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P.A.O. s/c P.A.0. eoees LONG PAUSE.. TAPE No. T-00763(R1b "P.A.O. RELEASE COMMENTARY OF THE GT-7/6 FLIGHT." SINCE THEN WE HAVE DUBBED THE TAPE OFF. THE MASTER TAPE HERE IN THE CONTRO CENTER AND WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO PLAY If FOR YOU - IT OONTAINS REFERENCES TO SIGHTING NOT ONLY SOME PARTICLES BUT AS WELL AS AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT PLUS THE BOOSTER HERS THAT TAPE WE'LL PLAY IT FOR YOU NOW---- GEMINI-7 HERE HOUSTON-- HOW DO YOU READ? LOUD AND CLEAR SEVEN - GO AHEAD. (BORMAN) A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH. THIS IS HOUSTON, SAY AGAIN SEVEN? (BORMAN) I SAID WE HAVE A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH. ROGER. GEMINI-7 ISTHAT THE BOOSTER OR IS THAT A NATURAL SIGHTING? A WHAT? SAY AGAIN SEVEN. (BORMAN) WE HAVE DEBRIS UP HERE - THIS IS AN ACTUAL SIGHTING. YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION - ESTIMATE DISTANCE OR SIZE? (BORMAN) WE ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT. UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT. ROGER. (BORMAN) WE HAVE VERY, VERY MANY A - IT LOOKS LIKE HUNDREDS OF LITTLE PARTICLES GOING BY TO THE LEFT OUT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES. UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE MANY SMALL PARTICLES GOING BY ON THE LEFT AT WHAT DISTANCE? (BORMAN) ....CARBLED ... FOUR MILES. OH, ABOUT - GARBLED ~ IT LOOKS LIKE A PATH OF THE VEHICLE AT 90 DEGREES. ROGER. UNDERSTAND THEY'RE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES AWAY (BORMAN) THEY'VE PASSED NOW. THEY'RE GOING INTO POLAR ORBIT. RGER. UNDERSTAND THEY WERE THREE TO FOUR MILES AWAY. THATS WHAT IT APPEARED LIKE, THATS ROGER. GEMINI-7 - HOUSTON - WERE THESE PARTICLES IN ADDITION 1 THE BOOSTER AND THE BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH? (LOVELL) ROGER. I HAVE THE BOOSTER ON MY SIDE.ITS A BRILLIANT BODY IN THE SUN AGAINST A BLACK BACKGROUND WITH TRILLIONS OF PARTICLES ON IT. ROGER WHAT DIRECTION IS IT FROM YOU? (LOVELL) ITS ABOUT AT MY TWO O'CLOCK POSITION. DOES THAT MEAN ITS AHEAD OF YOU? (LOVELL) ITS AHEAD OF US AT TWO O'CLOCK, SLOWLY TUMBLING ROGER. ++ DUAL TRANSMISSION......0. THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL AGAIN THE REFERENCE IN THAT CONVERSATION TO THE THIRD AND UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT OF COURSE WAS OR THE THIRD OBJECT WAS A ume BOGEY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE BOGEY. AT 4 Hrs 24 MIN into THE FLIGHT THIS IS GEMINI CONTROL. -1-