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Gemini 7 Crew Reports "Bogey" and Debris Field During GT-7/6 Mission, PAO Release Commentary Tape T-00763
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At 4 hours 24 minutes into the Gemini 7 flight in December 1965, Commander Frank Borman reported "a bogey at ten o'clock high" to Houston, confirmed it as "an actual sighting," and described hundreds of small particles passing to the left at three to four miles, traveling at 90 degrees to the vehicle's path and going into polar orbit. Pilot James Lovell separately identified the Titan II booster at the two o'clock position as a brilliant, slowly tumbling body with trillions of particles on it.
Low Earth OrbitFrank Borman (Gemini 7 Commander, S/C)James Lovell (Gemini 7 Pilot, S/C)Houston Flight Controllers (unnamed)Gemini 7 (GT-7)Gemini 6 (GT-6)GT-7/6 Joint MissionParticles or fragments
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[page 1] TAPE No. T-00763(Rlb) "P.A.O. RELEASE COMMENTARY OF THE GT-7/6 FLIGHT. "f 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<br />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<br />DISTANCE? | | s/c | (BORMAN) ..GARBLED ... FOUR MILES. OH, ABOUT - GARBLED - IT LOOKS LIKE A<br />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 | ROGER. 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<br />THE BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH? | | s/c | (LOVELL) ROGER. I HAVE THE BOOSTER ON MY SIDE.ITS A BRILLIANT BODY IN THE<br />SUN AGAINST A BLACK BACKGROUND WITH TRILLIONS OF PARTICLES ON IT. | | HOUSTON | ROGER WHAT DIRECTION IS IT FROM YOU? | | s/c<br />HOUSTON | (LOVELL) ITS ABOUT AT MY TWO O'CLOCK POSITION.<br />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 VE BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT 4 Hrs 24 MIN into THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL. - 1 - [page 2] T-00763 (R1B) Since then we have dubbed the tape off "UFO SIGHTING BY BORMAN" (6T-7) (GT-7) the master tape here in the control center and ove are raw prepared to play it for your conturn references to sighting not only some particles but as welles an unidentific object a plus the boaste heres that tape we'll play it for you now - S/C: - Genner There Houston - how do you read? Houston: - loud & clear 7 go ahead. S/C: - a logey at 12 o'clock high (Borman) Houston: - this is Houston. Say again seven? S/C: - Sardine have a logey at 12 o'clock high. Houston: - Roger. Genner 7 is that the booster is that a natural sighting? S/C: - a what? Houston: - Say again seven. S/C: - We have debris up here - this was an actual sighting Houston: - you have anymore information - estimate distance or size? S/C: - Borman Houston: - We also have the booster in sight. Roger, Borman - understand you also have the booster in sight. S/C: - We have very very many a it looks like hundreds of going little particles going by to the left out about 3 to 4 miles Houston: - understand you have many small particles going [page 3] Hauston- by on the left at what distance? s/c:- вашом the garbled - 4 miles. its looks like a wund Houston vehicle full painted of about garble- it looks bhe a path of the thick at 90 degrees Haustor: Roger understand they're about's to kmeles away s/c: from they passed now - they're going into Boumay Houston: - Poger enderstand they are 3-4uble away. S/c:- thats what it appeased like. thats rogus Houston - gemme-7- Houston. addition to the booster and the bogey at 10 stand - were these portals 9/C:- fasell) :- Page - I have the beastion mysl мунов its a bulbant body in the sun against black background with buttons of particles on it. Haustors: roge what desection. مي it from you. S/C:- (lowell) its about at my 2 aclock position. Havators. dars that mean that its ahead of you? Hourstory Houston -progr E/C :- (lowell) its ahead of us at zaclock slowly- "long pause - two garbled transusions) humbling at zached slowly th in that Conversations to the third and unidentified 180 stal. Jensen Constel have again the reference love object of Course - was the third object was a bogey [page 4] PAO! - there were several aferemes to the bogey this is the unidentified object in addition to the particles which appear to be headeden a heard frond bouman the boaster it was Borman who reported say plus Jem. paler arbet your wall describe discussing sighting the bogey - this in gemere Controten Houston at this to the floor Our- 05 May 34 sec.