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Mercury-Atlas Program: Earliest NASA UAP Encounters

May 25, 2026 · AliensGov Info Desk

The PURSUE Tranche 02 release includes a significant collection of audio files from the Mercury-Atlas missions (1961-1963).

Records included:

• NASA-UAP-D010/11: Mercury Atlas 9 (May 15, 1963)
• NASA-UAP-D012: Mercury Atlas 8 (October 3, 1962)
• NASA-UAP-D013: Mercury Atlas 7 (May 24, 1962)

These records represent the earliest recorded instances of orbital anomalous phenomena in US spaceflight history, now available for public scrutiny for the first time in over 60 years.