Whistleblower or witness

Gordon Cooper

1951-01-01year known, day not recorded

Mercury and Gemini astronaut; publicly stated he believed UFOs were real alien spacecraft, based partly on sightings he said he tracked on radar and film while a test pilot in Germany in the 1950s. Testified to this belief before a United Nations panel in 1979.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "ufos". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

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→ Edgar Mitchell names a source we do not hold

fellow astronaut making similar public ET claims

NASA mission records; astronaut public statements
→ NASA names a source we do not hold

Mercury and Gemini astronaut

NASA astronaut records
→ Neil Armstrong names a source we do not hold

fellow astronauts with sharply contrasting public UFO positions

public statements of Cooper and Armstrong