NASA-UAP-D021: Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing (1965)
Date
Dec 19-21, 1965
Document Type
Mission Debriefing
Authentication
Official - DeclassifiedRedaction Status
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NASA Manned Spacecraft Center — Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, Cape Kennedy
Summary
Preliminary transcript from the Gemini 7 crew debriefing conducted December 19-21, 1965, at Cape Kennedy Crew Quarters. Astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell discuss lights and flashes observed during the 14-day mission, with additional discussion about vehicle docking illumination and celestial and terrestrial observations.
Significance
Gemini 7 is notable as the mission during which Borman famously reported a "bogey" to mission control -- captured separately as NASA-UAP-D003 transcript. This technical debriefing provides the follow-up formal record of Borman and Lovell's observational accounts, complementing the in-flight transcript.