This released document records that the OAMS system began to degrade on the third day of the Gemini 5 mission. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record. This document is useful as an officially released artifact because it preserves the file's provenance and lets its claims be compared with related Release 03 records.
Charles 'pete' Conrad
PersonCharles 'pete' Conrad
PersonNASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969
During a medical debriefing of the crew of the Apollo 12 mission, Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Command Module Pilot Richard “Dick” F. Gordon, and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean describe their observations of instances of light flashes or “streaks of lights.” The astronauts each reported that these experiences occurred in the dark as they tried to sleep. The NASA medical team considered whether similar phenomena reported by Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin had been attributable to exposure of the retina by cosmic rays. NASA later determined that the phenomena reported by the Apollo 12 flight crew were internal to the astronauts’ vision rather than external light sources.
The released record says astronaut Alan L. Bean observed particles and flashes of light 'sailing off in space' via the onboard Alignment Optical Telescope (AOT). File: NASA-UAP-D001, Apollo 12 Transcript, 1969. NASA-UAP-D001, Apollo 12 Transcript, 1969 combines an official, downloadable document, 4 extracted claims, 2 evidence records, and 6 timeline entries across 4 source pages, and file-level provenance that can be compared with related release records.