RELEASE 02 / NASA-UAP-D012
NASA-UAP-D012, Mercury Atlas 8 Audio Excerpt, October 3, 1962
- File ID
- NASA-UAP-D012
- Agency
- NASA
- Release
- Release 02, 22 May 2026
- Event date
- 10/3/1962 (read as 3 Oct 1962; 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 Mercury Atlas 8 mission, Sigma 7 pilot Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Jr. describes observing “little white objects that tend to come from the capsule itself and drift off.” Schirra later also refers to those objects as “particles” and “lathe shavings.” Schirra also describes seeing a burst of light in the window, whose source he cannot identify. He speculates that his observation corresponds with the moment the sun passes below the horizon during sunset.
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- Tier A National Aeronautics and Space Administration institution
Named in the title.
Civil space agency; host of the 2023 UAP Independent Study Team
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