NASA-UAP-D010, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963

DVIDS description: 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. DVIDS title: DVIDS - Video - NASA-UAP-D010, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963 Hello and now at 1 hour at this time I now have 1 hour and 21 minutes and I am observing John's Fireflies drifting away from me I can observe them I'm not motivated parting from the spacecraft and drifting out to the rear I can see some of them considerable distance out to the rear John is coming up behind me I'm going to get the glow on the cloud I'm going to get the glow on the cloud I'm going to get the glow on the cloud I'm going to get the glow on the cloud Fireflies appear to be white very whiteish with almost a green light rail fireflies fireflies Clouds on the earth to lower changing color are getting quite light Fireflies appear to be whiteish Clouds on the cloud Fireflies appear to be whiteish I am on the day side to sun is not yet quiet out and I am observing stars The earth is light below me John is still behind me the sky looks dark above me and I can see stars very distinctly