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John Glenn's fireflies
5 declassified cases mention this, always in the body of the document rather than as an official record field. Documented incidents span 1962 to 1963.
A single agency is involved: NASA. The case files here include documents and audio recordings. None of the cases carry visible redactions.
Cases
| File ID | Date | Agency | Type | Pages read | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASA-UAP-D010 | 5/15/63 | NASA | Audio | — | This short air-to-ground audio excerpt captures Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7) Pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr., roughly one hour and 21 minutes into the final and longest Project Mercury flight, describing what he calls "John's fireflies" — a referen… |
| NASA-UAP-D011 | 5/15/63 | NASA | Audio | — | This Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7) air-to-ground audio excerpt begins with Pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr. narrating orbital sunrise — the brilliant blue band of light beneath the atmospheric haze layer as seen from orbit — and reporting small, lumi… |
| NASA-UAP-D015 | 1962-1963 | NASA | Document | 213/216 | NASA-UAP-D015 is a 216-page 1962-1963 NASA compilation of verbatim scientific debriefings and internal technical analyses following the visual observations reported by Mercury-program astronauts, rather than a single UAP encounter. It cover… |
| NASA-UAP-D023 | November, 1962 | NASA | Audio | — | This is an excerpt from a November 1962 television interview in which journalist Walter Cronkite questions Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper about unidentified flying objects. Cronkite notes Cooper's previously expressed interest in the topic… |
| NASA-UAP-D012 | 10/3/62 | NASA | Audio | — | This is an in-flight audio excerpt from Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7), recorded October 3, 1962. The single speaker is pilot Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., transmitting observations during orbital flight as the spacecraft approaches sunset. Sch… |
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