NASA-UAP-D032, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 3, 1996
- Kind
- Photo
- Agency
- NASA
- Incident date
- 1996
- Location
- Low-Earth Orbit
- Released
- Jul 10, 2026
- Record
- NASA-UAP-D032
The file opens on war.gov, the Department of War's PURSUE site.
WHAT THE RECORD SAYS
The government's own description, as released.
During STS-80, between November 19 and December 7, 1996, astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Columbia captured a series of three images of an unidentified object in low-Earth orbit. In the third photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, superimposed against the Earth. It appears to have continued along a trajectory passing between Columbia and the Earth.
RELEASED WITH
NASA-UAP-D029, Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing (Continued), 1972
NASA-UAP-D031, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 2, 1996
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