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L'oggetto misterioso avvistato dalla Gemini VI

Paul Attivissimo

on the Internet and other media are often proposals alleged communications records of astronauts who report sightings of mysterious unidentified flying objects during their space missions. Usually they are false made intentionally to mock or parody (as in the case of 'Apollo 20 or Alternative 3). It does not happen often, however, to find an authentic communication of astronauts who report mysterious objects.

While Gemini 6 mission, which took place between 15 and 16 December 1965, the two astronauts aboard, Wally Schirra ( Shi-rah for the Americans, but Schirra Loco for the inhabitants of the village from Ticino which came from his grandparents) and Tom Stafford, made this amazing radio communication with their colleagues Frank Borman and Jim Lovell's Gemini 7, which was in orbit with them for the first rendezvous between two spacecraft (Without calling):

Gemini VII, Gemini VI is here. We have an object, like a satellite going from north to south, probably in polar orbit. It is a very low trajectory and travels from north to south and has a high rate of ascent. Looks like it might even be a ... Very low. Looks like it might be about to return soon. Been waiting for a ... You could try to let me try to catch that thing ...

Gemini VII, this is Gemini VI. We have an object, looks like a satellite going from north to south, Probably in a polar orbit. He's in a very low trajectory traveling from north to south and has a very high ratio climbing. It looks like it Might even be a ... Very low. Looks like he might be going to re-enter soon. Standy by one ... You Just Might let me try to pick up

That Thing ... This is the version reported in the document Gemini VI Composite Air-to-Ground and Onboard Voice Tape Transcription (page 116, 23:57:30 ). There is another version of this communication, transcribed in Gemini VII Gemini VI PAO Mission Commentary Transcript (section Tape 507, Page 2 , which is on page 1375 of PDF document), which is as follows: Roger

, Houston and Gemini 7. Here is the Gemini 6. We have an object, like a satellite, which runs from north to south, up, into a polar orbit. It is a very low trajectory and viaggia da nord a sud. E ha un elevato coefficiente di forma [o rapporto di snellezza, n.d.t.] . Sembra che potrebbe persino essere una palla di bastoni. È molto basso. Sembra che potrebbe essere in procinto di rientrare presto. State in attesa un [?]; sembra che stia cercando di farci dei segnali.

Roger, Houston and Gemini 7. This is Gemini 6. We have an object, looks like a satelite, going from north to south, up in a polar orbit. He's in a very low trajectory, traveling fran north to south. And, it has a very high fineness ratio. It looks like it might even be a ball of sticks. It's very low; looks like he may be going to reenter pretty soon. Stand by one; it looks like he's trying to signal us.

The sentences are very disturbing and would suggest a visit by an unknown vehicle and driven by intelligence, terrestrial or alien ( "seems to be trying to signal us," ) and can output signals be broadcast ( "You could try to let me try to catch that thing" ). Then there is the mysterious discrepancies in his transcription of these two quotations.

The discrepancy increases if one considers that Schirra himself, in his memoirs intolerance Schirra's Space, said he had also given this sentence even more precise:

I see a command module and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit.

I see a command module and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit.

The apparent UFO mystery, however, makes it clear (at least for those interested in clarity) in the part immediately following the transcripts.

(Jingle Bells played by harmonica and rattles)

S / C 7 - We have also received us, [Gemini] 6.

S / C 6 - It was live, [Gemini] 7, not a tape.

HOUSTON - You're too strong, [Gemini] 6.

S / C 6 - Da Da De Da De.

(Jingle Bells played by harmonica and bells).

S / C 7 - We Got Them Too, 6.

S / C 6 - That Was live, 7; not tape.

HOUSTON - You're Too Much, 6.

S / C 6 - Da Da De Da De .

Credit: Mark Avino / National Air and Space Museum, SI

Schirra and Stafford were able to carry on, without the knowledge of those responsible for the Centre Control of Houston, a small mouth organ and the rattle: this is the mysterious object that emits signals which they speak. The harmonica, Hohner's a Little Lady, is now housed in the Smithsonian museum. According to the curator of the museum Margaret A. Weitekamp, \u200b\u200bthis is the first musical instrument ever played in space.

The CAPCOM in Houston that got the surprise announcement was the candidate for astronaut Elliot See, that was supposed to participate in the Gemini 9 mission but died in a plane crash two months later, in February 1966.

Additional sources: The forgotten dead space programs , Astronautix.com , BoingBoing, Smithsonian.com .