OVNI en Géminis 7: transcripción del vuelo NASA, 1965

[PAGE 1] TAPE No. T-00763(R1b) "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 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: ROGER. 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 TO 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 CONTROL AGAIN THE REFERENCE IN THAT CONVERSATION TO THE THIRD AND UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT OF COURSE WAS [overtyped/struck correction, illegible] OR THE THIRD OBJECT WAS A BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT 4 Hrs 24 MIN into THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL. - 1 - [PAGE 2] [Handwritten page. Draft/working transcript of the same GT-7 Borman UFO sighting radio exchange as page 1, headed "T-00763 (R1B)" / "UFO SIGHTING BY BORMAN" (GT-7); content matches page 1, with minor wording differences typical of a working draft.] Since then we have dubbed the tape off the master tape here in the Control Center and we are now prepared to play it for you. It contains references to sighting not only some particles but as well as an unidentified object, a plus the booster. Heres that tape we'll play it for you now -- S/C: -- Gemini 7 here Houston -- how do you read? Houston: -- Loud & clear, 7, go ahead. S/C: -- a bogey at 10 o'clock high (Borman) Houston: -- This is Houston, say again seven? S/C: (Borman) -- I said we have a bogey at 10 o'clock high. Houston: -- Roger. Gemini 7, is that 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 [going by] a particles going by to the left out about 3 to 4 miles. Houston: -- understand you have many small particles going [PAGE 3] [Handwritten page, continuation of the page-2 draft transcript.] Houston: -- ...by on the left at what distance? S/C: (Borman) -- garbled -- 4 miles. It looks like a [word struck out] vehicle [words struck out, illegible] oh, about -- garbled -- it looks like a path of the vehicle at 90 degrees Houston: -- Roger, understand they're about 3 to 4 miles away S/C: (Borman) -- They passed now -- they're going into polar orbit Houston: -- Roger, understand they were 3-4 miles away S/C: -- That's what it appeared like, that's roger. Houston: -- Gemini 7, Houston -- were these particles in addition to the booster and the bogey at 10 o'clock high? [line struck out, illegible] S/C: (Lovell) -- Roger, I have the booster on my side. It's 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) -- It's about at my 2 o'clock position. Houston: -- Does that mean that it's ahead of you? S/C: (Lovell) -- It's ahead of us at 2 o'clock, slowly tumbling Houston: -- Roger [long pause -- two garbled transmissions] [tumbling] Houston: -- Roger (PAO) Gemini Control: Gemini Control here again, the reference in that conversation to the third and unidentified object of course -- was -- the third object was a bogey [PAGE 4] [Handwritten page, continuation/closing of the page-2 draft transcript.] PAO: -- there were several references to the bogey, this is the unidentified object, in addition to the particles which appear to be headed in a polar orbit. You heard Frank Borman say, plus Jim Lovell [describe, struck out] discussing the booster. It was Borman who reported sighting the bogey -- this is Gemini Control in Houston at [figure struck out] hrs 24 min into the flight. Time: -- 05 min: 34 sec.