NASA-UAP-D3A, Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt, 1965
AUDIO NASA INCIDENT 12/5/65 · Low Earth Orbit
NASA-UAP-D3A, Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt, 1965
This audio recording contains air to ground communications and the NASA Public Affairs audio feed with commentary, recorded during the flight of the Gemini 7 mission. In this excerpted segment of audio, Astronaut Frank Borman reports to NASA mission control in Houston his sighting of an unidentified object, which he referred to as a "bogey." This sighting occurred on December 5, 1965. The dialogue includes Borman's initial report, as well as additional comments by Astronaut Jim Lovell, Borman's fellow crew member.
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Gently in control here again. Earlier in the flight, you'll recall at the start of the second revolution, we had a reference to several objects that the crew spotted. This was in the area of Antigua. Due to a mechanical breakdown, we did not have that portion of the tape available for you. This was a line breakdown between Building 30 and our new center, Building 6. Since then, we have dubbed the tape off the master tape here in the control 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. Here's that tape. We'll play it for you now. I jam an I-7 here, US-98. Loud and clear. 7, go ahead. I'll go to you at 10 o'clock, I. This is Houston. Say again, 7. I'll go to you at 10 o'clock, I. Roger. Do you have any 7? Is that the booster, or is that an actual sighting? I would. Say again, 7. Okay, we have several, looks like a 3 up there, actual sighting. Do you have any more information, estimate distance or size? We also have the booster in sight. Understand you also have the booster in sight, Roger. We have very, very many, it looks like hundreds of little particles dying by the left out about 3 to 4 miles. Understand you have many small particles going by on the left at what distance? Comment. It looks like they're passing a vehicle that's disintegrated. Roger, I understand they're about 3 to 4 miles away. They're passed out, they're going to pull a little bit. Roger, I understand they were about 3 to 4 miles away. That's a parent line, or a trailer. Roger. Geminis 7, Houston, were these particles in addition to the booster and the bogey at 10 o'clock high? Yes. Roger. 7, this is Houston, this is 7. Go ahead. I have the booster on high sight as a brilliant body of the sun, just a black background as advanced particles around it. Roger, what direction is it from you? It's about at my 2 o'clock position. Does that mean it's ahead of you? 7, ahead of us at 2 o'clock slowly tumbling. Roger. Roger. Roger. Oh, Fox 91. Fox 1, 91 seconds. I'm going to make a trial here again. The reference in that conversation to the third unidentified object, of course, was, or the third object, was a bogey. There were several references to the bogey. This is the unidentified object in addition to particles which appear to be headed in a polar orbit, you heard Frank Borman say, plus Jim Lovell discussing the booster. It was Borman who reported sighting the bogey. This is Germany-controlled Houston at 4 hours, 24 minutes into the flight.
