Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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Scientific Debriefing
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Cooper:
You 're going to have to be right on in .attitudes. You 're g~ing
to have to know exact~ what time it's going to occur. I'd guess you have
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about 20 to 30 seconds to do your ·actual sighting and you have to have a_ good
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Bill: How about the brightness Gordo?
How do you .feel about this part and
leaving .the flas~ part' out of it? · Was it bright enough light to be seen
eaai:cy?
Cooper:
Tl;l.ere were a iot brighter ·lights on the groundo
Bill: I'm sure of that but do you think this is sufficient?
Cooper:
You can see it. If you look for it and know it is there and if
you're J.ucky.
Knowing where to look for it and no cl.ouds there, Y9U can ,
.spot it.
(And awe::, :f'rom other ·background lights.) · I still think a pattern.
woul.d be better than going ·to a brighter •light. I !l,on•t think the cha.nge •
in the brightness of the light would be as effective as making .some kind .
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Did the ground lights twinkle?
Cooper:
Yes; Just like the stars do looking at them :f'rom the ~01:1-lld,
as the' stars don't1t~e there.
McKee:
I would like to ask. You seemed to have seen our ·-lights as we
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expE:cted • . You .saw some objects on -the ground better than we expectedo