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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 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 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                  (BORMAN) I SAID WE HAVE A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH.
S/C                      ROGER. GEMINI-7 ISTHAT THE BOOSTER OR IS THAT A NATURAL SIGHTING?
HOUSTON                  A WHAT?
S/C                      SAY AGAIN SEVEN.
HOUSTON                  (BORMAN) WE HAVE DEBRIS UP HERE - THIS IS AN ACTUAL SIGHTING.
S/C                      YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION - ESTIMATE DISTANCE OR SIZE?
HOUSTON                  (BORMAN) WE ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT.
S/C                      UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT. ROGER.
HOUSTON                  (BORMAN) WE HAVE VERY, VERY MANY A - IT LOOKS LIKE HUNDREDS OF LITTLE
S/C                      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
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 BOGEY.
                         BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT 4 Hrs 24 MIN into
                         THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL.

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T-00763 (R/B)
"UFO SIGHTING
BY BORMAN"
(GT-7)
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 a plus the booster
heres that tape we'll play it for you now -
S/C:- Gemini 7 here Houston - how do you read?
Houston:- Loud & clear 7. go ahead.
S/C:- a bogey at 10 o'clock high (Borman)
Houston:- this is Houston say again, seven?
S/C:- I said we have a bogey at 10 o'clock high.
Houston:- Roger. Gemini 7 is that the booster or is that
a natural sighting?
S/C:- a what?
Houston:- Say again, seven.
S/C:- We have debris up here - this is an actual sighting
Houston:- you have any more information, estimate
distance or size?
S/C:- We also have the booster in sight.
Houston:- Understand. you also have the booster in sight. Roger,
S/C:- We have [strikethrough: very] many - 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

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Houston: [strikethrough: Stay] on the left at what distance?
S/C:!- Bowman
S/C: - garbled - 4 miles. It looks like a round
[strikethrough: Houston] [unclear: vehicle possibly painted red or about] - garbled -
it looks like a path of the vehicle at 90 degrees
Houston: Roger: understand they're about 3 to 4 miles away
S/C: Bowman they passed now - they're going into [unclear: geocentric orbit?]
Houston: - Roger understand they were 3-4 miles away
S/C: - that's what it appeared like. that roger.
Houston: - Gemini-7- Houston - were these particles in
addition to the booster and the bogey at 10 o'clock
[strikethrough: S/C]
S/C: - (Lowell) : - Roger - I have the boosters myself
it's a brilliant body in the sun against a black
background with millions of particles on it.
Houston: - Roger what direction is it from you
S/C: - (Lowell) It's about at my 2 o'clock position.
Houston: - Does that mean that it's ahead of you?
S/C: - (Lowell) It's ahead of us at 2 o'clock slowly tumbling
Houston roger.
long pause - two garbled transmissions / tumbling
Houston roger.
[strikethrough: (PAO)]
[strikethrough: Gen] Control: General Control here again the reference
initial conversation to the third and unidentified
object of course - was the third object was
a bogey

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PAO! - there were several references to the bogey
this is the unidentified objects in addition to
the particles which appear to be headed in a
polar orbit – you heard frank borman
say plus Jim Lovell described discussing
the roasted net it was Borman who reported
sighting the bogey - this is genuine content in
Houston at the 24 min into the flight.

Time:- 05 min: 34 sec.