Official Audio Excerpt

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NASA-UAP-D010 is an official audio record from war.gov/ufo Release 02 titled “Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963.” The primary source record is NASA-UAP-D010, an official NASA audio record titled “Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963.” Approximately one hour and 41 minutes into the final and longest flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 9 mission (MA-9) Faith 7 Pilot L. The audio-specific description is: Approximately one hour and 41 minutes into the final and longest flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 9 mission (MA-9) Faith 7 Pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr. notes that he sees “John’s fireflies,” referring to John Glenn’s term from the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. NASA later determined that the “fireflies” are attributable to frozen condensation separating from the spacecraft body. The white, green-hued appearance of this phenomenon results from sunlight reflecting off frozen condensation. No linked report row was matched in the current source-context data. The available context for this item comes from the audio excerpt. No separate caution note was provided in the source-context data for this audio excerpt. FullDisclosr therefore presents the item as an official audio source record without adding interpretation beyond the official description.