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Department of War PURSUE File

NASA-UAP-D017, Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

North Atlantic Ocean·6/9/65

Declassified

Editorial summary

This is a preliminary transcript (Part II) drawn from voice recordings of the Gemini 4 flight crew debriefing, held aboard the recovery ship USS Wasp on June 9, 1965, over the North Atlantic Ocean. This part contains the Visual Sightings section of the debriefing, pages 196 to 224, in which astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White describe their observations while aboard the spacecraft.

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Government description

This document is a preliminary transcript (Part II) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 4 flight crew debriefing taken aboard the recovery ship, USS Wasp, on June 9, 1965. Part II of this document contains the “Visual Sightings” section of the debriefing (pages 196-224), where astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White describe their observations while aboard the spacecraft.

Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.

Originating agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Record type

PDF

Incident date

6/9/65

Incident location

North Atlantic Ocean

Release tranche

Release 03 (May 8, 2026)

Distribution

Cleared for public release

Original document

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Source: war.gov/ufo · PURSUE Release 03

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