Gemini 7 Transcript — Borman "Bogey" and Particle Sighting (1965)
This document is a NASA Public Affairs Office (P.A.O.) release commentary and transcript of communications during the Gemini 7 mission (GT-7/6 flight), the tenth crewed American spaceflight. Astronaut Frank Borman reports a 'bogey' — contemporary nomenclature for an unidentified object — at ten o'clock high, describing an 'actual sighting' along with the spacecraft's booster and a debris field of 'hundreds of little particles' passing at an estimated three to four miles. Astronaut James Lovell describes the booster as 'a brilliant body in the sun against a black background with trillions of particles on it,' slowly tumbling ahead of them at the two o'clock position. Gemini Control notes the reference occurred at 4 hours 24 minutes into the flight. According to the releasing source page, the file also includes handwritten notes annotated 'UFO Sighting by Borman.' The transcript records communications between the crew and the Manned Flight Center (now Johnson Space Center) in Houston, Texas.
Description
NASA Public Affairs Office release commentary and transcript of air-to-ground communications from the Gemini 7 (GT-7) mission, in which astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell report a 'bogey,' the spent booster, and a field of hundreds of particles observed in low Earth orbit. Released by the U.S. Department of War as part of a UFO/UAP document release.
Claims
Astronaut Frank Borman reported a 'bogey' at ten o'clock high and described an 'actual sighting' with hundreds of little particles passing three to four miles away.
90%Astronaut James Lovell described the booster as 'a brilliant body in the sun against a black background with trillions of particles on it,' slowly tumbling.
90%Borman reported 'a bogey at ten o'clock high' and stated it was 'an actual sighting.'
90%Borman reported hundreds of little particles passing about three or four miles from the spacecraft.
90%Lovell described the booster as 'a brilliant body in the sun against a black background with trillions of particles on it,' slowly tumbling at his two o'clock position.
90%Gemini Control commentary stated the third, unidentified object was a bogey and that the references occurred at 4 hours 24 minutes into the flight.
88%The sighting reference occurred at 4 hours 24 minutes into the Gemini 7 flight.
85%The document includes handwritten notes annotated 'UFO Sighting by Borman' (per source page context).
75%According to the source page, accompanying handwritten notes are annotated 'UFO Sighting by Borman.'
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Dec 4, 1965
Gemini 7 bogey and particle sighting
Borman and Lovell report a bogey, the booster, and a field of hundreds of particles at ~3-4 miles, occurring at 4 hours 24 minutes into the flight.
May 7, 2026
Document release
File released as part of a UFO/UAP document release hosted by the U.S. Department of War.
Dec 4, 1965
Gemini 7 UFO/bogey sighting
Borman reports a bogey at ten o'clock high, a debris field of hundreds of particles, and the booster; Lovell describes a brilliant tumbling body. Occurred at 4 hours 24 minutes into the flight.
May 7, 2026
Public release of transcript
Release of tape T-00763(R1b) transcript as part of a UAP records release.
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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? LOUD AND CLEAR SEVEN - GO AHEAD. (BORMAN) A BOGEY AT TEN 0 1 CLOCK HIGH. s/c THIS IS HOUSTON, SAY AGAIN SEVEN? HOUSTON (BORMAN) I SAID WE HAVE A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH. s/c HOUSTON ROGER. GEMINI-7 ISTHAT THE BOOSTER OR IS THAT A NATURAL SIGHTING? A WHAT? s/c SAY AGAIN SEVEN. HOUSTON (BORMAN) WE HAVE DEBRIS UP HERE - THIS IS AN ACTUAL SIGHTING. s/c HOUSTON YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION - ESTlMATE DISTANCE OR SIZE? (:BORMAN) WE ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT. s/c UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT.. ROGER. HOUSTON (BORMAN) WE HAVE VERY, VERY MANY A - IT LOOKS LllCE HUNDREDS OF LITI'LE s/c 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 ROGER. HOUSTON •••••••••• 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. HOUSTON: ~ - l - . .,,,
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