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STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 1, 1996

NASA-UAP-D030 · Release 04 (7/10)
AgencyNASA
Document typeImage
LocationLow-Earth Orbit (Space/Orbit)
Incident date1996
ReleaseRelease 04 (7/10)
Evidence tierTier 1 · Primary sensor/visual record

What the document says

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 first photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, to the right of the limb of the Earth.
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Context

This is one of 40 NASA records in the declassified archive, reported in the Space/Orbit region. It was published in Release 04 (7/10).

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