RELEASE 02 / NASA-UAP-D010
NASA-UAP-D010, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963
- File ID
- NASA-UAP-D010
- Agency
- NASA
- Release
- Release 02, 22 May 2026
- Event date
- 5/15/1963 (read as 15 May 1963; precision: day)
- Location
- Low Earth Orbit
- Type
- AUDIO
- Redactions
- None flagged
- Provenance
- AUDIO
The official record
Official copy at DVIDSOfficial summary, as published
Approximately one hour and 41 minutes into the final and longest flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 9 mission (MA-9) Faith 7 Pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr. notes that he sees “John’s fireflies,” referring to John Glenn’s term from the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. NASA later determined that the “fireflies” are attributable to frozen condensation separating from the spacecraft body. The white, green-hued appearance of this phenomenon results from sunlight reflecting off frozen condensation.
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- Tier A National Aeronautics and Space Administration institution
Named in the title and the official summary.
Civil space agency; host of the 2023 UAP Independent Study Team
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