Congressional, White House, UFO-related Constituent Correspondence, 1998

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Photo of Gemlnl-7 from G..,mini-6, December 1965. The brlghtnus aura is a common space photo effect and often makes
point 1ourcH appear to be surrounded by a "force field" or an " exhaust i:rail". NASA photo S-65-65304.
Japanese UFO organization) was take
an ordinary photograph oC Earth made
Crom
the Gemini-7
spaceship on
December 4, 1965. The nose of the
spacecraft fills the lower part of the
frame, and on the nose, catching the
glare of the sun, is a pair of roll
·control rocket thrusters used to acijust
the attitude and spin rate of the
Gemini. The original photo (NASA
S65-63722, which I have personally
examined) was then retouched by the
unscrupulous hoaxter to eliminate the
edge of the nose from view. so the
dark surface of the sp!lct-ship merged
into the dark Earth beneath. This left
the
two
now
mysterious
lights
seemingly suspendt:d in space, as it
were. A normal space touri.,t photo
was
turned into conrincing UFO
evidence, and thousands of people
were fooled.
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American spacemen are not the
only ones reporting UFOs, according
to the popular press. Stories that
allegedly come from Moscow tell
about UFOs following Soviet manned
spacecraft in the Vostok and Voskhod
series ten years ago. But such secrecy
surrounds the entire Soviet space
effort that these stories cannot be
checked out.
That very secrecy. however, is itself