Video · 21 July 1961
Mercury-Redstone 4: the Liberty Bell 7 recovery team on a marker in the water, 21 July 1961 (NASA audio, NASA-UAP-D014)
NASA via DVIDS, PURSUE release 02 · 21 July 1961 · 0 min · Watch the original
A 27-second excerpt of recovery-force radio from Gus Grissom's suborbital flight, Liberty Bell 7. The audio is poor; AARO's description says the recovery team discusses a dye marker in the water that did not activate.
Source: NASA, released by the Department of War in PURSUE (NASA-UAP-D014), via DVIDS. Whisper transcript.
Key moments
- 0:00 A short, noisy exchange in which the recovery forces discuss something in the water about three quarters of a mile to a mile out; AARO describes it as a dye pack that did not activate.
Transcript
From machine transcription (Whisper); names and terms may be misspelled. Check the original video before quoting.
0:00 "What's up there?" "It's a minor crash well, there's a house on the line in the water, and it's about 1-0-0-0-0." "The NSA, people suspect it's a big time market that it's not too late." "I think it's about 3/4 to a mile out. Some may have got to go after the lift out, so we take a check on it."
Connected files
Official records (PURSUE)
- NASA-UAP-D014 — Mercury-Redstone 4, July 21, 1961 (recording of)
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