Brief
Richard Gordon
The claims the writer was given for Richard Gordon, in the order they were given.
1
During a rendezvous procedure, Richard Gordon aboard Yankee Clipper was unable to find Intrepid's tracking light in his sextant because the tracking light appeared to have burned out.
“But I don't have you in the sextant. That's okay. Your blinking light's just not blinking, that's all.”
Apollo 12 Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription char:5177-5275 observation first hand
2
Richard Gordon aboard Yankee Clipper had set up the television camera and told Charles "Pete" Conrad it was ready.
“also, Yankee Clipper informs me he has the television all set up. When we come around the {{illegible: horn}}, we'll come around with the television on in VOX.”
Apollo 12 Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription char:6017-6172 administrative second hand
3
Robert Monroe wrote a letter to Richard Gordon describing his out-of-the-body (OOB) experiences and a technique for leaving the physical body, which Mrs. Gordon read to Richard Gordon repeatedly in hospital at his own request.
““Why don’t you write him a letter,” she suggested... She read it again and again to Dr. Gordon whenever he was conscious. She told me later that these repeated readings were at his request, not at her suggestion.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 60-66 testimony first hand
4
During the out-of-the-body visit, Robert Monroe became increasingly and unbearably hot while waiting to see Richard Gordon, and eventually had to leave without seeing him.
“The more I waited, the warmer I seemed to feel. Finally, I became so hot that I was extremely uncomfortable... The heat became unbearable, and I decided I had to leave. I couldn’t wait for Dr. Gordon.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:10792-10962 observation first hand
5
Robert Monroe's first attempt to find Richard Gordon out-of-the-body lasted two hours of time away from his physical body and ended in failure to find him.
“I had failed for some reason. I had not been able to find Dr. Gordon. Time away from the physical was two hours.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:11981-12087 observation first hand
6
The following Saturday, Robert Monroe made a second out-of-the-body attempt to find Richard Gordon, and a voice spoke to him asking why he wanted to see Richard Gordon again since he had seen him last Saturday.
“The following Saturday I tried again. Just at the moment I left the physical body and started to yell for Dr. Gordon, a voice spoke right beside me, almost irritated. “Why do you want to see him again? You saw him last Saturday!””
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:12138-12358 testimony first hand
7
Robert Monroe concluded that the short, thin young man about twenty-two with a big shock of hair whom he had seen during his first out-of-the-body visit was Richard Gordon as he would have appeared at twenty-two rather than at seventy.
“What I had noted was a perfect description of what Dr. Gordon would have been at twenty-two instead of seventy.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:13004-13107 observation first hand
8
At a later visit to the home of Richard Gordon's widow, Robert Monroe saw an old photo of Richard Gordon at twenty-two that matched perfectly the young man he had seen during his out-of-the-body visit.
“Later, at a visit to the home of Dr. Gordon’s widow, I managed to see an old photo of Dr. Gordon when he *was* twenty-two... It matched perfectly the man I saw, and who saw me “there.””
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:13393-13615 testimony first hand
9
Mrs. Gordon told Robert Monroe that at age twenty-two, Richard Gordon was very active and eager, always in a hurry, and had a big shock of blond hair.
“She also mentioned that at that age, he was very active and eager, always in a hurry, and had a big shock of blond hair.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:13646-13761 hearsay second hand
10
In the spring of 1961, Robert Monroe visited Richard Gordon at his office and had lunch with him there.
“In the spring of 1961 I visited Dr. Gordon at his office and had lunch with him there, cooked over a Bunsen burner by his long-time nurse.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:1897-2029 testimony first hand
11
Robert Monroe considered Agnew Bahnson to have been someone too interested in new things and experiences to dwell in the past, comparing him in this respect to Richard Gordon.
“That is the way Mr. Bahnson would have been—too interested in new things and new experiences to waste time in the "then" or the past Just like Dr. Gordon.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:21523-21670 opinion first hand
12
Richard Gordon and his wife sailed to Spain for a European trip a week or so after Robert Monroe's 1961 lunch visit.
“Dr. Gordon and his wife sailed to Spain a week or so later.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:3149-3202 testimony first hand
13
Mrs. Gordon phoned Robert Monroe six weeks after Richard Gordon left for Europe to report that Richard Gordon had fallen sick in Europe and they had cut short their trip.
“Six weeks later, Mrs. Gordon phoned. The doctor had taken sick in Europe and they had to cut short their trip.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:3303-3408 testimony second hand
14
Richard Gordon refused medical treatment overseas and insisted on returning home, then went immediately into hospital for an exploratory operation.
