Released record NASA-UAP-D015 · PDF

Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

RELEASED

NASA

Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

File
NASA-UAP-D015
Agency
NASA
Date
1962-1963
Place
Not recorded
Format
PDF

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.

The file itself
www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release_03/documents/NASA-UAP-D015_Astronaut-Scientific-Debriefings_1962-1963.pdf

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Description from the US Department of War’s PURSUE release, public domain. Released in tranche 3, 12 June 2026.