NASA-UAP-D036, ISS External Camera High-Resolution Frame 2, 2017

NASA-UAP-D036, ISS External Camera High-Resolution Frame 2, 2017 is a record originating from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, regarding an incident in low Earth orbit on April 19, 2017. The record was declassified and released publicly as part of PURSUE Release 05 on August 7, 2026, pursuant to Section 1842 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. ¹²³

  Provenance and Context

NASA released this file as part of the PURSUE Release 05 tranche. Official metadata identifies it as the second frame in a sequence captured by an external camera on the International Space Station, taken while the station was in low Earth orbit in April 2017.¹²³

  Sensor Observation

This frame follows the first capture in the sequence and records the same target's velocity vector and luminosity profile across the interval between exposures. NASA reviewed the sensor data for public release and retained the observable characteristics of the object in the frame.¹²³

  What the Record Supports

The two-frame sequence lets a viewer compare the object's position and brightness between exposures, but the record does not identify the object or state its origin.³

  References

  References

1. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³

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3. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