NASA-UAP-D3, Gemini 7 Transcript, 1965
NASA · 1965 · Moon · Document
NASA-UAP-D3, Gemini 7 Transcript, 1965 is indexed as a NASA record with incident date 1965 and location Moon. Gemini 7 was the tenth crewed American spaceflight. This document is a transcript of communications between the flight crew, Astronauts James Jim Lovell and Frank Borman, and the Manned Flight Center (now known as Johnson Space Center) in Houston, Texas. The transcript begins with Borman s report of a bogey, contemporary nomenclature for an unknown aircraft, as well as a debris field. Borman described the debris field as consisting of very, very many [ ] hundreds of little particles. He estimated the particles distance from the spacecraft to be four miles. Lovell described observing a brilliant body in the sun against a black background with trillions of particles on it. This document also includes handwritten notes documenting the encounter, annotated with the phrase UFO Sighting by Borman in the top right corner.
Notable / anomalous element
- There were several references to the bogey. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Houston Gemini-7 Houston were these pari'icles in addition 'io the booster al the bogey at ten o'clock high? s/ c (lovell) roger. (native PDF text, page 1)
Details
- Houston understand you also have the booster in sight. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Utiderstand they 're about three or four miles away l e (borman) they 've passed now. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Understajid they were three to four miles away. s/c thats what it appeared like. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Houston Gemini-7 Houston were these pari'icles in addition 'io the booster al the bogey at ten o'clock high? s/ c (lovell) roger. (native PDF text, page 1)
- There were several references to the bogey. (native PDF text, page 1)
Tags: NASA, 1965, Moon, Flight operations, Radar contact, Gemini, Aircraft, Astronauts