One of the first alleged alien photographs to resurface in recently released US government-related UFO files has turned out to be far older than many online viewers first believed. The image, shared across forums as part of what some users assumed were Department of Defense-linked disclosures,

The tranche of never-before-seen documents released by the Pentagon on UFOs includes descriptions of reported sightings - by civilians on Earth and by astronauts on the Moon.

The files contain a string of unexplained sightings made by astronauts on the lunar surface.