Declassified UAP

NASA-UAP-D003A

Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt, 1965

Agency
NASA
Format
Audio
Incident date
12/5/65
Released
Release 01, May 8, 2026
Source
DVIDS
Topics
Spaceflight, Debriefings & transcripts

Description from war.gov

This audio recording contains air to ground communications and the NASA Public Affairs audio feed with commentary, recorded during the flight of the Gemini 7 mission. In this excerpted segment of audio, Astronaut Frank Borman reports to NASA mission control in Houston his sighting of an unidentified object, which he referred to as a "bogey." This sighting occurred on December 5, 1965. The dialogue includes Borman's initial report, as well as additional comments by Astronaut Jim Lovell, Borman's fellow crew member.

Transcript

Shall we control here again? Earlier in the flight you recall at the start of the second revolution we had a reference to several objects that the crew spotted. This was in the area of Antigua. Due to a mechanical breakdown we did not have that portion of the tape available for you. This was a line breakdown between Building 30 and our news center, Building 6. 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 citing not only some particles but as well as an unidentified object plus the booster. Here is that tape. We will play it for you now. This is Houston, say again, 7. Roger, 77 is at the booster or is that an actual sighting? Say again, 7. You have any more information to estimate distance or size? We also have the booster insight. I understand you also have the booster insight, Roger. We have very, very many looks on the left. I understand you have many small particles going by on the left at what distance? I understand you are about 3 to 4 miles away. I understand there were about 3 to 4 miles away. I understand there were about 3 to 4 miles away. We have 77 Houston or these particles in addition to the booster and the bogey at 10 miles away. I understand you are about 3 to 4 miles away. I understand you are about 3 to 4 miles away. I understand you are about 3 to 4 miles away. I understand you are about 3 to 4 miles away. I understand you are about 3 to 4 miles away. I understand you are about 3 to 4 miles away. I understand you are about 3 to 4 miles away. Oh, Fox, 9-1. Oh, Fox, 1. 9-1 second. Second. Second. Second. Shall we control here again? The reference in that conversation to the third unidentified object, of course, was, or the third object, was Bogey. There were several references to the Bogey. This is the unidentified object in addition to particles which appear to be headed in a polar orbit. You heard Frank Borman say, plus Jim Lowell discussing the booster. It was Borman who reported sighting the Bogey. This is Japanese control in Houston at four hours, 24 minutes into the flight.
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Machine summary

Written by Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) on May 22, 2026, from the record's text and war.gov's description. It is not part of the record and can contain errors; check it against the document.

NASA-UAP-D003A is an audio recording of air-to-ground communications from the Gemini 7 mission, dated December 5, 1965, during the spacecraft's second orbit in low Earth orbit. The excerpt captures astronaut Frank Borman reporting a sighting he described as a "bogey" to NASA Mission Control in Houston. Crewmate Jim Lovell also comments during the exchange. A NASA Public Affairs narrator contextualizes the dialogue, explaining that the original transmission was delayed due to a line failure between buildings at the control center and was later dubbed from a master tape. The crew also reported the Titan II launch vehicle booster and numerous small particles in addition to the unidentified object.

The record is notable because it preserves a contemporaneous, on-orbit crew report of an object distinct from both the booster and the identified particle debris, estimated at roughly 10 miles distance and described as traveling in a polar orbit. The OCR text contains significant repetitive artifacts suggesting audio transcription errors or tape degradation. No analysis or conclusion regarding the object's identity is included in the excerpt. The record fits into the broader pattern of early crewed spaceflight UAP reports that were acknowledged publicly at the time but not formally investigated under any known program.

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Low Earth Orbit, 12/5/65

  1. NASA-UAP-D003 Gemini 7 Transcript, 1965 NASA Document 12/5/65

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