RELEASE 04 / NASA-UAP-D030
NASA-UAP-D030, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 1, 1996
- File ID
- NASA-UAP-D030
- Agency
- NASA
- Release
- Release 04, 10 Jul 2026
- Event date
- 1996 (read as 1996; precision: year)
- Location
- Low-Earth Orbit
- Type
- IMAGE
- Redactions
- None flagged
- Provenance
- PHOTO
- Paired files
- NASA-UAP-D031, NASA-UAP-D032
The official record
Official copy at war.gov
Official summary, as published
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.
Named in this file
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- Tier A National Aeronautics and Space Administration institution
Named in the title.
Civil space agency; host of the 2023 UAP Independent Study Team
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