RELEASE 03 / NASA-UAP-D015

NASA-UAP-D015, Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

File ID: NASA-UAP-D015
Agency: NASA
Release: Release 03, 12 Jun 2026
Event date: 1962-1963 (read as 1962 to 1963; precision: range)
Location: Not given
Type: PDF
Redactions: None flagged

The official record

Official summary, as published

This file contains memoranda, correspondence, reports, and other materials relating to contemporary scientific interest in investigating the nature of luminous phenomena reported by astronauts John Glenn and Walter Schirra during spaceflight. This collection includes transcripts from NASA interviews and debriefings with both astronauts regarding those observations. It also contains details relating to scientific observations of atmospheric phenomena, including brief descriptions of luminous particles, experiences while aboard spacecraft, and circa 1955 theoretical analysis of meteoric particles entering the atmosphere. Pages 34-35, 55-56, 57-63, 64-113, and 122-127 feature content relevant to the PURSUE initiative.

Named in this file

2 names

People, programs and institutions from The Legacy Program research board whose names appear in this file, found by exact spelling against a hand-checked list. A match says only that the file names them, not what part they play. People and programs lists every file that names each one. This file is a scan with no text layer, so only its title and official summary were searched.

Tier A Project Blue Book program
Named in pages 128, 132, 134.
Public-facing USAF UFO program (1952-1969)
Tier A National Aeronautics and Space Administration institution
Named in the title, the official summary and pages 53, 54, 59, 60, 114, 115, 116, 178.
Civil space agency; host of the 2023 UAP Independent Study Team

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