PURSUE archive · catalogue card
NASA-UAP-D023
Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962
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- Agency
- NASA
- Incident date
- Nov 1962As the catalogue writes it: “November, 1962”
- Place
- The catalogue gives no place.
- Published in PURSUE
- Jun 12, 2026
- Records
- 1 record · Audio
01 Official description
In November 1962, journalist Walter Cronkite interviewed astronaut Gordon Cooper. In this excerpt from that interview, Cronkite asks Cooper about his views regarding the nature of unidentified flying objects, having previously expressed an interest in the subject. Cooper opines that “a large number of exceptionally well-qualified people have seen objects” without a “logical explanation” and speculates on the existence of other planets with “a livable atmosphere” and that maybe there are “some type of human life” out there. Interview was conducted in November 1962.
02 Catalogue records · 1
NASA-UAP-D023 · Audio · NASA · Jun 12, 2026
Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962
November, 1962
DVIDS · broken link in the catalogue (checked Oct 5, 2026)
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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