NASA-UAP-D003, Gemini 7 Transcript, 1965
This four-page Gemini 7 transcript release contains transcript text only on the first page; the remaining page headings are empty. The archive preserves the searchable excerpt but does not treat the nominal page count as distinct evidence. This page keeps the official artifact, searchable text where recoverable, and its evidence limitation together without introducing unsupported claims.
- File
- Document · Release 01
- Date
- Dec 5, 1965
- Location
- Low Earth Orbit
- Extent
- 4 pages
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Official Description from War.gov
Gemini 7 was the tenth crewed American spaceflight. This document is a transcript of communications between the flight crew, Astronauts James “Jim” Lovell and Frank Borman, and the Manned Flight Center (now known as Johnson Space Center) in Houston, Texas. The transcript begins with Borman’s report of a “bogey,” contemporary nomenclature for an unknown aircraft, as well as a debris field. Borman described the debris field as consisting of “very, very many […] hundreds of little particles.” He estimated the particles’ distance from the spacecraft to be four miles. Lovell described observing a “brilliant body in the sun against a black background with trillions of particles on it.” This document also includes handwritten notes documenting the encounter, annotated with the phrase “UFO Sighting by Borman” in the top right corner.
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Tracker findings
The unidentified object was referred to as a 'bogey' during the Gemini 7 mission
The released document states that the unidentified object was referred to as a 'bogey' during the Gemini 7 mission.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 01
- Official ID
- release-01-file-140-nasa-uap-d003-gemini-7-transcript-1965
- Cleared
- May 8, 2026
Referenced Timeline
Gemini 7 bogey report
Gemini Control places the recorded exchange at 4 hours 24 minutes into the flight.
Source Claims
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Frank Borman reported a “bogey at ten o’clock high” during the Gemini 7 flight.
(BORMAN) A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH.
Borman said the crew had debris in view and also had the booster in sight.
(BORMAN) WE HAVE DEBRIS UP HERE - THIS IS AN ACTUAL SIGHTING. ... (BORMAN) WE ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT.
Borman described hundreds of small particles passing three or four miles away.
(BORMAN) WE HAVE VERY, VERY MANY ... IT LOOKS LIKE HUNDREDS OF LITTLE PARTICLES ... OUT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES
James Lovell separately described the booster as a brilliant sunlit body with particles on it.
(LOVELL) I HAVE THE BOOSTER ON MY SIDE. ITS A BRILLIANT BODY IN THE SUN AGAINST A BLACK BACKGROUND WITH TRILLIONS OF PARTICLES ON IT.
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