NASA-UAP-D011, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963

And I'm beginning to get the brilliant blue of sun rising in the east, right blue band underneath all this haze layer. I can see the haze layer and the right band of light demarcation coming underneath it. It's quite distinctive. There's a faint haze to it. That's where there are clouds, apparently. Roger, Hawaii, phase 7 reading you loud and clear. Roger, Hawaii, phase 7 reading you loud and clear. Roger, understand. Roger, I'm just small in forward, 180 degree yaw approaching sunrise, over. Roger. These small luminescent particles drift away from you, small in forward. In this light they appear brilliant white without seeing it all in them. They appear to move on out around back towards the flight path. And here, I don't think. Roger, you haven't seen the beacon at this time? Negative, I still haven't seen the beacon. Sure. There was considerable noise, though, as if something were departing. Again, 7? There was considerable noise of the little doors, sounded like the little doors blowing open, so I assume the beacon has departed. Roger, understand. Okay, looks real good on the ground. Okay, you confirm TV control, switch it to off. Roger, TV control is off. We had a slight decrease in the two links on D.C. current. Paul, would you give us a readout? Roger, D.C. current. Roger, main bus is 24. Isolated 28 and a half. Roger. Hey, good. Gordon, did you have anything to eat? Negative, not yet. I'm planning to shortly here, though. Roger, your information systems last computations on fuel at Hawaii gave you 88 auto 98 manual, which is somewhat better than you're indicating on board. Roger, on board. I'm indicating 96 and 102. Oh boy, what a beautiful shot of Florida. Roger, looks good from here once in a while, too. Roger, the whole state is clear. I can see just about…