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A Need to Know episode investigates whether the famous Tic Tac UAP encounter was actually classified Lockheed Martin technology rather than a genuine unidentified phenomenon.
70 new records — Department of War, Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Department of Energy
Apollo 17 astronauts reported seeing bright, jagged particles drifting near their spacecraft during transit to the moon in December 1972. The crew speculated the lights were likely paint chips or ice fragments from the Saturn S-IVB stage.
Mercury-Atlas 7 pilot Scott Carpenter observed white particles resembling snowflakes moving randomly around his spacecraft in May 1962, some appearing to move faster than the Aurora 7.
Mercury-Atlas 9 pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr. observed small luminous white particles drifting from his spacecraft during the final Mercury mission in May 1963. The phenomena were later identified as reflections from beacon-related equipment with xenon strobe lights.
Mercury-Atlas 8 pilot Wally Schirra Jr. described white objects drifting from his capsule during the October 1962 mission, which he speculated were particles or lathe shavings. He also reported a burst of light whose source he could not identify.