Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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was right over land and was considerably closer
to us than the horizon was. It was, maybe,
half-way between us and the horizon.
I got the
impression that it was a lot closer to us and
it was definitely not in the airglow layer.
Both times I had this impression. It l ooked
like it was coming up out of some clouds.
I
could see the clouds down on the ground, and I
had the impression that this was coming out of
them, but it only got to an altitude of maybe
half of ours.
That would be up to 50 or 60
miles.
This is the impression I got .
I took
some pictures of it too, didn't I?
I had the feeling that the first time you took
it you had the wrong setting. You had about 250·
at an f11.
I don't know what you did the
second time.
I don't remember, either.
This thing was in motion, too.
It wasn ' t a
stationary thing.
It continued to move the way
the lights on neon signs do. It was wiggling
back and forth .
When it came around over toward my side it was .,to
me, closer to the horizon, and it looked more
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