NASA-UAP-D3, Gemini 7 Transcript, 1965
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This document is a transcript of air-to-ground communications from the Gemini 7 mission, dated 1965, produced by NASA. It records an exchange between astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell and Houston's Manned Flight Center during the flight. Borman reported a "bogey at ten o'clock high" and a debris field of hundreds of small particles approximately three to four miles from the spacecraft. Lovell separately described a "brilliant body in the sun against a black background with trillions of particles on it," tumbling slowly ahead of the spacecraft. The document includes both a typed transcript and handwritten notes annotated "UFO Sighting by Borman" in the top right corner.
The record is notable because Houston controllers explicitly asked the crew whether the bogey was distinct from the booster rocket and the particle field — Borman confirmed it was a separate, unidentified object. The transcript ends with a public affairs statement acknowledging the "third and unidentified object." No analysis or follow-up investigation documentation is included in this release. The booster rocket accounts for one of the observed objects, but the bogey remains unlabeled in the record. Portions of the transcript are marked as garbled.
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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. T-00763 (RIb)
"P.A.O. RELEASE COMMENTARY OF THE GT-7/6 FLIGITT."
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 WELL, AS AN UNIDENTIFIED OJECT
PLUS THE BOOSTER HERS THAT TAPE WE'LL PLAY IT FOR YOU NOW----
GFMINI-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.
UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE MANY SMALL PARTICLES GOING BY ON THE LEFT AT WHAT
DISTANCE?
(BORMAN) ....GARBIED ... FOUR MILES. OH, ABOUT - GARBLED - IT LOOKS LIKE A
PATH OF THE VEHICLE AT 90 DEGREES.
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-7 - HOUSTON - WERE THESE PARTICLES IN ADDITION IO 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.
DOES THAT MEAN ITS AHEAD OF YOU?
(LOVELL) ITS AHRAD OF US AT TWO O'CLOCK, SLOWLY TUMBLING
ROGER.
LONG PAUSE........• DUAL TRANSMISSION... ... ••
THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL AGAIN THE REFERENCE IN THAT CONVERSATION TO THE
THIRD AND UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT OF COURSE WAS OR THE THIRD OBJECT WAS A BONE
BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT 4 Hrs 24 MIN into
THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL.
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