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NASA-UAP-D020, Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

Cape Kennedy, Florida·August 30 - September 2, 1965

Declassified

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.

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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

PDF

Incident date

August 30 - September 2, 1965

Incident location

Cape Kennedy, Florida

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

PURSUE = Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Records released by the U.S. Department of War on May 8, 2026 are unresolved cases for which the government cannot make a definitive determination, and the Department has invited private-sector analysis.