PURSUE archive · catalogue card
NASA-UAP-D022
Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966
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- Agency
- NASA
- Incident date
- 1966As the catalogue writes it: “June 3-6, 1966”
- Place
- Off the globe: Low Earth orbitAs the catalogue writes it: “Low Earth Orbit”
- Published in PURSUE
- Jun 12, 2026
- Records
- 1 record · Document
01 Official 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.
02 Catalogue records · 1
NASA-UAP-D022 · Document · NASA · Jun 12, 2026
Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966
June 3-6, 1966 · Low Earth Orbit
03 Related cases
Other catalogue cards from the same area or the same decade.
04 Sources
- [1]
Record · U.S. Department of War
Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)
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