NASA Mercury Atlas 8 – UAP Sighting (1962)

NASA Mercury Atlas 8 UAP document from the PURSUE archive (war.gov/ufo): Unidentified phenomenon observed during the Mercury Atlas 8 mission (October 1962). Astronaut Wally Schirra orbited Earth six times in 9 hours and 13 minutes. The document was released in 2026 under the PURSUE Act. Mercury Atlas 8 was the fifth crewed US space mission.