NASA-UAP-D015: Astronaut Scientific Debriefings (1962-1963)
Date
1962-1963
Document Type
Mission Debriefing
Authentication
Official - DeclassifiedRedaction Status
✓ Fully ReleasedIssuing Authority
NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
Summary
Collection of memoranda, correspondence, reports, and other materials documenting contemporary scientific interest in investigating luminous phenomena reported by astronauts John Glenn and Walter Schirra during early Mercury spaceflight. Includes NASA interview and debriefing transcripts with both astronauts.
Significance
Demonstrates that from the earliest human spaceflight missions NASA was actively investigating anomalous luminous phenomena reported by astronauts, and that this investigation involved formal scientific inquiry -- not dismissal. The collection spans nearly two years of follow-up research into Glenn and Schirra's observations.