Department of War PURSUE File
NASA-UAP-D020, Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965
Cape Kennedy, Florida·August 30 - September 2, 1965
Editorial summary
This is a preliminary transcript (Part II) drawn from voice recordings of the Gemini 5 flight crew technical debriefing, conducted by NASA between August 30 and September 2, 1965, at the Crew Quarters at Cape Kennedy, Florida. In the Visual Sightings section, pages 157 to 220, astronauts L. Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad describe seeing debris, snow, and glittering pieces near the spacecraft.
Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.
Government description
This document is a preliminary transcript (Part II) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 5 flight crew technical debriefing. NASA conducted this debriefing between August 30, 1965, and September 2, 1965, at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida. Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad described observing debris and “snow” and “all sorts of glittering pieces of this, that and the other thing” in the “Visual Sightings” section of the document (pages 157-220).
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
August 30 - September 2, 1965
Incident location
Cape Kennedy, Florida
Release tranche
Release 03 (May 8, 2026)
Distribution
Cleared for public release