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STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 2, 1996

NASA-UAP-D031 · 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 second photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, to the right of the limb of the Earth. It appears to have rotated or tumbled about its major axis, which is consistent with the behavior of a free-floating object.
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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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