NASA-UAP-D022: Gemini 9 Debriefing (1966)

Official - DeclassifiedMission DebriefingJune 16, 1966
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Date

June 16, 1966

Document Type

Mission Debriefing

Authentication

Official - Declassified

Redaction Status

Fully Released

Issuing Authority

NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

Summary

Transcript of the Gemini 9 (IX-A) NASA debriefing of astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan, dated June 16, 1966. The Gemini 9 mission launched June 3, 1966, and included a spacewalk. Pages 2-5 of the document contain the anomalous observations section.

Significance

Continues the Gemini-era astronaut debriefing series released under PURSUE. Cernan was one of the last men on the Moon (Apollo 17, 1972) and had a documented openness to discussing UAP phenomena. The anomalous observations are concentrated in pages 2-5, suggesting focused reporting.