Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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They all went by in the direction of ____?

That's right. Now, I turned around once so I could see if they were coming toward me. I got around facing toward the sunlight. As I came around and the sunlight was off to my right I could see far fewer of them at that time than I could see when I was facing backwards. This would be on the side away from the sun is where I could see most of them. But they--the ones out here were still coming toward me. Now this is--I want to check and see if these were emanating from the capsule. They were not. They were still coming toward me from out there so they couldn't have been emanating from the capsule.

From the direction toward which you were moving.

That's right.