NASA-UAP-D011, 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. 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 wh
- Media type
- audio
- Archive path
- Release_2/video_2605_DOD_111721737_DOD_111721737.mp4
- Source agency
- NASA
- Event date
- 5/15/63
- Location
- Low Earth Orbit
- Release date
- 5/22/26
- Last updated
- 2026-05-22
- Source URL
- https://afd-ufo-prod-v2-media-a6hcffg5esh7c8f9.z01.azurefd.net/Release_2/video_2605_DOD_111721737_DOD_111721737.mp4
Source Summary
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 wh
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