“He had refused treatment overseas, and had insisted that they return home instead. He had been in great pain, and had gone immediately into the hospital for an exploratory operation.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:3414-3586 testimony second hand
15
Richard Gordon's exploratory operation found an abdominal cancer that was beyond treatment.
“The exploratory operation was a success. They found what they were looking for, an abdominal cancer, beyond treatment.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:3693-3801 testimony second hand
16
Robert Monroe first met Richard Gordon in 1942 in New York, New York City.
“I first met Dr. Richard Gordon in 1942, in New York.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:594-641 testimony first hand
17
Richard Gordon was a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) specialising in internal medicine.
“He was an M.D., a specialist in internal medicine.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:647-688 administrative first hand
18
Richard Gordon became the family doctor of Robert Monroe.
“We became friends, and he became our family doctor.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:698-742 testimony first hand
19
Richard Gordon dropped into a coma several weeks after receiving Robert Monroe's letter and died peacefully without regaining consciousness.
“Dr. Gordon dropped into a coma several weeks later. He died peacefully without regaining consciousness.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:8974-9063 testimony first hand
20
Richard Gordon was the first person close to Robert Monroe to die since the development of Robert Monroe's out-of-the-body (OOB) ability.
“He was the first person close to me who had died since the development of my “wild talent.””
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:9165-9248 testimony first hand
21
Richard Gordon was in his fifties when he first met Robert Monroe.
“He was in his fifties when we first met, so I never knew him as a young man.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:927-999 testimony first hand
22
On a Saturday afternoon some months after Richard Gordon's death, Robert Monroe attempted an out-of-the-body (OOB) journey to find Richard Gordon, taking about an hour to reach the vibrational state before leaving his body.
“Then, on a Saturday afternoon, I made the attempt. It took about an hour to get into the vibrational state, and I finally swung up out of the body mentally yelling, I want to see Dr. Gordon!”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch15:9658-9841 testimony first hand
23
Robert Monroe never saw the helper who took him on an out-of-body voyage to visit Richard Gordon in Locale II, but felt the helper's hands and heard his voice.
“I never saw the helper who took me on the voyage to visit Dr. Gordon in Locale II. I felt his hands and heard his voice, no more.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch17:1759-1883 observation first hand
24
The following week, Robert Monroe returned to Richard Gordon for another physical examination, during which Gordon ran blood tests, fluoroscopes, electrocardiograms, a urinalysis, and other tests, checking carefully for indications of brain lesions.
“He carefully examined me, ran blood tests, fluoroscopes, electrocardiograms, palpated all cavities, ran urinalysis, and about everything else he could think of. He checked very carefully for indications of brain lesions.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch9:19031-19243 testimony first hand
25
Richard Gordon arranged for Robert Monroe to have an electroencephalogram (EEG) brain-wave analysis, which showed no unusual problem.
“He arranged for an EEG (brain-wave analysis), which evidently showed no unusual problem.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch9:19335-19415 measurement second hand
26
Richard Gordon gave Robert Monroe tranquilizers and advised him to lose weight, smoke less, and rest more, telling him that if he had a problem it was not a physical one.
“Dr. Gordon gave me some tranquilizers, and sent me home with orders to take off weight, smoke less, get more rest—and said that if I had a problem, it was not a physical one.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch9:19492-19662 opinion second hand
27
Robert Monroe consulted his longtime family physician, Richard Gordon, an internist and diagnostician, about the vibration episodes.
“With trepidation, I went to our longtime family physician, Dr. Richard Gordon, and explained the symptoms. As an internist and diagnostician, he should have had what answers there may have been.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch9:8599-8788 testimony first hand
28
After a thorough physical examination, Richard Gordon found nothing physically wrong with Robert Monroe, suggested he had been working too hard, and recommended more sleep and losing weight, dismissing the possibility of a brain tumour or epilepsy.
“After a thorough physical, Dr. Gordon suggested that I had been working too hard, that I get more sleep and take off a little weight. In short, he could find nothing wrong with me physically. He laughed at the possibility of a brain tumor or epilepsy.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch9:8844-9086 opinion second hand
29
Dick Gordon said that once you start flying, the clock is relentless.
“As Dick Gordon said a couple years ago, once you start flying, the clock is relentless.”
NASA-UAP-D029, Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing (Continued), 1972 2026-07-11 00:11:22.7-00:11:28.5 opinion second hand