Case · 1949–1970s

Moon Dust, KH-9 and Wright-Patterson

1970s satellite imagery Hume finds underwhelming

Wright-Patterson AFBNRO

Declassified NRO Keyhole-9 image of an object, paired with a 1949 USAF recon photograph. Hume guesses these are the 1970s frames Moon Dust at WPAFB wanted, then prefers a Zodiac attribution on dating. Both images, he says, are visually poor. Redfern's Moon Dust-relic claims sit in the same drawer.

Findings

Each line is tagged as a FOIA outcome, something someone told Hume, open literature, a leak, or Hume's own reading. Do not treat the last as a document.

01Open literature
Public KH-9 frame exists; Hume is not impressed by the object.
02Hume's reading
1949 USAF recon image is a separate, also underwhelming, comparison.
03Hume's reading
Timeframe argument: Zodiac over Moon Dust.
04Hume's reading
NASIC FMP would be the current office holding historic Moon Dust paper.

Files

NRO · 1970s (declassified)

Released

NRO KH-9 Keyhole image of an unidentified object

Hume: likely the 1970s imagery Moon Dust at Wright-Patterson was interested in, but the timeframe better fits Zodiac. Both images 'very underwhelming' in his view.

Open record

Names

RG Hume

Independent FOIA researcher

UK researcher who files FOI/FOIA against MOD, DSTL, AARO, NNSA, DOE, FBI, CIA-adjacent holdings, EPA, CBP and police. Publishes as @rgh_ufos. Has said his name is on requests, has appeared in BBC and Mail Online, and was cited by Jesse Michels for the NNSA Starfish Prime response.

Nick Redfern

Author

Hume recommends Redfern on alleged Moon Dust interest in biblical relics and the hunt for missing Nazis, tying that bundle to O'Donnell / Grier / D'Amato / Knapp / Jacobson.

Agencies

Source posts

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2026-09-01
I guess this is the 1970s images that Moon dust at WPAFB were interested in. I think this group is more likely to be Zodiac cos time frame.
2026-09-01