The Simpkinson NASA Archive UFO: With Over 150 Earliest NASA Photos, Many Once Secret

By Ed Wilson, Leslie Kean and Travis S. Taylor

In the annals of space exploration, certain moments stand out not just for their scientific achievements, but for the mysteries they may hold. "The Simpkinson NASA Archive UFO" delves into one such enigma, that's centered around Scott Simpkinson, a pivotal figure

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ed Wilson
• Release date: Aug 21, 2024
• ISBN: 9781633378322

Ed Wilson

Ed Wilson, MCSE, CISSP, is a well-known scripting expert and author of "Hey Scripting Guy!", one of the most popular blogs on Microsoft TechNet. Ed has written six books on Microsoft Windows scripting for Microsoft Press, including three Windows PowerShell titles: Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices, Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide, and Microsoft Windows PowerShell Step by Step. He has delivered a popular Windows PowerShell workshop to Microsoft Premier customers worldwide, and has spoken at the Microsoft TechEd and TechReady conferences. Before coming to work for Microsoft, Ed was a senior consultant for a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner where he specialized in Active Directory design and Exchange Server implementation.

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Preface

Purpose of the Book

This book is intended to be:

An historic document depicting the earliest history of NASA’s space program found in the recently discovered collection of Scott Simpkinson, an early NASA engineer.

It includes over 150 historic photos with captions of Simpkinson’s role in the Mercury Program from 1959-1963. Many were secret at the time, rare and lost in the NASA and Air Force archives forever. You will love the blown-up capsule debris from the 17 Mercury missions and marvel at the courage of the first astronauts who witnessed the explosions and then still met their appointment with history.

The photos are meant to establish the credentials of Simpkinson as a truly top NASA scientist with the secret clearances necessary to be included in sensitive but unclassified discussions such as the lithograph image implies.

The purpose of the scientific reports is to demonstrate the rigorous testing I hope to enlist from an engaged public and to establish a record of the latest scientific techniques available for analysis today. These new tools have demonstrated that many of the old NASA photos can now reveal new truths not detectable when the images were originally taken. These contributors have generously donated their time and expertise merely for the love of truth. Certainly, any criticism of their contributions or implied endorsement of my personal conclusions is purely my fault. I am honored to have been granted their expertise.

My hope is to interest a new generation of Al tool users to attempt new searches of the scan just as these scientists have. They are the pathbreakers for the future and a textbook example of the way forward.

Yes, it is a UFO book! How could it not be? But the purpose is science and historical investigation. After all, I am a historian.

Enjoy this intriguing anomaly.

Revisiting the Analysis: Correcting Critical Time Errors in Gemini XI Research

In the process of revisiting the analysis of the Gemini XI mission, it has become evident that a critical error was made in the identification of the incident times. Initially, the focus was on the Weird, Weird,….Weird incident. However, upon further review, it is now clear that the significant event occurred at 54:39:42. This correction shifts the entire context of the investigation and opens new avenues for analysis.

For instance, consider the following excerpt from the Gemini XI voice transcript at 54:39:42:

54:39:42 C: Something go by at your window out there?

54:39:43 P: Yes. Correct.

This brief exchange marks the beginning of what could be a pivotal moment in the mission, potentially captured in the lithographs taken at this time. By focusing on this corrected time, researchers may well ascertain the proof that eluded the original analysis.

In another part of the transcript:

55:50:16 P: Wow! Look at that: What is that?

55:50:27 C: What?

55:50:18 P: That on our left? Just passed over us.

This indicates another moment of anomaly that requires detailed scrutiny under the corrected timeline.

Newly Discovered Gemini XI Mission Report Data Not Yet Analyzed

The discovery of new data from the Gemini XI mission reports, previously unexamined, provides a fresh perspective on the incidents recorded. This data, now brought to light, includes additional voice transcripts, telemetry readings, and

photographic evidence that were not part of the initial public release. By analyzing these newly uncovered documents, we aim to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the events that transpired during the mission.

For example, the following segment from the voice transcript offers insights into an anomaly observed at 55:22:33:

55:22:33 P: Oh, there’s something real shiny right there.

55:22:34 C: Yes.

