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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  21 August 65 | Malabra, Florida  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | Other (EMULSION DEFECTS)  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Analysis performed at Patrick AFB, Florida  |
|  N/A |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  N/A | Photos of GENIRI LAUNCH submitted for evaluation. Objects not visible at launch. Stowed up on prints. No copies forwarded to FTD.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Photo  |
|  7. COURSE | N/A  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☑ Yes Returned to Owner ☐ No  |
|  9. PHYSICA…

PEEK PHOTOS (EMULSION FLAWS)
21 August 1965
Cape Kennedy, Florida

MEMO FOR THE RECORD: Photos by [redacted] Malabra, Fla of Gemini 5 Launch (Aug 65)

Conversation with Sgt Moody and Lt Alexander of Patrick AFB, Fla phone area code 305, 494-1110 ext 4131 or 7830 on 28 and 29 Sep 65.

They had received the films (two slides) from James Peek. They were film defects. RCA Quality Control Personnel did analysis. Proved that it was defects in the film. [redacted] went to their information officer, Colonel Coleman. The photo analysis had been typed and given to Colonel Coleman. Colonel Coleman had be…

HEADQUARTERS
AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA 32925

REPLY TO ATTN OF: ETWE
SUBJECT: Defective Film Report
27 October 1965

TO: FTD (TDEW/Sgt Moody)
Wright-Patterson AFB
Ohio 45433

1. Attached is a copy of the RCA report you requested.

2. The pictures were taken by Mr. [redacted] during the launch of Gemini 4 and supposedly contained UFO's. As a result of the attached report, and a two hour interview between Lt Col W. T. Coleman and [redacted] to further report will be prepared.

FOR THE COMMANDER

[Signature: Jose…

INTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE
RCA MEMBLE TEST PROJECT, PATRICK AFB, FLORIDA
- MEMO -

Date: 23 September 1965

To: Lt. Alexander
Bldg. 575, Room 110

From: Bldg. 989
MU 260

Subject: STREAKS AND SPOTS ON KODACHROME II FILM

Several slides with streaks and spots were submitted for opinions of the source of these images. The writer submitted the questioned slides to two other experienced picture defect analysts. All three independently arrived at the same conclusions.

All three spots on slide 6 originate from extraneous particles within the spot. In the case of the biggest spot, the edges indicate a …

No Case, Information Only
Source: IIR, Vol. 1, No. 4, Nov 65
Cape Kennedy, Florida
21 Sep 65

# UFOs Photographed at GT-5 Launch

## LENSMAN GETS PHOTOGRAPHS OF UFOs AT GEMINI LAUNCH

MALABAR—The Gemini 5 flight that took astronauts Cooper and Conrad on their record-breaking eight-day orbit may have attracted—more not from earthlings.

According to James R. Peek, 47, of Township Road, at least three, possibly four, unidentified flying objects were seen by him in the vicinity of the Cape within seconds of lift-off.

An he has pictures to prove it.

Peek, a senior engineering laboratory technici…

No Case, Information Only Cape Kennedy, Florida
Source: Saucer News, Vol. 12, No. 4 21 Sep 65
Dec 65

MOTION PICTURE OF UFO IN FLORIDA: An article from the Orlando (Florida) Sentinel, dated September 21st, tells of a man named James R. Peek who photographed a UFO within seconds of the recent Gemini 5 take-off. Peek was watching the blast-off from his home not far from Cape Kennedy when he noticed an object traveling at very high speed, moving in a westerly direction in the vicinity of the launch area. He said it looked like a "sliver of brilliant green phosphorescent light," just east of the c…