There was an alleged Mercury 9 UFO report involving astronaut L Gordon Cooper on 16 May 1963.
This incident is Case 79 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 35 of the books covered by that article.
This incident has also featured in a list of cases produced by British ufologist Gary Heseltine for the Fortean Times in 2007 as part of a survey of various researchers of the ten cases from 1947 onwards that interested them the most.
Web Resources
Discussed in a sceptical article at : Gordon Cooper sighting (1963)
This incident is discussed on the AboveTopSecret.com (“ATS”) internet discussion forums in Thread 191935.
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Book References
For discussion of Gordon Cooper (including this alleged sighting) see the following:
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Beckley, Timothy Green in “Other Voices” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (by George Hunt Williamson with Alfred Bailey) at page 28 (in the Introduction) of the Abeldard softcover edition. |
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Beckley, Timothy Green in “The Total UFO Story” (1979) (edited by Milt Machlin) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 251 (in Chapter 14, entitled “Celebrities Who Have Seen UFOs”) of the Dale paperback edition. |
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Beckley, Timothy Green in his “MJ-12 and the Riddle of Hangar |
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Berliner, Don with Galbraith, Marie and Huneeus, Antonio in their “UFO Briefing Document : The Best Available Evidence“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 182-183 (Part 3:Quotations, section entitled “Astronauts”) of the Dell paperback edition. |
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Berlitz, Charles and Moore, Bill in their “The Roswell Incident“ (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in Chapter 1) of the Granada hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Granada paperback edition). |
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Binder, Otto in his “Flying Saucers Are Watching Us” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 163 (in Chapter 15) of the |
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Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 99-100 (in an entry entitled “Cooper, Gordon”) of the Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Chatelain, Maurice in his “Our Ancestors Came From Outer Space” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 26-27 (in the Introduction) of the Pan paperback edition. |
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Chatelain, Maurice in his “Our Cosmic Ancestors” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 26 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Apollo Spacecraft”) of the Temple Golden Publications softcover edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 2:L-Z at page 666 (forming part of an entry entitled “NASA and UFOs” at pages 663-667) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Denzler, Brenda in her “The Lure of the Edge” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 25 (in Chapter 1) of the |
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Edwards, Frank in his “Flying Saucers – Here and Now!” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 197 (in Chapter 10) of the Lyle Stuart hardback edition, at page 117 of the Bantam paperback edition. |
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Edwards, Frank in his “Flying Saucers – Serious Business” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 120 (in Chapter 8) of the Bantam paperback edition, at page 127 of the Mayflower-Dell paperback edition. |
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Edwards, Frank in his “Strange World” (1964) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 249 (in Chapter 118) of the Ace paperback edition. |
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Fitzgerald, Randall in his “The Cosmic Test Tube” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 70-71 (in Section 2) of the Moonlake Media softcover edition. |
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Good, Timothy in his “Need To Know : UFOs, the Military and Intelligence” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 5-6 (in the Introduction), 162-163 (in Chapter 11), 220-222 (in Chapter 15) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition. |
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Greer, Steven in his “Disclosure : Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 225-229 (in Section 4) of the Crossing Point softcover edition. |
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Greer, Steven in his “Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 115 (in Chapter 15), 447 (in Part 4) of the Crossing Point softcover edition. |
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Greer, Steven in his “Hidden Truth – Forbidden Knowledge” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 124 (in Chapter 17) of the Crossing Point softcover edition. |
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Hansen, Terry in his “The Missing Times : News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover-Up : News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover -Up” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 184-185 (in Chapter 5) of the Xlibris softcover edition. |
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Hervey, Michael in his “UFOs : The American Scene” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 30 (in Chapter 3) of the Hale hardback edition. |
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Kerner, Nigel in his “The Song of the Greys” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 9 (in Chapter 1) of the NEL paperback edition. |
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Marrs, Jim in his “Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 18-20 (in Chapter 1) of the Harper Collins paperback edition. |
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Missler, Chuck and Eastman, Mark in their “Alien Encounters: The Secret behind the UFO Phenomenon” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 24-26 (in Chapter 1) of the Koinonia House softcover edition. |
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Oberg, James E in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 93 (in an entry entitled “astronauts, sightings by”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 92 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Oberg, James E in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 105 (in an entry entitled “astronauts, sightings by”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Oberg, James in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 26 (in an entry entitled “Astronauts, sightings by”) of the NEL hardback edition. |
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Oberg, James in his “UFOs and Outer Space Mysteries” (1982) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 185 (in the Afterword) of the Donning paperback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “Looking for the Aliens” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 152-153 (in Chapter 17) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Ross, Daniel in his “UFOs and the Complete Evidence from Space: The Truth About Venus, Mars and the Moon” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 22-24 (in Chapter 2) of the Pintado softcover edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 72-73 (in an entry entitled “Cooper, L Gordon”) of the Corgi softback edition. |
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Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “Fifty Years of UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 81-83 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1967-1977”) of the Boxtree hardback edition. |
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Steiger, Brad in his “Alien Meetings” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 25 (in Chapter 3) of the Ace paperback edition. |
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White, Dale in his “Is Something Up There?” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 131-132 (in Chapter 11) of the Scholastic Book Services paperback edition. |
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Wilson, Clifford in his “The Alien Agenda” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 35 (in Chapter 4) of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Wilson, Clifford in his “UFOs and Their Mission Impossible” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 35 (in Chapter 4) of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Wilson, Don in his “Our Mysterious Spaceship Moon” (1975) at pages 26-27 (in Chapter 2) of the Sphere paperback edition. |
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Wood, Ryan in his “MAJIC Eyes Only” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 249, 250 of the Wood Enterprises hardback edition. |
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Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 154 (in Chapter 8) of the |
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Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 153-158 (in Chapter 8) of the |
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