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(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 HOUSTON PARTICLES GOING BY TO THE LEFT OUT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES. s/c UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE MANY SMALL PARTICLES GOING BY ON THE LEFT AT WHAT HOUSTON 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 ROGER. UNDERSTAND THEY WERE THREE TO FOUR MILES AWAY. s/c THATS WHAT IT APPEARED LIKE. THATS ROGER. HOUSTON GEMINI-7
THREE OR FOUR MILES. s/c UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE MANY SMALL PARTICLES GOING BY ON THE LEFT AT WHAT HOUSTON 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 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 s/c THE BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH? HOUSTON (LOVELL) ROGER. I HAVE THE BOOSTER ON MY SIDE. ITS A BRILLIANT BODY IN THE s/c 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 MOVI BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT 4 Hrs 24 MIN into THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL. -1- T-00763 (R18) "UFO SIGHTING BY BORMAN" (GT-7) Since then we have dubbed the tape off the moste tape bereen the Control Center and eve are now prepared to play it for you Contor refer ences to sighting not only some particles, but as well as an undentified object a plus the booster heres that tape we'll play it for you now G/: - genuine ? here Houston - how do you read? Houston:
THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL. -1- T-00763 (R18) "UFO SIGHTING BY BORMAN" (GT-7) Since then we have dubbed the tape off the moste tape bereen the Control Center and eve are now prepared to play it for you Contor refer ences to sighting not only some particles, but as well as an undentified object a plus the booster heres that tape we'll play it for you now G/: - genuine ? here Houston - how do you read? Houston: - land+ clear 7 go ahead. &:/ - a bogey at 10 aclock high (Borman) Houston: - this is Houston say again seven? Borman &/C:- I said we have a bogey at 10 aclock high. Houston:- Roger genuya is that the booster is that a natural sighting? &:/ - what ? Houston:- Say again seven G/: - we have debris up here this was actua sighting Houston:- you have anymore information - Estimate Distance or eye? Borman &/: - We also have the boosters in sight. Houston:- Understand you also have the booster sight roger. &/c:- we love very many. it looks like hundreds of going little particles going by to the left front about 3 to 4 miles Houston:- understand you have many small particles going Havston- Heaty on the left at çat distance? boumon S/C :- garden- 4 miles. It looks like a around Houstou vehicle faullly painted od on about garded- it looks beba ath of the whick at 90 degrees Haustos :- Goger: understand they're about's to fimiles away S/C: Borway They passed - now - They're going into polavochif Hauston :- Roger understand they were 3-4 miles away. S/C:- that what it appeared Lito. that rogu. Hauston :- J-mmo-J- Houston - were there particles in, Addition to the booster and the bogay at 10 oclock hold S/C:- (Coell):- Roger - I have the boostros myulf its a brilliant body in the sun against a black background with tultion of particles on it. Hauston:- roger what derection is it from you. S/C:- (lowell) its about at my 2 oclock position.
Hauston :- Roger understand they were 3-4 miles away. S/C:- that what it appeared Lito. that rogu. Hauston :- J-mmo-J- Houston - were there particles in, Addition to the booster and the bogay at 10 oclock hold S/C:- (Coell):- Roger - I have the boostros myulf its a brilliant body in the sun against a black background with tultion of particles on it. Hauston:- roger what derection is it from you. S/C:- (lowell) its about at my 2 oclock position. Haustor's - does that mean that it's ahead of you? S/C:- (lowell) it's ahead of us at 2 oclock slowly. Hauston-progr long pause - two garded transmission) tumbling Hauston roger r PAOP Jim Control: Jeme Control here again the reference in the Conversation to the third and unidentified object of Course- was the third object was a bogey PAO!- there were several aferences - the nes to the bogey this is the identified object in addition to the particles which appear to be beaded in a palar achit your heard frank bouman say plus Jem lovel the boaster it was Borman cho reported. sighting the bogey-this geme Contin Houston at at the cuts. The flator. timei 05 mugi 34 sec....