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Agency: NASA
Incident: 12/5/65 · Low Earth Orbit

TAPE No. T-00763(R1b)
"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 CONTAINS REFERENCES
TO SIGHTING NOT ONLY SOME PARTICLES BUT AS WELL AS AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
PLUS THE BOOSTER HERS THAT TAPE WE'LL PLAY IT FOR YOU NOW----
s/c
GEMINI-7 HERE HOUSTON-- HOW DO YOU READ?
HOUSTON:
LOUD AND CLEAR SEVEN - GO AHEAD.
s/c
(BORMAN) A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH.
HOUSTON
THIS IS HOUSTON, SAY AGAIN SEVEN?
s/c
(BORMAN) I SAID WE HAVE A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH.
HOUSTON
ROGER. GEMINI-7 ISTHAT THE BOOSTER OR IS THAT A NATURAL SIGHTING?
s/c
A WHAT?
HOUSTON
SAY AGAIN SEVEN.
s/c
(BORMAN) WE HAVE DEBRIS UP HERE - THIS IS AN ACTUAL SIGHTING.
HOUSTON
YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION - ESTIMATE DISTANCE OR SIZE?
s/c
(BORMAN) WE ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT.
HOUSTON
UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT. ROGER.
s/c
(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
DISTANCE?
s/c
(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
s/c
(BORMAN) THEY'VE PASSED NOW. THEY'RE GOING INTO POLAR ORBIT.
HOUSTON
ROG ER. UNDERSTAND THEY WERE THREE TO FOUR MILES AWAY.
s/c
THATS WHAT IT APPEARED LIKE. THATS ROGER.
HOUSTON
GEMINI-7 - HOUSTON - WERE THESE PARTICLES IN ADDITION TO THE BOOSTER AND
THE BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH?
s/c
(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?
s/c
(LOVELL) ITS ABOUT AT MY TWO O'CLOCK POSITION.
HOUSTON
DOES THAT MEAN ITS AHEAD OF YOU?
s/c
(LOVELL) ITS AHEAD OF US AT TWO O'CLOCK, SLOWLY TUMBLING
HOUSTON
ROGER.
LONG PAUSE
DUAL TRANSMISSION
P.A.O.
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 MMMM
BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT 4 Hrs 24 MIN into
THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL.
- 1 -
T-00763 (RIB)
Since then we have dublied the tape off
"UFO SIGHTING
BY BORMAN
(GT-7)
the mastr tape here in the Control anter and eve
are now pupared to play it for your clanters
uperences to sighting not only some-particles but
as wellces an Unidentified object a plus the booste
heres that tope we ill play it for you now-
s/c :- gemine There Houston I how do you read?
Hauston:- laud&clear 7 go ahead.
Houston:- this is houston say again seven ?
S/C: a bogey at aclock high (Borman)
S/C i- havea bogey at 10 acbeck high.
Hauston Roger. genure 7 s the the boosters or is that
a natural sighting?
s/c :- a what?
Haustoy:- Say again seven
s/c:- debns up here -this usan actualsighting
Hauston you Islimate
distance are sye ?
s/c :- borwor We also have the brostersen sight.
Hauston:- Understand you also have the boosternsight roge,
s/c: - Welove very very mony a- it looks bhe hundreds of
going lettle a particles going by to
3 to 4 miles
Houston, - understant gan have way small partites going
Hauston:- by on the left at arbat distanse?
S/C:- bormon garbled - 4-miles. its looks lihe a waud
Homelan
vehicle paulb painted red obr about-garbled-
it looks like a path of the which at 90 degrees
Hauston Borman :- Boger understand they're abouts to
S/C: they passed-now theyse gaingento polovorbil
Hawston they were 3- 4 away.
s/c:- thats what et appeared like. that roger.
Hauston !- general- 7- Houstoy - were these partils en
s/c
addition to the booste and tho bogy
S/C:- :- Mogr I have the boostron mysilf
its a bulliant hody thosun againsta black
bockground with Fultions of portibles on it.
Hauston rogr what derection is it from you
S/C:- (lowel) its about at my 2 actocksposition
Hauston does that was that its ahead of you?
Hauston progr.
sk:- (lowell) its ahead of us at zaclock slowly
long pause - two tumbling they
Honston rogra
Jan again the refreence
in that Conversation to the
object of Caure-was 5 the third object was
a bogey
PAO !- there were several uperence to the bagey
this is objection addrtion to
the particles which appeared to be beaded a
say plus Jim lovall describe descussing
polor achit you heard fronk borman
the booster at was Borwor who reported
sighting the bogey - this is gemere Contration
Harston at she 24-minto the flutor
time:- 05 mug! 34 sec.