Mercury Atlas 8 Audio Excerpt, October 3, 1962

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.

Catalogue description by the publishing agency.

Record

NASA-UAP-D012

Release

Release 02 · May 22, 2026

Incident

1962-10-03 · Low Earth Orbit

Type

Audio

Verdict

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Source

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