PURSUE archive · catalogue card
NASA-UAP-D015
Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963
This card reproduces what the official catalogue publishes. Our own analysis (cross-checked sources, timeline and hypotheses) will come when its turn arrives in the weekly review.
- Agency
- NASA
- Incident date
- 1962As the catalogue writes it: “1962-1963”
- Place
- The catalogue gives no place.
- Published in PURSUE
- Jun 12, 2026
- Records
- 1 record · Document
01 Official description
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.
02 Catalogue records · 1
NASA-UAP-D015 · Document · NASA · Jun 12, 2026
Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963
1962-1963
03 Related cases
Other catalogue cards from the same area or the same decade.
04 Sources
- [1]
Record · U.S. Department of War
Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)
Card, descriptions and comments: PURSUE catalogue, U.S. Department of War. The files are not hosted here; they open on their official site.
Checked on Oct 4, 2026 · Open the original ↗
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