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

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Ed White & James McDivitt
In June 1965, astronauts Ed White (first American to walk in space) and
James McDivitt were passing over Hawaii in a Gemini spacecraft when they
saw a weird-looking metallic object. The UFO had long arms sticking out
of it. McDivitt took pictures with a cine-camera . Those pictures have
never been released .
James Lovell and Frank Borman
In December 1965, Gemini astronauts James Lovell and Frank Borman also
saw a UFO during their second orbit of their record-breaking 14 day
flight. Borman reported that he saw an unidentified spacecraft .some
distance from their capsule. Gemini Control, at Cape Kennedy told him
that he was seeing the final stage of their own Titan booster rocket.
Borman confirmed that he could see the booster rocket all right, but
that he could also see something completely different .
During James Lovell's flight on Gemini 7:
Borman:
ER GEMINI 7, HOUSTON HOW DO YOU READ?
Control:
Loud and clear 7 go ahead.
Borman:
GOT A BOGEY AT 10 O'CLOCK HIGH.
Control:
This is Houston. Say again 7.
Borman:
SAID WE HAVE A BOGEY AT 10 O'CLOCK HIGH.
control:
Roger
Control:
Gemini 7, is that the booster or is that an actual sighting?
Borman:
WE HAVE SEVERAL... ACTUAL SIGHTINGS.
Control:
. ..Estimated distance or size?
Borman:
WE ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT...
Further controller cuts in: Gemini control here again, the reference in
that conversation was er bogey. It was er Borman who reported sighting
the bogey. Er this is Gemini control Houston at er 4 hours 24 minutes
into the flight.
Ironically, it was Lovell who made the classic statemen t "Please be
informed that there is a Santa Claus". This was during his Apollo 8
flight on Christmas day in 1968 - some people believe there's a deeper
meaning to these words, although the sceptics believe that this was
little more than American humour. However, Walter Schitta, who was
aboard Mercury 8, reputedly used Santa Clause as a code-name for a UFO
presence, adding some weight to the argument that Lovell was
experiencing another sighting.
Neil Armstrong & Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
According to the NASA Astronaut Neil Armstrong the Aliens have a base on
the Moon and told us in no uncertain terms to get off and stay off the
Moon .
According to hitherto un-confirmed reports, both Neil Armstrong and
Edwin "Buzz" Aldri n saw UFOs shortly after that historic landing on the
Moon in Apollo 11 on 21 July 1969. I remember hearing one of the
astronauts refer to a "light" in or on a crater during the television
transmission, followed by a request from mission control for further
information. Nothi ng more was heard.