RELEASE 03 / NASA-UAP-D022

NASA-UAP-D022, Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966

File ID: NASA-UAP-D022
Agency: NASA
Release: Release 03, 12 Jun 2026
Event date: June 3-6, 1966 (read as 3 Jun 1966 to 6 Jun 1966; precision: range)
Location: Low Earth Orbit
Type: PDF
Redactions: None flagged

The official record

Official summary, as published

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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Tier A National Aeronautics and Space Administration institution
Named in the title, the official summary and pages 1, 10, 19, 20, 23, 38, 39, 45 and 8 more.
Civil space agency; host of the 2023 UAP Independent Study Team

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