55:22:35 C: Whatever it is - -

55:22:37 P: Something moving straight down the scope on our left. A real bright spot. Not identified as a cloud, but flashing light, possibly.

This passage suggests the presence of an unidentified object, reinforcing the need for a detailed examination of all available data.

By revisiting and correcting the timeline of these incidents, we hope to shed new light on the Gemini XI mission and contribute to the broader understanding of NASA’s historical records. This endeavor not only honors the legacy of Scott Simpkinson but also encourages future researchers to explore these archives with the advanced tools available today.

Revisiting the Analysis: Correcting Critical Time Errors in Gemini XI Research

The voice transcripts reveal that:

1. A mysterious object is sighted at 54:39:42:

54:39:42 C: Something go by at your window out there? (Both astronauts witness the Anomaly.)

54:39:43 P: Yes. Correct.

2. The craft undergoes a ’stack failure’ at 54:41:46: (Stack failure means battery failure. Total battery failure like this are a common unexplained UFO phenomenon.)

54:41:43 CC: Gemini XI, Hawaii.

54:41:45 P: Go ahead.

54:41:46 CC: All right. Will you give us a reading on Stack 2-Charlie, please?

54:41:48 P: Roger. 2-Charlie is down at the bottom.

3. The voice transmission is cut off for nearly six minutes starting at 54:46:15: (Within minutes voice recording is cut off deliberately)

54:46:09 CC: Looks okay here.

54:46:12 CC; We show your recorder monitor is operating normally.

54:46:12 P: Say again.

54:46:14 CC: We show recorder monitor operating normally.

54:46:15 P: Roger.

***(Six Minute Gap) ***)

54:52:17 C: Is the Tape Recorder ON?

54:52:18 P: Yes, the D-15 and watching your urine dump, particles going by. I’ve been photographing. Camera’s start.

4. Two more UFO encounters occur in the next hour and 16 minutes: (UFOs are witnessed twice more in less than one complete orbit indicting a prolonged surveillance)

55:22:33 P: Oh, there’s something real shiny right there.

55:22:34 C: Yes.

55:22:35 C: Whatever it is - -

55:22:37 P: Something moving straight down the scope on our left. A real bright spot. Not identified as a cloud, but flashing light, possibly.

55:50:16 P: Wow! Look at that: What is that?

55:50:27 C: What?

55:50:18 P: That on our left? Just passed over us.

55:50:25 C: I can’t see anything.

55:50:29 P: There’s a blossom. Look at that.

55:50:32 P: I’d say that’s Calcutta.

55:50:37 P: What in the world is that reflected light on my window?

55:51:01 C: What do we do here? Stay head locked until next me?

At the same time as the voice transcript UFO sighting, the post-flight Mission Technical Debriefing recounts on page 166: (Somewhere is an unedited Technical Debriefing that is marked SBU and not available to the public)

1. The D-15 Night Image Intensification Experiment was as easy as looking out the window. So easy, in fact, that he (Richard Gordon) didn’t take all the pictures as specified.

2. He then says, well, I only exposed the film when I thought there was something on the monitor worth recording.

3. Then on the next page 167, he is apparently asked again about the D15 photo recorder usage where he states:

4. "I have already commented on that. I took pictures when I thought there was something worthwhile to take pictures of. As far as I am concerned there were no anomalies encountered, "with the exception of one !!! This was late in the flight when we were using the D-15 equipment for S-30, where we were fully powered up, and we had lost stack 2-c, and the voltage was getting down near the 22.5 reading that they asked us to look at.

These documented facts have powerful implications about NASA and the Government’s early knowledge of the UAP phenomenon. This proves Gordon took one photo of the anomaly with the D-15 Photo Recorder Camera. Yet I can find no trace of that film.

Critical Time Error Changes in Nasa Photo Search Parameters

Revisiting the Analysis: Correcting Critical Time Errors in Gemini XI Research

When conducting historical research, particularly with detailed events such as those documented during space missions, initial analyses are often contingent on the best data available at the time. Previously, researchers working on matching cloud patterns and astronomical star fields from Gemini XI mission photos were provided with an estimated search time. However, subsequent detailed review of the mission transcripts has led to a significant correction.

