Gemini VII Public Affairs commentary tape T-00763 R1b (December 5, 1965) capturing astronaut Frank Borman's "bogey at ten o'clock high" report and Jim Lovell's accompanying booster/particle descriptions — one of the most widely cited astronaut UFO accounts. The handwritten "UFO Sighting by Borman" annotation appears unique to this archived copy.
The Gemini VII PAO transcripts have been online at the NASA JSC History Portal for years, and the Borman "bogey" exchange is one of the most-cited astronaut UFO reports.
TAPE No. T-00763(Rlb)
"P.A.O. RELEASE COMMENTARY OF THE GT-7/6 FLIGHT."
P.A.O. SINCE THEN WE HAVE DUEBED THE TAPE OFF. THE MASTER TAPE HERE IN THE CONTRO
CENTER AND WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO PIAY IT FOR YOU ~ IT CONTAINS REFERENCES
TO SIGHTING NOT ONLY SOME PARTICLES BUT AS WELL AS AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
PLUS THE BOOSTER HERS THAT TAPE WE'LL PLAY IT FOR YOU NOW--=-
s/c GEMINI-7 HERE HOUSTON-- HOW DO YOU READ?
HOUSTON: LOUD AND CLEAR SEVEN - GO AHEAD,
s/c (BORMAN) A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH.
HOUSTON THIS IS HOUSTON, SAY AGAIN SEVEN?
s/c (BORMAN) I SAID WE HAVE A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH.
HOUSTON ROGER. GEMINI-7 ISTHAT THE BOOSTER OR IS THAT A NATURAL SIGHTING?
s/c A WHAT?
HOUSTON SAY AGAIN SEVEN.
s/c (BORMAN) WE HAVE DEBRIS UP HERE - THIS IS AN ACTUAL SIGHTING.
HOUSTON YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION - ESTIMATE DISTANCE OR SIZE?
s/c (BORMAN) WE ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT.
HOUSTON UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT. ROGER.
s/c (BORMAN) WE HAVE VERY, VERY MANY A - IT LOOKS LIKE HUNDREDS OF LITTLE
PARTICLES GOING BY TO THE LEFT OUT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES.
HOUSTON UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE MANY SMALL PARTICLES GOING BY ON THE LEFT AT WHAT
DISTANCE?
s/c (BORMAN) ....GARBLED ... FOUR MILES. OH, ABOUT - GARBLED -~ IT LOOKS LIKE A
PATH OF THE VEHICLE AT 90 DEGREES,
HOUSTON ROGER. UNDERSTAND THEY'RE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES AWAY
s/c (BORMAN) THEY'VE PASSED NOW. THEY'RE GOING INTO POLAR ORBIT.
HOUSTON RGG ER. UNDERSTAND THEY WERE THREE TO FOUR MILES AWAY,
s/c THATS WHAT IT APPEARED LIKE. THATS ROGER.
HOUSTON GEMINI-7 - HOUSTON - WERE THESE PARTICLES IN ADDITION T0 THE BOOSTER AND
THE BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH?
s/c (LOVELL) ROGER. I HAVE THE BOOSTER ON MY SIDE.ITS A BRILLIANT BODY IN THE
SUN AGAINST A BLACK BACKGROUND WITH TRILLIONS OF PARTICLES ON IT.
HOUSTON ROGER WHAT DIRECTION IS IT FROM YOU?
s/c (LOVELL) ITS ABOUT AT MY TWO O'CLOCK POSITION.
HOUSTON DOES THAT MEAN ITS AHEAD OF YOU?
s/c (LOVELL) ITS AHEAD OF US AT TWO O'CLOCK, SLOWLY TUMBLING
HOUSTON ROGER,
see0daoco0oee0 LONG PAUSE.Q....O.. DUAL TRANSMISSION....O.Q.
P.AOOQ THIS IS GEMINT CONTROL AGAIN THE REFERENCE IN THAT CONVERSATION TO THE
THIRD AND UNTDENTIFIED OBJECT OF COURSE WAS OR THE THIRD OBJECT WAS A Rumm
BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT 4 Hrs 24 MIN into
THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL.
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