Tagalongs and a Hidden Intelligence Network: Unresolved Anomalies in the 1962 Space Mission Era

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An account of early 1960s space missions describes mysterious “tagalong” objects seen near reentry capsules, captured on RC-135 footage and linked to a wider covert network, with a Washington attorney tied to the CIA and OSS-era Paperclip circle who stayed close, and observers like Wally Schirra, John Glenn, and Scott Carpenter left to interpret what was really there, while some footage is missing or redacted.

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Dr. Harald Malmgren and Wally Schirra's "Tag-along" from Mercury 8 mission 3 OCT 1962 - DoW release

In this interview from November 2024, Dr. Harald Malmgren and I discuss the "tag-along" observed by astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. during the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission in a spacecraft nicknamed "Sigma 7" on October 3, 1962. This event occurred just 2 weeks after a tag-along was filmed following the re-entry vehicle of the Atlas 8F ICBM test - footage which is now in the National Archives in the "UFO" category. Schirra's encounter with the tag-along occurred just a little over 3 weeks before another tag-along was shot down during the Bluegill Triple Prime high altitude nuclear weapons test on October 26, 1962 - an event that was also captured by 3 independent high-speed cameras operated by the U.S. government. This footage has also been either fully or partially declassified. The official NASA audio of Schirra's encounter with the tag-alongs was released on May 22, 2026 as part of the PURSUE UFO files.