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Gemini 7 Transcript, 1965

File

NASA-UAP-D003

Type

Document, 4 pages

Agency

NASA

Date

12/5/65

Place

Low Earth Orbit

Released

Release 1, May 8, 2026

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The government's description

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.

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TAPE No. T-00763(Rlb)
"P.A.O. RELEASE COMMENTARY OF THE GT-7/6 FLIGHT."
P.A.O.

SINCE THEN WE HAVE DUBBED THE TAPE OFF. THE MASTER TAPE HERE IN THE CONTRO
CENTER AND WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO PLAY IT FOR YOU - IT CDNTAINS REFERENCES
TO SIGHTING NOT ONLY SOME PARTICLES BUT AS WELt AS AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
PLUS THE BOOSTER HERS THAT TAPE WE'LL PLA.Y IT FOB YOU NOW----

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GEMINI-7 HERE HOUSTON-- HOW DO YOU READ?
LOUD AND CLEAR SEVEN - GO AHEAD.
(BORMAN) A BOGEY AT TEN 0 1 CLOCK HIGH.
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THIS IS HOUSTON, SAY AGAIN SEVEN?
HOUSTON
(BORMAN) I SAID WE HAVE A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH.
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HOUSTON
ROGER. GEMINI-7 ISTHAT THE BOOSTER OR IS THAT A NATURAL SIGHTING?
A WHAT?
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SAY AGAIN SEVEN.
HOUSTON
(BORMAN) WE HAVE DEBRIS UP HERE - THIS IS AN ACTUAL SIGHTING.
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HOUSTON
YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION - ESTlMATE DISTANCE OR SIZE?
(:BORMAN) WE ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT.
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UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT.. ROGER.
HOUSTON
(BORMAN) WE HAVE VERY, VERY MANY A - IT LOOKS LllCE HUNDREDS OF LITI'LE
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PARTICLES GOING BY TO THE LEFT OUT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES.
HOUSTON
UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE MANY SMALL PARTICLES GOING BY ON THE LEFT AT WHAT
DISTANCE?
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(BORMAN) •••. GARBLED ... FOUR MILES. OH, ABOUT - GARBLED - IT LOOKS LIKE A
PATH OF THE VEHICLE AT 90 DEGREES.
HOUSTON
ROGER. UNDERSTAND THEY'RE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES AWAY
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(BORMAN) THEY'VE PASSED NOW. THEY'RE GOING INTO POIAR ORBIT.
HOUSTON
ROlER. UNDERSTAND THEY WERE TimEE TO FOUR MILES AWAY.
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THATS WHAT IT APPEARED LIKE. THATS ROGER.
HOUSTON
GEMINI-7 - HOUSTON - WERE THESE PARTICLES IN ADDITION 'ID THE BOOSTER AND
THE BOGEY AT TEN -O'CLOCK HIGH?
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(LOVELL) ROGER. I HAVE THE BOOSTER ON MY SIDE.ITS A BRILLIANT BODY IN THE
SUN AGAINST A BLACK BACKGROUND WITH TRILLIONS OF PARTICLES ON IT.
HOUSTON
ROGER WHAT DIRECTION IS IT FROM YOU?
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(LOVELL) ITS ABOUT AT MY TWO O'CLOCK POSITION.
HOUSTON
DOES THAT MEAN ITS AHEAD OF YOU?
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(LOVELL) ITS AHEAD OF US AT TWO O'CLOCK, SLOWLY TUMBLING
ROGER.
HOUSTON
•••••••••• LONG PAUSE ••••••••• DUAL TRANSMISSION•....•••
P.A.O.
THIS IS GEMINI OONTROL AGAIN THE REFERENCE IN THAT CONVERSATION TO THE
THIRD AND UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT OF COURSE WAS OR THE THIRD OBJECT WAS A JBiB1r
BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT 4 Hrs 24 MIN into
THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL.
HOUSTON:

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