NASA-UAP-D012, Mercury Atlas 8 Audio Excerpt, October 3, 1962

I have some pretty stars in sight, and also I have the little white objects that seem to come from the capsule itself, and drift off, and if they are a yard check, it's fantastic. The fact that the star I see is Arcturus would be very interesting. It is neither. It is one of the white objects. Since I have two stars that are standing quite still, the white object actually looked like it came toward me, but it wasn't. You can actually see the particle there, playing off, as John described it, as a lathe shaving. It's a very good description of it. My rates are now just about zero on all three axes. I still have light in the periscope, of course. I'm looking straight up, and yet at this point, this is where my altitude is. If I get in the couch here, I really can't pick it too well, you know. Just about inversion at this point. And my nose is above the horizon. As a result, I notice that these particles keep tending aft on me, relative to me, at any time. Periscope is blocking out rather rapidly at sunset. It's almost blocked out completely at this point, and is really not used to me. I'm getting a real burst of light in the window, and I really don't know what it is. At this point, I should be coming up on a sunset in five hours and fifteen minutes. The periscope is dark. I must be just getting a last look at the horizon, yet I'm not down on it. I'm just getting a last look at the horizon, yet I'm not down on it. I'm just getting a last look at the horizon, yet I'm not down on it.