August 5, 2015 (Source: Express UK)

Nasa has yet to comment on the anomaly in one of its Apollo 11 pics

The odd spot was uploaded to YouTube by prolific alien chaser Streetcap 1, who thought the anomaly could be a UFO which was monitoring the moon landing.

It was then picked up by fellow UFO researcher, US-based Scott C Waring, editor of UFO Sightings Daily.

Mr Waring said: “This is a great photo of the moon in high quality.

“However there is one odd thing about it. A piece of it is breaking away.”

He added: “It is possible that aliens have evolved so high, that living longer is the gold of their times. So to accomplish this, they create ships and buildings that blend into the environment. This could be a ship leaving the surface, and if astronomers see it moving through space, they will believe it to be an asteroid.”

YouTube user Streetcap1 also said in the video it looked “like a piece of the moon is breaking away”.

But regardless of the madcap explanations for what the mystery object is or the picture shows, NASA has so far been unable to explain it.

Express.co.uk investigated by looking at the original image in the archive, which featured the “breakaway piece” and at pictures taken JUST MOMENTS either side of it, which did not show the object.

There is something odd about this picture, but Nasa has been unable to explain it

The “breakaway” rock is ringed here

No comment: Nasa spokesman Dwayne Browne

What is it?

An almost identical photo taken moments earlier does not show the object

After finding the anomaly was genuinely in one of the original pictures, we forwarded it to NASA to see if it could explain what was captured on the camera in the image in question.

NASA spokeswoman Lynette Madison confirmed receiving our inquiry on July 22.

In an e-mail sent the same day we asked: “This is a crop from the image in the link. It looks like a piece of the moon is above it. Various UFO websites are automatically saying it is a UFO etc, but aside from that it is a bit odd. Could any of the NASA scientists put forward any explanation for it?”

The object zoomed in and flipped 90 degrees anti-clockwise

It switched to a smaller zoom for the next image – but blow up there is no sign of object

Ms Madison replied the same day, copying Dwayne Browne, NASA’s science, planetary exploration and heliophysics spokesman, saying he could assist.

By July 30 we chased Mr Browne, after getting no reply, and then tried both him and Ms Madison again today.

Ms Madison said: “I’m surprised that Dwayne has not responded. He is the person who would need to respond because he has the contacts with the scientists.”

However, there was no further response from Mr Browne.