NASA-UAP-D032, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 3, 1996

NASA-UAP-D032, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 3, 1996, is a record released in PURSUE Release 04 on July 10, 2026. NASA provided the image, taken during the STS-80 mission in low-Earth orbit. ¹²³

  Provenance and Content

The image was obtained through official declassification channels and provided by NASA. Between November 19 and December 7, 1996, astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Columbia photographed an unidentified object in low-Earth orbit three times. This is the third image in that series. The object appears near the center of the frame, superimposed against the Earth, along a trajectory that passes between Columbia and the planet below.¹²³

This image does not establish the object's origin or nature.³

  References

  References

1. war.gov ↩ ↩²

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3. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³