NASA-UAP-D030, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 1, 1996

NASA-UAP-D030, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 1, 1996 is a record released in PURSUE Release 04 on July 10, 2026. It originates from NASA and documents an object photographed in 1996 in low-Earth orbit. ¹²³

  Provenance and Context

The record was obtained through official declassification channels and provided by NASA. 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.¹²³

  Detailed Content

This is the first of the three images. The object appears near the center of the frame, to the right of the Earth's limb.³

  What the Record Supports

The record documents that Columbia's crew photographed an unidentified object during STS-80. It does not identify what the object was.³

  References

  References

1. war.gov ↩ ↩²

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3. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