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Gordo , you , uh , expressed an
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NASA-UAP-D023, Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962
In November 1962, journalist Walter Cronkite interviewed astronaut Gordon Cooper. In this excerpt from that interview, Cronkite asks Cooper about his views regarding the nature of unidentified flying objects, having previously expressed an interest in the subject. Cooper opines that “a large number of exceptionally well-qualified people have seen objects” without a “logical explanation” and speculates on the existence of other planets with “a livable atmosphere” and that maybe there are “some type of human life” out there. Interview was conducted in November 1962.
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Gordon Cooper opines that 'a large number of exceptionally well-qualified people have seen objects' without a 'logical explanation'.
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Gordon Cooper speculates on the existence of other planets with 'a livable atmosphere' and that maybe there are 'some type of human life' out there.
Cooper opines... and speculates on the existence of other planets with 'a livable atmosphere' and that maybe there are 'some type of human life' out there.
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NASA-UAP-D023, Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962 transcript includes an unidentified-object reference at 0:08.159.
[0:06.119] interest at one time in , uh , uh , [0:08.159] unidentified flying objects , the [0:10.800] feeling that there might be something
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NASA-UAP-D023, Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962 transcript includes an unidentified-object reference at 0:26.120.
[0:23.326] well qualified , I should say , people [0:26.120] who have seen objects that have not . [0:29.079] Uh , have not had any really logical
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NASA-UAP-D023, Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962 transcript includes an unidentified-object reference at 1:05.951.
[1:03.840] it's not too unfeasible to think that [1:05.951] perhaps some of these objects might [1:07.951] have been something of this type . You
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NASA-UAP-D023, Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962 transcript includes a fireflies reference at 1:43.709.
[1:40.769] Glenn , Gordo , the , uh , you know , [1:43.709] the snowflakes , the fireflies , uh , [1:47.220] now both Shara and Carpenter , uh ,
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interest at one time in , uh , uh ,
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unidentified flying objects , the
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feeling that there might be something
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to all these stories . Do you still
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feel that way ? Well , I , I feel that
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there have been a large number of
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fairly well qualified or exceptionally
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well qualified , I should say , people
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who have seen objects that have not .
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Uh , have not had any really logical
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explanation other than this . I think
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