NASA-UAP-D003, Gemini 7 Transcript, 1965
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This document is a transcript of air-to-ground communications from the Gemini 7 mission, dated December 5, 1965, involving astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell in low Earth orbit. The transcript captures Borman reporting a "bogey at ten o'clock high," followed by a debris field of what he described as hundreds of small particles roughly three to four miles away. Lovell separately described observing what appeared to be the mission's own booster — a brilliant object tumbling slowly, surrounded by what he characterized as "trillions of particles." Houston's public affairs officer clarifies on tape that there were three distinct objects: the booster, the particle field, and the unidentified bogey. The document also includes handwritten notes of the same exchange, annotated "UFO Sighting by Borman" in the top right corner.
The record is notable because NASA's own public affairs commentary distinguishes the bogey as a third, separate object from both the booster and the particle field. The handwritten annotation suggests the encounter was flagged internally as a UAP event at the time. The OCR text is partially garbled, and it is unclear from this document alone whether any formal follow-up investigation was conducted or whether additional classified materials exist related to this incident.
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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. I-00763(R1b)
"P.A.O. RELEASE COMMENIARY OF THE GI-7/6 FLIGHT."
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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 CONTAINS REFERENCES
TO SIGHTING NOT ONLY SOME PARTICLES BUT AS WELI AS AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
PLUS THE BOOSTER HERS THAT TAPE WE'LL PLAY IT FOR 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 O'CLOCK HIGH.
THIS IS HOUSTON, SAY AGAIN SEVEN?
(BORMAN) I SAID WE HAVE A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH.
ROGER. GEMINI-7 ISTHAT THE BOOSTER OR IS THAT A NATURAL SIGHTING?
A WHAT?
SAY AGAIN SEVEN.
(BORMAN) WE HAVE DEBRIS UP HERE - THIS IS AN ACTUAL SIGHTING.
YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION - ESTIMATE DISTANCE OR SIZE?
(BORMAN) WE ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT.
UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT. ROGER.
(BORMAN) WE HAVE VERY, VERY MANY A - IT LOOKS LIKE HUNDREDS OF LITTLE
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
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DISTANCE?
(BORMAN) •...CARBLED ... FOUR MILES. OH, ABOUT - GARBIED - IT LOOKS LIKE A
PATH OF THE VEHICLE AT 90 DEGREES.
HOUSTON
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ROGER. UNDERSTAND THEY'RE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES AWAY
(BORMAN) THEY'VE PASSED NOW. THEY'RE GOING INTO POLAR ORBIT.
ROGER. UNDERSTAND THEY WERE THREE TO FOUR MILES AWAY.
THATS WHAT IT APPEARED LIKE. THATS ROGER.
GEMINI- - HOUSTON - WERE THESE PARTICLES IN ADDITION TO THE BOOSTER AND
THE BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH?
(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.
ROGER WHAT DIRECTION IS IT FROM YOU?
(LOVELL) ITS ABOUT AT MY TWO O'CLOCK POSITION.
HOUSTON
DOES THAT MEAN ITS AHEAD OF YOU?
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(LOVETT,) ITS AHFAD OF US AT TWO O'CLOCK, SLOWLY TUMBLING
ROGER.
PAO. LONG AS IS BATT OUR TRANSE REMERENCE IN THAT CONBRSANTON DO THE
THIRD AND UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT OF COURSE WAS OR THE THIRD OBJECT WAS A JUSH
BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT 4 Hrs 24 MIN into
THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL.
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