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NASA-UAP-D031, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 2, 1996

Incident date
1996
Incident location
Low-Earth Orbit
Agency
NASA
File type
Image
A photograph of an unidentified object in low-Earth orbit, taken from Space Shuttle Columbia in 1996.
IMG · ANALYSIS
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Official description

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.

✦ AI visual analysis

View from a Space Shuttle window over a bright white cloud-covered Earth, with the orbiter window frame and interior hardware dark against the right side. A small white speck sits below the center of the frame above the cloud deck. Red telemetry characters appear along the left margin, and window glare tints parts of the image.

space shuttleorbitearthcloudswhite speckwindow glareNASASTS-80low-earth orbitdaylight

Generated with AI from the official file — may contain errors.

Source: U.S. Department of War / AARO — public domain · war.gov/ufo

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