Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962

Name: Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962 (NASA-UAP-D013)
Uploaded: 2026-05-22T00:00:00-04:00
Duration: 1 min 49 s
Channel: NASA
Description: 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.

NASAIncident: May 24, 1962Low Earth OrbitLength 1:49

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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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The description is the government’s own, from war.gov/UFO, released on May 22, 2026. The Pentagon calls these unresolved cases — publishing a file does not mean it shows anything anomalous.

Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962

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