The original analysis used an estimated mission time for key photographic data, but it has now been determined that the correct time for all searches in NASA’s archives should be set at 54 hours, 39 minutes, and 42 seconds (54:39:42 MET). This adjustment is not merely a trivial correction but a critical one. This precise timing is pivotal, particularly for researchers focused on confirming the lithos’ authenticity. The exact match of time ensures that comparisons of cloud formations and star fields are based on the accurate context of when the photos were actually taken, enhancing the reliability of any resulting data or conclusions.

This discovery opens the door for new researchers, providing an opportunity to delve into the archives with the correct temporal parameters, thereby significantly increasing the chances of confirming the lithos’ authenticity based on photographic evidence.

Here’s a recap of the corrected times along with their associated NASA Red Numbers for reference:

•  54:39:42 MET: NASA Red Numbers S66-54899 to S66-54910

•  55:22:33 MET: NASA Red Numbers S66-54911 to S66-54920

•  55:50:16 MET: NASA Red Numbers S66-54921 to S66-54930

•  55:50:37 MET: NASA Red Numbers S66-54931 to S66-54940

For researchers and enthusiasts wishing to explore these photographs further or verify findings, the images can be searched for in the NASA Image and Video Library. Accessing high-resolution images and detailed mission data can be done by entering the specific NASA Red Numbers within the range provided above. This database is an invaluable resource for confirming details that could reshape our understanding of the Gemini XI mission and its broader implications in space research.

As of this first edition these correct times have not been used to authenticate the lithograph. Please be the first to verify these scientific findings at the NASA Image and Video Library.

This corrected timing and its implications mark a critical juncture in space history research, emphasizing the importance of accuracy in archival exploration and the continuous nature of scientific inquiry.

Again let me emphasize, all the scientific papers in the scientific appendix were only applied to the old suspected time. As of yet no one has checked this new timeline.

Significant New Findings to be Found in the Scientific Appendix (see appendix for complete transcripts,22 pages)

As of this preface’s writing, this new Mission Report evidence that has changed all subsequent searches was only uncovered by me two weeks ago. It provides explosive new investigative leads and data that were unknown to me for the previous 15 months of research I conducted.

1.  Orbital Translation Maneuvers: The report details orbital translation maneuvers conducted moments just previous to the photo’s location, providing critical context for the captured images.

2.  Complete NASA Post-Mission Stack 2-C Anomaly Failure Analysis: The report includes a thorough analysis of the Stack 2-C anomaly failure.

3.  Telemetry Data on Stack 2-C Failure: Telemetry data reveals that the Stack 2-C failure started approximately 8 minutes before the anomaly was noticed passing by the window. The total decay was completed in 27 seconds.

4.  Impossibility of Failure Analysis: The failure analysis of Stack 2-C was not possible because it was jettisoned prior to retro fire.

5.  Combination of Factors Leading to Failure: No single cause was deemed sufficient to cause the failure, leading to the conclusion that it must have been a combination of factors resulting in the stack failure.

6.  Fuel Cell Performance Graph for 2-C: The report includes a detailed fuel cell performance graph for Stack 2-C.

7.  Load Sharing Graph for Failure: The load sharing graph during the failure is provided, showing how the failure impacted the overall system.

8.  Load Sharing Between Fuel Cells: Another graph details the load sharing between fuel cells, offering insights into the spacecraft’s power distribution during the incident.

9.  Graph of Complete 2-C Failure: A graph showing the amp and temperature readings over time for the complete failure of Stack 2-C is included, providing a detailed timeline of the anomaly.

10. 16mm Sequence Cameras: The report confirms that two 16mm sequence cameras were used during the mission. Only 5 of the 12 magazines used were deemed satisfactory.

11. Uncertainty about the RCA Camera: It remains unclear if the RCA camera was one of the 16mm cameras used.

12. Performance of the Non-RCA 16mm Camera: The non-RCA 16mm camera performed poorly compared to its counterpart.

13. Nearest Orbital Data: The nearest orbital data available just before the Stack 2-C failure is provided, possibly pinpointing the exact starfield location of the