NASA-UAP-D011, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963

Structured Summary

This record is a AUD UAP-related asset released by NASA in Release 02. The incident date is listed as 5/15/63, and the incident location is listed as Low Earth Orbit. This page preserves the official source link, original description, and structured metadata.

Official Description

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.