{"type":"documents","slug":"1985-space-shuttle-ufo-incidents","title":"Space Shuttle UFO Incidents","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/1985-space-shuttle-ufo-incidents","description":"Mission videos from STS flights captured fast-moving lights that fueled UFO rumors","date":"1985-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Video"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":6,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"## Summary\n\nSeveral mid-1980s shuttle missions recorded objects streaking near the orbiter. NASA analysts attributed these to ice particles and debris but the footage inspired decades of speculation.[^1][^2][^3][^4]\n\n<PDF src=\"https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19920006788/downloads/19920006788.pdf\" />\n\n[^1]: [STS-48 mission summary (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-48/)\n\n[^2]: [Debris/Ice/TPS Assessment and Photographic Analysis of Shuttle Mission STS-48 (NASA NTRS)](https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19920006788/downloads/19920006788.pdf)\n\n[^3]: [Ten Enduring Myths About the U.S. Space Program: The STS-48 UFO (Smithsonian Magazine)](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-enduring-myths-about-the-us-space-program-1969206/)\n\n[^4]: [Jeffrey A. Hoffman oral history transcript, STS-75 tether material and UFO claims (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/hoffmanja-11-17-10.pdf?emrc=13ee2a)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/1985-space-shuttle-ufo-incidents","title":"Space Shuttle UFO Incidents","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/1985-space-shuttle-ufo-incidents","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}