Released record NASA-UAP-D032 · IMG

STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 3, 1996

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NASA / Low-Earth Orbit

STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 3, 1996

File
NASA-UAP-D032
Agency
NASA
Date
1996
Place
Low-Earth Orbit
Format
IMG

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.

The file itself
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Description from the US Department of War’s PURSUE release, public domain. Released in tranche 4, 10 July 2026.