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

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AUDIO NASA INCIDENT 5/24/62 · Low Earth Orbit

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

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.

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

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nasa-uap-d013-mercury-atlas-7-may-24-1962

Release

release_2 (2026-05-22)

Agency

NASA

Type

audio

Incident date

5/24/62

Incident location

Low Earth Orbit

DVIDS id

1007879

Content-Type

audio/mp4

Size

1.27 MB

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a3397c70d4af827687b5f01aa4c14d08f4547a7e9eca46c7bc8f5b286c71dddc

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