NASA-UAP-D011, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963

DVIDS description: During the final and longest flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 9 mission (MA-9) Faith 7 Pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr. describes the brilliant blue of sunrise beneath the haze layer of the Earth’s atmosphere. As he approaches sunrise, he describes small, luminous, brilliant white particles drifting away from the spacecraft. Cooper describes observing “fireflies” after deploying beacons, which are spherical mission-related equipment with xenon strobe lights. DVIDS title: DVIDS - Video - NASA-UAP-D011, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963 And I'm going to get the brilliant blue of sun rising in the east. Right blue band underneath all this haze layer. I can see the haze layer. And the right band of light-team arcation coming underneath it. Quite distinctive. That is a faint. Good. That is where there are clouds, apparently. How during a life, a seven-ready left glare. I do a life based on a seven-ready loud and clear. How do you understand? I do, I'm just a small and forward 180 degree yaw approaching sunrise over. Roger. He's small and the fire goes dripped away from you, small and forward. In slight they appear brilliant white without any thought in them. They appear to move on out, everywhere on back towards the flight path. Come here I don't think. Roger, you haven't seen the beacon at this time. I still haven't seen the beacon. There was considerable noise, though, as if something were departing. Again, sir. There was considerable noise of the little doors. I like the little doors blowing open, so I assume the beacon has departed. Roger, understand. Okay, I'm looks real good on the ground. All right, Roger. Roger, you confirm TV control switch to off. Roger, TV control is off. Okay. We have a slight but decrease in the pool length on DC current, all we do goes to the bottom. Roger, DC current. Roger, main bus is 24. I shall leave in 28 and a half. Roger. Okay. A gold horse ride, did you have anything in the aid? Known a nagging Impner yet. I'm planning to shortly here though. All right, the information system-life computations on fuel at Y gives you 888098 manual, which is somewhat better than you're indicating on board. All right, you're on board. I'm indicating 96 and 102. Oh, boy, what a beautiful shot of Florida. Roger, let's get some air once and all to it. All right, you're the whole straightest clear. I can see just about off. There's been a beautiful view coming over Florida. Okay, on 180, young. I got here on manual proportional control. I'm at the last daylight going in the dark. I've been looking for the flashing beacon. 50518 now. 28, I'm sorry, not 180. It's light inside. the whole straightest clear. I can see just about off. There's been a beautiful view coming over Florida. Okay, on 180, young. I got here on manual proportional control. I'm at the last daylight going in the dark. I've been looking for the flashing beacon. 50518 now. 28, I'm sorry, not 180. It's light inside. It is below me. It's quite a brownish, it's reddish brown, and a set of altitude above the ground. It's kind of my fire a pitch-down thruster. I get a shower of these little fireflies. It is flashing now. It is the light. It's quite bright, quite discernible. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Right, there's to be about 10 and 12 miles away. I'm keeping a drag land in the limo. I have the order of a second magnitude star now.