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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Record

NASA-UAP-D013

Release

Release 02 · May 22, 2026

Incident

1962-05-24 · Low Earth Orbit

Type

Audio

Verdict

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