Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962
- Date
- 24 May 1962
- Place
- Low Earth Orbit
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Per the blurb, Aurora 7 pilot Scott Carpenter describes white particles moving at 'random,' looking 'exactly like snowflakes,' reflective, with some appearing to move faster than the spacecraft.
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
The file gives no official explanation.
- Agency
- NASA
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
Sensors1 of 9
- Yes: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
Witnessescount not stated
- No: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- Yes: Other
ShapeOther shape
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- Yes: Other shape
Effectsnone reported
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating Blurb-only; no explanation offered in this blurb (unlike several sibling files), but the description matches the same recurring spacecraft-particle phenomenon documented and explained at length elsewhere in this batch (NASA-UAP-D015).
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Scott Carpenter (per blurb)
- Sensors
- Visual
- Shape
- Snowflake-like
- Size
- Small
- Lights and colour
- White, reflective
- Motion
- Random motion; some faster than the spacecraft
Pentagon files
1
Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962
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What the file claims
1
- Unverified
Carpenter described white, reflective, snowflake-like particles moving randomly around the spacecraft, some appearing to move faster than Aurora 7 itself.