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Gemini 10 fragments

July 18, 1966
Earth orbit

Explanation proposed
Representative drawing from the From orbit page, not this specific sighting.
"bright fragments"The witness's own shape words

What happened

Soon after launch the crew reported two bright fragments near the spacecraft. No photos were taken, and they were out of NASA radar range. UFO lists inflated this into a large cylinder escorted by two smaller objects that Young photographed.

Witnesses

Cmdr. John Young and Maj. Michael Collins, Gemini 10

Explanation

Explanation proposed

Booster pieces or another satellite (Oberg)

Sources

  1. Center for Inquirycdn.centerforinquiry.org

Oberg, *Skeptical Inquirer*, 1978