Official Audio Excerpt

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NASA-UAP-D011 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-D011, an official NASA audio record titled “Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963.” During the final and longest flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 9 mission (MA-9) Faith 7 Pilot L. The audio-specific description is: During the final and longest flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 9 mission (MA-9) Faith 7 Pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr. describes the brilliant blue of sunrise beneath the haze layer of the Earth’s atmosphere. As he approaches sunrise, he describes small, luminous, brilliant white particles drifting away from the spacecraft. Cooper describes observing “fireflies” after deploying beacons, which are spherical mission-related equipment with xenon strobe lights. 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.