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Originally Posted by Mr Q
No aliens,ufos,etc. Only a few gloved fingers of the astronaut. That's what I think. Mr Q
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Do you have any evidence for this? The time the photo was taken and whether the astronauts were suited up and gloved at that time, or whether they were still out of their suits and barehanded? Besides, the outer gauntlet of the pressure suit was dark gray with blue fingertips, not white. The reflection doesn't look like gloved fingers to me.
If you are using the proper definition of "UFO," the light patch is indeed a UFO as pointed out in post 7:
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…if the conspiracists give UFO its true and proper meaning of Unidentified Flying Object, then it truly is one. Currently an unidentified man-made white object flying at great speed around the moon. If we identify it, it will then be an IFO.
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After more study, I think the object is less likely to be a reflection of part of a spacesuit and more likely some white fabric that is part of the LM interior.
The fronts of the spacesuits have all sorts of appendages that are not visible in the "UFO," such as the NASA emblem, the US flag, the Apollo 11 patch, a name tag, coloured attachments for umbilicals, valves, and fawn-coloured tapes.
There are some vaguely-familiar parts to the UFO -- what looks like a flap with a chromed dome at bottom right, and two fabric-covered hoses or umbilicals at far left. These are similar to the umbilicals that connect to the astronaut from the right side of the PLSS.
Below the "hoses" on the UFO is what looks like semicircular plate with many light-coloured radial lines -- see the hi-res version -– and makes me wish for close-up photos of the ascent engine cover.
In the Spacecraft Film's Apollo 11 DVD set, Disc 1, "Fly Me To The Moon, Unscheduled TV broadcast during translunar coast, Probe removal and LM checkout, GET 55:08," there are good views of the LM interior and the many white fabrics. The first is the Interim Stowage Assembly (ISA) covering the instrument panel at front centre. Shortly after ingress, at 0:35:43 on the DVD, Buzz Aldrin tucks this up by the ceiling using what looks like bungee cords or electrical cables.
0:35:43 GET 55:45:44 Duke: 11, Houston. We see you removing the ISA now, folding it up, putting it up on the AOT. The instrument panels are coming into view behind. [AOT = Alignment Optical Telescope.]
In the NASA film, "Apollo 13: Houston, We’ve Got a Problem," at around 0:20:16 Fred Haise is sleeping in the commander's position, and there are a many pieces of white fabric behind him, some almost touching his right shoulder and some extending back toward the rear of the LM near the ascent engine cover. Fifty seconds later in the film, Haise floats through the tunnel from the command module, and again, many pieces of white fabric are visible at right.
It was in this position in the Eagle that Armstrong's PLSS was stowed, which could possibly account for fabric-covered umbilicals on the "UFO."