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Original excerpt
During the Mercury Atlas 8 mission, Sigma 7 pilot Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Jr. describes observing “little white objects that tend to come from the capsule itself and drift off.” Schirra later also refers to those objects as “particles” and “lathe shavings.” Schirra also describes seeing a burst of light in the window, whose source he cannot identify. He speculates that his observation corresponds with the moment the sun passes below the horizon during sunset.
Key claims
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.
Alternative explanation
Schirra speculated the objects were capsule debris and attributed the light burst to natural sunset phenomenon.
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