In this episode of "Reality Check," theoretical physicist Maaneli "Max" Derakhshani returns for a fourth part of his conversation with Ross about lunar anomalies. Together, they walk through some of the most contested footage in the public UAP record frame by frame. The conversation opens on a triangular object visible in an Apollo 17 photograph, working out why the Pentagon released only a low-resolution version when a high-resolution copy sits in the March to the Moon archive. Derakhshani responds to Avi Loeb's argument the lunar UAP records are camera artifacts.

He points to Edgar Mitchell stating he saw the objects with the naked eye and lays out his own analysis of the STS-48 and STS-80 footage, including the case that one object was deliberately testing its propulsion against a known weapon. Derakhshani methodically dismantles NASA's official "ice debris" explanation, while Coulthart reveals exclusive accounts from witnesses and Aboriginal communities near that remote Australian coastline and calls for NASA to answer to Congress under oath.

From there, Ross and Max turn to fastwalkers logged by Defense Support Program satellites over Australia, aboriginal witness accounts of block-sized objects in the same skies and the question of whether astronauts have been quietly told never to discuss any of this. The episode closes on Mitchell's own public statement given before his death: that talking openly about what Apollo crews witnessed was treated as treason.

Watch Part 1 of their discussion here: https://youtu.be/BOmrBWjyUtc?si=_PLeM1V59yAiUhho

Watch Part 2 of their discussion here: https://youtu.be/qyNU8ZJbv1w?si=De_qM-ugbSc4WMd3

Watch Part 1 of their discussion here: https://youtu.be/dCMA_SItziY?si=0zWXPQuIh7NKvHXo

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Host: Ross Coulthart

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CHAPTERS

:00 Intro

2:32 Meet Maaneli “Max” Derakhsani

3:27 Apollo 17 mission declassified images

6:55 Is there deceit going on inside NASA?

10:47 Max responds to Avi Loeb’s remarks

17:54 Gemini crew transcripts and bogeys

19:37 STS-48 mission video

22:33 Ice particle theory

28:11 Does the beam of light come from NW AUS?

33:55 Congressional investigation needed?

40:34 Aboriginal community sightings in NW AUS

43:17 Correlation between DSP satellite data and STS-48 observations

50:30 Coincidence of timing

56:51Suppressing astronaut sighting stories

1:00:11 Final thoughts