RELEASE 04 / NASA-UAP-D031
NASA-UAP-D031, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 2, 1996
- File ID
- NASA-UAP-D031
- 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-D030, 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 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.
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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