Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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fcienti fic Debriefing
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II~'Keefe : Somevlhat of a pattern?
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•i¢,ooper:
That's right. A pattern over the outside of th~ window as well as the
scum on the inside;
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l · ()'Keefe: It this had 'been scattered light you would have had this pattern?
•. Cooper: That's right• .
(Dim Light _photograpbs.) .
Presentation of Dim Light Phenomena.:
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Roach, 0'Keefe, Huell.
Day:
Roach:
You had above this haze layer another layer. •Would you sketch that'l
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I am almost certain this was .about 24 hours
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Cooper: This one time I did have it.
and 30 minutes over South America. , I was facing to the east and was on dri:f't, I
think. I was_looking to the east, northeast area. I was in ful1 dri:f't.
0'Keefe: Reference was on page 26.
Cooper:
That was the luminous activity on page 37.
"Righi? now I can .make ou1;
a lot of luminous activities in an easterly direction." This was at 05 11 34 and
on a 05 13 40. The Milky Way was quite distinct. This particular time (over South
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America) I couldn't make out on this layer. I wouldn't say it was mu~ like a. layer.
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It wasn't distinct and it didn't last long; but it was higher than I was. It wasn't
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in the vicinity of the horizon and was not well defined.
Roach:
More like a patch?
Cooper:
Smoother. It was a good sized area. •
Roach:
You didn't feel this bad' a discrete shape?
It was a faint glow with a reddish brown
It was very indistinct 1n·shape.
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Cooper:
. cast.
· Roa.ch:
Because of your altitude or what'l .
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