10月29日深夜，美國洛維爾天文臺發(fā)現(xiàn)，在月球格羅德環(huán)形山北部出現(xiàn)耀眼的火光，后來就消失了，可不久又在亞里士多德環(huán)形山附近發(fā)現(xiàn)這種耀眼的火光。

1964年5月18日，美國天文學家哈利斯發(fā)現(xiàn)月球上有一個光點在運動著，其運動速度為32千米/小時，出現(xiàn)的時間長達1小時14分鐘。13分鐘后，在離運動光點稍遠一點的薩賓環(huán)形山附近還發(fā)現(xiàn)持續(xù)時間僅幾秒鐘的黃色閃光。

1964年6月21日，哈利斯、克羅斯和海蘭德三位天文學家在月球羅斯環(huán)形山南端發(fā)現(xiàn)一個“D”形深色暗斑，它以32千米/小時～80千米/小時的速度運動著。

1966年，英國天文學家帕·穆爾借助大功率天文望遠鏡對月球環(huán)形山底部詳細觀測，終于在那里發(fā)現(xiàn)一些奇怪的帶狀物，這些帶狀物由深色變成淺褐色，然后從環(huán)形山底部向四周呈輻射狀擴散，擴散的同時還不斷地變換著形狀并漸漸增大。月球上臨近中午時，它們變得最大，當月球上的晚霞降臨時，它們又開始縮成一團，顏色開始變淡，最終全部消失。

1967年9月11日，一組加拿大天文學家在月球靜海中發(fā)現(xiàn)一個長方形暗斑自西向東運動了八九秒鐘，它突然又在月球的明暗交界處停了下來，13分鐘后，在長方形暗斑運動過的地區(qū)所處的薩賓環(huán)形山附近，又出現(xiàn)僅幾秒鐘的黃色閃光現(xiàn)象。20天后，這一地區(qū)又出現(xiàn)另一個耀眼的光斑，它以80千米/小時的速度運動著。

1968年，美國研究人員在亞里士多德環(huán)形山地區(qū)發(fā)現(xiàn)三個紅色光點，它們最終合為一體。日本天文學家還觀測到一種玫瑰色斑點布滿該環(huán)形山的南部地區(qū)。不久，該環(huán)形山中又出現(xiàn)三個寬8000米、長50000米的彩色帶狀物，兩紅一藍。引人注目的是，所有這些現(xiàn)象在滿月時，即太陽光全部照射到月面上時看得最清楚。

1968年7月30日22時10分，羅馬尼亞天文學家姆·贊列什在新月的東邊緣10′～15′處發(fā)現(xiàn)一個類似星星大小的發(fā)光體，后來，它快速變成了一個四角形發(fā)光體，它的大部分與月球圓面相吻合，然后它又開始向月面運動，瞬間消失得無影無蹤。

198年底，美國航空航天局編制和出版了一部專著《月球特異現(xiàn)象詳目》。該詳目收錄了近400年來對月球的觀測結果，其中有5例～19例觀測結果迄今無法解釋，如月球上運動的發(fā)光體、奇異的幾何圖形、神秘消失的環(huán)形山、以6千米/小時的速度延伸的彩色溝塹、某些“城墻”的出現(xiàn)和消失以及變換顏色的巨大圓頂物等。

1971年3月7日，在月球風暴洋的邊緣突然升起一股噴泉！難道月球上的水處于游離態(tài)嗎？

1981年9月27日，俄羅斯天文學家發(fā)現(xiàn)一個彗星狀飛行物從月面掠過。

1991年11月，在日本舉行的“太空與UFO”國際學術研討會上，一些日本飛碟研究者向大會展示了約10分鐘的記錄片，它是借助800倍的天文望遠鏡拍攝的最近幾年發(fā)生的事件。影片中記錄下許多實體飛行物在月球上空的飛行場面，它們看上去像是一些光球，在月球上投下了影子。這些光球沿各種軌道面飛行——有的沿月球赤道飛行，有的沿月球子午線傾斜飛行。這些飛碟圖像經過電腦處理后，借助攝影測量法確定，最大的光球形飛碟的直徑足有20千米，其運動速度可達200千米/秒。與會專家們得出一致的結論：假如這些光球形飛碟是自然產生的，那么它們未必能沿著軌道飛行得如此之快。

1992年3月15日16時45分，俄羅斯天文學家弗·阿爾休辛發(fā)現(xiàn)一個約5千米大小的正方形黑色飛行物沿著一條曲線形路線急速飛行了2.5秒鐘。最初，它出現(xiàn)在月面南緯1°、東經1°，先是向東飛，后來又朝西飛，最后在月球阿利芬斯環(huán)形山中消逝。它的飛行軌跡長500千米，速度約200千米/秒。

一名日本天文愛好者曾用一部裝有攝像機的天文望遠鏡對月球觀測了10年之久，他在這10年間拍下許多在月球上空飛行的不明飛行物，它們在月面上投下了陰影。這些不明飛行物的直徑足有20千米，運動速度達60萬千米/小時。

著名飛碟專家佐·阿達姆斯基借助望遠鏡也拍攝過與之相同的不明飛行物。