NASA-UAP-D013, Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962

Structured Summary

This record is a AUD UAP-related asset released by NASA in Release 02. The incident date is listed as 5/24/62, 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 fourth crewed spaceflight and second orbital flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7), Aurora 7 pilot Scott Carpenter describes white particles in view that appear to move at “random” and “look exactly like snowflakes.” He describes these phenomena as reflective, and that some seemed to move faster than the Aurora 7 spacecraft.