James McDivitt

James Alton McDivitt Jr. (June 10, 1929 – October 13, 2022) was an American USAF pilot, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut. He flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War, graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in aeronautical engineering in 1959, and was selected for NASA's Astronaut Group 2 in 1962. McDivitt commanded Gemini 4 (1965), featuring the first U.S. spacewalk by Ed White, and Apollo 9 (1969), the first crewed test of the full Apollo hardware including the Lunar Module. He later managed lunar landing operations and the Apollo Spacecraft Program (1969-1972), overseeing Apollo 12-16, before retiring as a brigadier general. No direct involvement in UAP/UFO research, military UFO programs, or related fields is documented in available sources; his career centered on manned spaceflight.