At the time, some journalists speculated the astronaut may have seen a secret satellite.
America’s race to the Moon was, after all, part of the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
However, experts speculate there is a much simpler explanation – the UFO was likely orbital debris from the Gemini 4 launch.
According to James Oberg, a former space engineer and rocket scientist, the Gemini 4 case cannot be conclusively closed, but the astronaut might have seen a part of NASA’s Titan 11 rocket.
He wrote on his blog: “McDivitt ... Read even more
