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 first photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, to the right of the limb of the Earth.
🏛️ Official U.S. government release — batch 4 (Jul 10, 2026)
Released by: NASA
Official file: NASA-UAP-D030
When: 1996
Where: Low-Earth Orbit
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https://www.war.gov/UFO/release/04/
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