NASA-UAP-D022, Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966

Low Earth Orbit·June 3-6, 1966

Declassified

Editorial summary

This NASA transcript, dated June 16, 1966, records a debriefing of Gemini 9 astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan. Gemini 9, the seventh crewed Gemini flight, launched on June 3, 1966, with objectives that included a spacewalk and several scientific and medical experiments. On pages 2 to 5, the astronauts give their accounts of observing flashing lights and sparkles during the mission.

Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.

Government description

Gemini IX (renamed Gemini IX-A) was the seventh crewed flight of the Gemini series, launched on June 3, 1966. The mission’s primary objectives included a spacewalk and multiple scientific and medical experiments. This document, dated June 16, 1966, is a transcript of a NASA debriefing of astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan. Pages 2-5 of this document contain the astronauts’ accounts of their observations of “flashing lights” and “sparkles” during the mission.

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Originating agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Record type

PDF

Incident date

June 3-6, 1966

Incident location

Low Earth Orbit

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