Department of War PURSUE File
NASA-UAP-D018, Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967
Low Earth Orbit·June 3-7, 1965
Editorial summary
This NASA collection documents the Gemini 4 mission, the second crewed Gemini flight, flown by astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White from June 3 to June 7, 1965, and including the first American spacewalk. The file contains a transcription, dated about June 25, 1967, of the astronauts recounting their observations of bright particles outside the spacecraft. The relevant accounts appear on pages 78 to 81 and page 101.
Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.
Government description
Gemini IV was the second crewed mission of the Gemini series. Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White successfully completed the four-day flight between June 3 and June 7, 1965. The mission included the first American spacewalk. This collection of documents contains a transcription of the astronauts recounting their observations of bright particles outside the spacecraft, dated circa June 25, 1967, on pages 78-81, and page 101.
Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.
Originating agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Record type
Incident date
June 3-7, 1965
Incident location
Low Earth Orbit
Release tranche
Release 03 (May 8, 2026)
Distribution
Cleared for public release