Project Gemini astronaut anomaly reports

Primary documents · 6

• PDFBorman's 'Bogey,' Gemini 7 Transcript 1965NASA
• VIDBorman's 'Bogey,' Gemini 7 Audio 1965NASA
• PDFGemini 7 Borman and Lovell Orbital SightingsNASA
• PDFAARO Historical Record Report, Volume I, 2024DoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFMcDivitt's Aurora Curtain Over Australia, 1965NASA
• PDFMcDivitt and White Debrief Gemini 4's Orbital ParticlesNASA

Findings · 2

• War.gov May 8th 2026Frank Borman called a "bogey" from orbit; someone flagged the transcript "UFO Sighting by Borman" in the margin.
• 2020sAARO Historical Record Vol I, same conclusion as the v2 mirror, with ~30 interviews behind it: no extraterrestrial recovery program found, persistent claims traced to circular reporting since at least 2009.

Quick facts

What did Frank Borman report during Gemini 7?

Approximately 4 hours and 24 minutes into the December 5, 1965 Gemini 7 flight, Frank Borman reported 'a bogey at ten o'clock high' and 'hundreds of little particles' passing the spacecraft. NASA tape T-00763(R1b), a Public Affairs Office release, is the primary document. Houston asked Borman to distinguish the observed object from the spent booster.

What corpus documents cover the Gemini 7 observation?

NASA-UAP-D3 (Gemini 7 transcript, 1965) and NASA-UAP-D3A (Gemini 7 audio excerpt, 1965) are the core documents. AARO's 2024 Historical Record Report also references the Gemini program in its overview of astronaut observations.

How did mission control respond to Borman's report?

Houston initially asked Borman to repeat the call. Control then asked him to confirm he could distinguish the object from the Gemini 7 spent booster. The exchange is preserved in NASA tape T-00763(R1b), the PAO release of the GT-7/6 air-to-ground voice.