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This PURSUE Release 1 record, released by the US Department of War on 2026-05-08, is the transcript of NASA tape T-763 (R1b). On it, a public affairs officer presents air-to-ground audio from the Gemini 7 flight. Borman reports a bogey at ten o'clock high, along with hundreds of small particles in polar orbit about three or four miles away. Lovell describes the tumbling booster at his two o'clock position. The officer ends by noting the references to the bogey at 4 hours 24 minutes into the flight.
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.. TAPE No. T-00763(Rlb) "P.A.O. RELEASE COMMENTARY OF THE GT-7/6 FLIGHT." P.A.O. SINCE THEN WE HAVE DUBBED THE TAPE OFF. THE MASTER TAPE HERE IN THE CONTRO CENTER AND WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO PLAY IT FOR YOU - IT CDNTAINS REFERENCES TO SIGHTING NOT ONLY SOME PARTICLES BUT AS WELt AS AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT PLUS THE BOOSTER HERS THAT TAPE WE'LL PLA.Y IT FOB 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 01 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 - ESTlMATE 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 LllCE HUNDREDS OF LITI'LE 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 POIAR ORBIT. HOUSTON ROlER. UNDERSTAND THEY WERE TimEE TO FOUR MILES AWAY. s/c THATS WHAT IT APPEARED LIKE. THATS ROGER. HOUSTON GEMINI-7 - HOUSTON - WERE THESE PARTICLES IN ADDITION 'ID 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. •••••••••• LONG PAUSE ••••••••• DUAL TRANSMISSION•....••• P.A.O. THIS IS GEMINI OONTROL AGAIN THE REFERENCE IN THAT CONVERSATION TO THE THIRD AND UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT OF COURSE WAS OR THE THIRD OBJECT WAS A JBiB1r BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT 4 Hrs 24 MIN into ~ THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL. - l -
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