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Congressional, White House, UFO-related Constituent Correspondence, 1998

U.S. Government · 1998 · 86 pages · text from the file's own layer

This 1998 NASA file holds UFO-related letters from constituents that were forwarded by members of Congress, together with NASA's handling records. Senator Olympia Snowe forwarded letters from Maine residents, including a 12-year-old who asked for Roswell documents and listed a number of reported sightings. Senator Charles Grassley forwarded a question about astronaut UFO sightings. NASA's reply says it has no UFO program and has not withheld anything. The reply enclosed a NASA fact sheet and James Oberg's article, which explains the Gemini-4 McDivitt object as the spacecraft's own booster.

From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Released with redactions. This collection of documents, primarily from 1998, contains draft and final correspondence from the White House and the offices of members of Congress responding to constituent inquiries about Unidentified Flying Objects, or “UFOs.” These inquiries cover a diverse range of topics, including alleged UFO sightings by NASA astronauts, questions regarding the authenticity of photos collected during U.S. missions to Mars, alleged improper withholding of information by the U.S. Government, questions regarding the appropriateness of “UFO-related” governmental spending, and calls for congressional hearings regarding the nature and existence of “UFOs.” The official responses consistently state that, circa 1998, the U.S. Government is not aware of evidence supporting the existence of extraterrestrial technology, and that NASA does not actively investigate “UFOs.” The collection includes references to materials of both confirmed and unconfirmed authenticity, as provided by constituents, as well as references to historical, scientific literature addressing specific “UFO” sighting claims.

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  • p. 36 …Gemini Control, at Cape Kennedy told him that he was seeing the final stage of their…
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outletc pic k e d u p t h e follo wing exchange:
NASA: What's there?
Mission Control calling Apollo 11...
Apollo 11: These "Babies " are huge , Sir! Enormous!
OH MY GOD! You wouldn't believe it!
I'm telling you there are other spacecraft out there,.
Lined up on the far side of the crater edge!
They ' re on the Moon watching us!
The two astronauts, talking to the NASA base in Houston.
Text of the conversation:
Astronaut 1: Hal What is it?
Astronaut 2: We have some explanation for that?
--BEEP--
Houston: We have (not), don't worry, continue your program!
--BEEP--
Astronaut 1: Oh boy it ' s a , it's, it, it is really something (similar
to)
fantastic here, you, you could never imagine this!
--BEEP--
Houston: Roger, we know about that, could you go the other way, go back
the other way!
--BEEP--
Astronaut 1: Well it's kind of (rigged) ha, pretty spectacular ..... .
god . . . what is that there? ··,
--BEEP--
Astronaut 1: It's (hollow), what the hell is that?
Houston: Go Tango, Tango!
--BEEP--
Astronaut 1: Ha! There's kind of light there now!
--BEEP--
Houston : Roger, we got it, we (watched it), lose communication,
Bravo Tango, Bravo Tango , select Jezebel, Jezebel!
--BEEP- -
Astronaut 1: . ..... ya, ha! .... . . but this is unbelievable!
Houston: (we call you up Bravo Tango, Bravo Tango)!
A certain professor, who wished to remain anonymous, was engaged in a
discussion with Neil Armstrong during a NASA symposium.
Professor: What REALLY happened out there with Apollo 11?
Armstrong: It was incredible, of course we had always known
there was a possibility, the fact is, we were
warned off! (by the Aliens). There was never any

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