This file contains memoranda, correspondence, reports, and other materials relating to contemporary scientific interest in investigating the nature of luminous phenomena reported by astronauts John Glenn and Walter Schirra during spaceflight. This collection includes transcripts from NASA interviews and debriefings with both astronauts regarding those observations. It also contains details relating to scientific observations of atmospheric phenomena, including brief descriptions of luminous particles, experiences while aboard spacecraft, and circa 1955 theoretical analysis of meteoric particles entering the atmosphere. Pages 34-35, 55-56, 57-63, 64-113, and 122-127 feature content relevant to the PURSUE initiative.
John Glenn
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PersonThe question now is: did Senator Reid ever follow up? Did this go anywhere in Congress? And what did John Glenn think when he hear Lazar’s story?
Hours before Bob Lazar became the most famous name in UFO history, Harry Reid was already talking about him on TV. Reid said he had heard “this exact story,” wanted the facts, and pointed to Congress and astronaut John Glenn as possible paths of investigation. #UFO #UAP https://t.co/IfTglnvOBA
Watching Frasier today and stumbled across this John Glenn guest appearance from 2001. It’s obviously a comedy scene, but some of the lines hit differently in 2026 given everything that’s happened with UAP discussions, military footage, and astronaut reports. Thought it was an interesting piece of TV history. I wonder if this was his way of telling the public without really telling them… I’ll post full details and video in comments

NASA-UAP-D010, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963
Approximately one hour and 41 minutes into the final and longest flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 9 mission (MA-9) Faith 7 Pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr. notes that he sees “John’s fireflies,” referring to John Glenn’s term from the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. NASA later determined that the “fireflies” are attributable to frozen condensation separating from the spacecraft body. The white, green-hued appearance of this phenomenon results from sunlight reflecting off frozen condensation.
RT @SharylAttkisson: Here's the full NASA recording with Astronaut John Glenn in 1962 describing seeing UFOs on at least 2 of his 3 orbits…


