NASA-UAP-D7, Skylab Techincal Crew Debriefing 1973

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TECHNICAL
CREW DEBRIEFING

JUNE 30, 1973

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CREW TRAINING AND SIMULATION DIVISION

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= TF YNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

Houston, Texas

CONRAD Sometimes I'd be lying there with my eyes half closed, and I'd

see a fire sensor wink.

KERWIN And you'd have to be careful that you weren't confusing that
with the fire flash. Once you've seen a few of each, there is

question of which is which. They're not an hallucination.

KERWIN We didn't feel it was operationally necessary for anybody to

know about it right now.

WEITZ I had a couple that I thought were cosmic particles. I saw

an entrance streak and an exit streak.
CONRAD Yes, I did too.

WEITZ Where, bing-bing, it seemed like it was one side of the eyeball,

and then the other side.

CONRAD One night I remember that there was a long shot then it was
blank then there was a long shot in rapid succession, of

course, but very definitely in and out - or across the eye.

KERWIN Medical Kits and IMSS. As far as adequate quantity of medica-
tion and supplies, I would guess we used about 0.01 percent
of the available medication. I think this is something for
me to sit down with the doctors and talk about. There is

plenty of medicine up there for the Skylab missons. There is

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TECHNICAL
CREW DEBRIEFING

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CREW TRAINING AND SIMULATION DIVISION

NOTICE: This document may be exempt from public disclosure
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= LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

Houston, Texas

OCTOBER 4, 1973

BEAN I did too. The sack would move over in the corner.
LOUSMA Things we saw out the window.

GARRIOTT For example, we saw that satellite about a week before splash-
down. That was one of the most unusual things that we saw

and I guess Jack noticed it looking out the window. This
bright reddish object was out there and we tracked it for

about 5 or 10 minutes. It was obviously a satellite in a very
Similar orbit to our own. It was rotating and had a period

of almost exactly 10 seconds because you could see the bright-
ness vary with that period. We followed it until sunset and

it went out of sunlight just about 5 to 7 seconds after we

did. It held its position nearly the same, in the wardroom
window for that 10-minute interval although we could see it
drift in relative positions slightly, maybe 10 to - 20 degrees
during the course of that 10-minute interval. It was reddish
in color even when we were well above th…