Sighting in Low Earth Orbit, October 3, 1962
Item released by the US government (PURSUE, NASA): an audio recording, "Mercury Atlas 8 Audio Excerpt, October 3". Incident: 10/3/62, Low Earth Orbit. According to the government, no definitive determination could be made.
What happened
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.
Summary written by AARO, the Pentagon's UAP office, and released by the US government (public domain).
- Date
- October 3, 1962
- Location
- Low Earth Orbit · country only
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
Sources
- See the original document
PURSUE (gouvernement des États-Unis)
n° NASA-UAP-D012
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.