Gemini 7 transcript (nasa-uap-d3-gemini-7-transcript-1965)

TAPE No . T-00763(Rlb)
"P. A. O. RELEASE COMMl•:N'l'ARY OF 'l'HE G'I'-7/6 FLIGHT ."
P.A. O. SINCE THEN WE HAVE DlID.BED THE TAPE OFF. 'r}[E MASTER TAPE I-IBRE IN THE CONTROl
CENTER AND WE ARE NOW PREPAHED 'l'O PLAY IT FOR YOU - IT CD NTAINS REFEREiiCES
TO SIGHTING NOT ONLY SOME PARTICLES BU'I' 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 (BO RMAN) I SAID WE HAVE A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH.
HOUSTON ROGER . GEMINI-7 I STHA'l' THE BOOSTER OR IS TIIAT A NATURAL SIG DIG?
s/c A WHAT?
Hff STOl SAY AGAIN SEVEN.
s/c (BORMAN) WE HAVE DEBRIS UP HE:RE - THIS IS AN ACTUAL SIG,ITDTG.
HOUSTOH YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION - ESTJJviA.TE 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 ( BOR!.\1.1\,,N) WE HAVE VERY, VERY MANY A - IT LOOKS LIKE HillIDREDS OF LI'ITLE
PARI'ICLES GOING BY TO THE LEFT OUT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES.
HOUSTON UNDERSTAND YOU PAVE MANY SMALL PARTICLES GOING BY OH THE LEFT AT -;,1..-f.AT
DISTANCE?
s/c ( BORMAN) .... GARBLED . . . FOUR MILES . OH, ABOlJ"'l' - GARBLED - IT LOOKS LIKS A
PATH OF THE VEHICLE AT 90 DEGREES .
HOUSTON ROGER. UTIDERSTAND THEY 'RE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES AWAY
~ l e ( BORMAN) THEY 'VE PASSED NOW. THEY'RE GOING nrro POLAR ORBIT.
rtOUSTON RCGER. UNDERSTAJID THEY WERE THREE TO FOUR MILES AWAY.
s/c THATS WHAT IT APPEARED LIKE. THATS ROGER.
HOUSTON GEMINI-7 - HOUSTON - WERE THESE PARI'ICLES IN ADDITION 'IO THE BOOSTER Al
THE BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH?
s/ c (LOVELL) ROGER. I HAVE THE BOOSTER ON MY SIDE.ITS A BRILLIANT BODY I N THE
SUN AGAINST A BLACK BACKGROUND WITH TRILLIONS OF PARI'ICLES 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.
LONG PAUSE ......... DUAL TRANSMISSION ....... .
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P.A.O. 'rHIS IS GEMINI OONTROL AGAIN THE REFERENCE IN THAT CONVERSA'l'ION TO THE
THIRD AND UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT OF COURSE WAS OR THE THIRD OBJECT WAS A mmJ"
BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT L~ Hrs 24 MIN into
THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL.
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