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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.
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
6 min 11 sec
Source material
4
Timeline
3
Source provenance
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Low Earth Orbit
Terrestrial weather, solar-window, airport, and nearby-infrastructure correlations are suppressed for this record.
- Occurred
- Dec 5, 1965
- Location
- Low Earth Orbit
- Duration
- 6 min 11 sec
Context notes
- •Low Earth Orbit is outside the terrestrial weather, sunlight-window, airport, and nearby-infrastructure models used for ground sightings.
- •Use mission timing, orbital/lunar context, source media, and official metadata for comparison instead.
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Dec 5, 1965
Location
Low Earth Orbit
Duration
6 min 11 sec
Deep extraction
Source claims
Astronaut Frank Borman reported to NASA mission control in Houston his sighting of an unidentified object, which he referred to as a 'bogey.'
Astronaut Frank Borman reports to NASA mission control in Houston his sighting of an unidentified object, which he referred to as a 'bogey.'
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Low Earth Orbit.
War.gov PURSUE carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the 1965 Gemini VII UFO Sighting incident dossier.
Ledger
Source material
media
Primary footage
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document
Supporting source material
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source
Original report
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Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.