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I have The more of the white
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NASA-UAP-D013, Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962
During the fourth crewed spaceflight and second orbital flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7), Aurora 7 pilot Scott Carpenter describes white particles in view that appear to move at “random” and “look exactly like snowflakes.” He describes these phenomena as reflective, and that some seemed to move faster than the Aurora 7 spacecraft.
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May 24, 1962
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Scott Carpenter describes white particles in view that appear to move at 'random' and 'look exactly like snowflakes.'
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Carpenter describes these phenomena as reflective, and that some seemed to move faster than the Aurora 7 spacecraft.
He describes these phenomena as reflective, and that some seemed to move faster than the Aurora 7 spacecraft.
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NASA-UAP-D013, Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962 transcript includes a particle or fragment reference at 0:04.550.
[0:00.930] I have The more of the white [0:04.550] particles in view below the capsule . [0:09.180] They appear to be traveling exactly my
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NASA-UAP-D013, Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962 transcript includes a particle or fragment reference at 0:31.181.
[0:28.959] haven't seen the great numbers of these [0:31.181] particles , but I've seen . A few of [0:34.130] them . Their motion is random . They
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NASA-UAP-D013, Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962 transcript includes a particle or fragment reference at 1:34.730.
[1:31.529] There were some more of those . Little [1:34.730] particles , they definitely look like [1:36.841] snowflakes this time . Roger , I
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NASA-UAP-D013, Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962 transcript includes a particle or fragment reference at 1:40.180.
[1:36.841] snowflakes this time . Roger , I [1:40.180] understand your particles look like [1:42.180] definite snowflakes . However , it's
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particles in view below the capsule .
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They appear to be traveling exactly my
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speed . There is one drifting off .
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Uh , it's going faster than I am , as a
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matter of fact .
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Roger , I understand . I
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haven't seen the great numbers of these
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particles , but I've seen . A few of
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them . Their motion is random . They
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look exactly like snowflakes to me .
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All right Tried to return .
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Encounter windowMay 24, 1962
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PublishedMay 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
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