RELEASE 02 / NASA-UAP-D011
NASA-UAP-D011, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963
- File ID
- NASA-UAP-D011
- 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
During the final and longest flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 9 mission (MA-9) Faith 7 Pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr. describes the brilliant blue of sunrise beneath the haze layer of the Earth’s atmosphere. As he approaches sunrise, he describes small, luminous, brilliant white particles drifting away from the spacecraft. Cooper describes observing “fireflies” after deploying beacons, which are spherical mission-related equipment with xenon strobe lights.
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Named in the title.
Civil space agency; host of the 2023 UAP Independent Study Team
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