NASA-UAP-D020: Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II (1965)

Official - DeclassifiedMission DebriefingAug 30 - Sep 2, 1965
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Date

Aug 30 - Sep 2, 1965

Document Type

Mission Debriefing

Authentication

Official - Declassified

Redaction Status

Fully Released

Issuing Authority

NASA Manned Spacecraft Center — Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Cape Kennedy

Summary

Part II of the Gemini 5 technical debriefing transcript. In this section, astronauts L. Gordon Cooper and Charles "Pete" Conrad described observing debris and other phenomena during their eight-day mission.

Significance

Contains the observational content from Cooper and Conrad's Gemini 5 flight. Gordon Cooper had a documented history of UAP sightings and interest (including the 1951 Germany sighting and 1957 Edwards AFB filming), making his Gemini 5 observations scientifically significant.