NASA-UAP-D011: Mercury Atlas 9 (Faith 7) Audio Excerpt 2 — Gordon Cooper, May 15, 1963
Date
May 15, 1963
Document Type
Audio
Authentication
Official PublicationRedaction Status
✓ Fully ReleasedIssuing Authority
NASA — Mercury Program / Department of War (PURSUE Release 2)
Summary
Second audio excerpt from the Mercury Atlas 9 (Faith 7) mission released by the Department of War as part of PURSUE Release 2. This excerpt covers a different segment of the same May 15, 1963 flight as D010. Together, D010 and D011 provide two audio windows into Gordon Cooper's final Mercury mission, offering broader mission audio coverage than any other single-mission PURSUE audio release.
Significance
The two-excerpt treatment of Cooper's Faith 7 mission — D010 and D011 — is unique in the PURSUE NASA audio series; no other Mercury or Apollo mission receives two separate excerpt entries. This suggests either the audio significance of this mission was elevated in the declassification review, or two distinct UAP-relevant moments were identified in the mission record.