NASA-UAP-D022: Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966
This released document records that gemini IX's performance on the OSSA experiments was impressive. 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.
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- Document · Release 03
- Date
- June 3-6, 1966
- Location
- Low Earth Orbit
- Extent
- 78 pages
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This released document records that gemini IX's performance on the OSSA experiments was impressive. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record.
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- The source states that gemini IX's performance on the OSSA experiments was impressive.
- The source states that the guiding performed for S011 and S001 was the best that has yet been done on a manned spacecraft.
- The source states that about 40 usable pictures of the airglow were obtained.
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Official Description from War.gov
Gemini IX (renamed Gemini IX-A) was the seventh crewed flight of the Gemini series, launched on June 3, 1966. The mission’s primary objectives included a spacewalk and multiple scientific and medical experiments. This document, dated June 16, 1966, is a transcript of a NASA debriefing of astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan. Pages 2-5 of this document contain the astronauts’ accounts of their observations of “flashing lights” and “sparkles” during the mission.
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- release-03-file-068-nasa-uap-d022-gemini-9-debriefing-1966
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- Jun 12, 2026
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Gemini IX's performance on the OSSA experiments was impressive.
Gemini IX ' s performance on the OSSA experiments was impressive.
The guiding performed for S011 and S001 was the best that has yet been done on a manned spacecraft.
The guiding performed for S011 and S001 was the best that has yet been done on a manned spacecraft.
About 40 usable pictures of the airglow were obtained.
About 40 usable pictures of the airglow were obtained.
The AMU exercise was unsuccessful.
The AMU exercise was unsuccessful.
A strip was taken over Peru where the weather happened to be excellent.
A strip was taken over Peru where the weather happened to excellent.
The only difference in the : training unit is that it has no actuai filter, since this item is perishable, but the training unit is in all other respects identical to the flight unit.
The only difference in the : training unit is that it has no actuai filter, since this item is perishable, but the training unit is in all other respects identical to the flight unit.
Our emulsion stack apparatus would be retrieved from the retroadapter section during the first EVA, and stored inside the Gemini capsule in a manner suggested by Messrs.
Our emulsion stack apparatus would be retrieved from the retroadapter section during the first EVA, and stored inside the Gemini capsule in a manner suggested by Messrs.
It is planned to use TRI-X film, Both units are now at the Cape and the flight loading of the film will take place four (4) days prior to the flight.
It is planned to use TRI-X film, Both units are now at the Cape and the flight loading of the film will take place four (4) days prior to the flight.
Dunkelman suge at ests that a simple commmnication on this single item might be helpful in taking care of the "next crisis” on the horizon- the Gemini IX Debrfééfing which will come about near the end of May.
Dunkelman suge at ests that a simple commmnication on this single item might be helpful in taking care of the "next crisis” on the horizon- the Gemini IX Debrfééfing which will come about near the end of May.
Koomen, NRL, feels that the experiment will come off O.K, The story is that one of the backup pilots using the flight model in the simulator and the cable broke.
Koomen, NRL, feels that the experiment will come off O.K, The story is that one of the backup pilots using the flight model in the simulator and the cable broke.
2 As for other astronomical phenomena during your flight, the meteor plot for the year shows May as being a slim month compared te August.
2 As for other astronomical phenomena during your flight, the meteor plot for the year shows May as being a slim month compared te August.
Source Material & Evidence
Gemini IX Debriefing Transcript
NASA-UAP-D022
Photographs of Airglow
Photographic Strip over Peru
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