NASA Photo Evidence Release 04

NASA-UAP-D031 - STS-80 Unidentified Object - Image 2 (1996)

NASA-UAP-D031 - STS-80 Unidentified Object - Image 2 (1996) is a declassified Photo Evidence from National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The record is dated 1996, was released in Release 04 on 2026-07-10 under the PURSUE initiative, and contains 1 file connected to Low Earth orbit (STS-80).

Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Record Year
1996
Released
2026-07-10
Files
1 total

Citation-Ready Summary

NASA-UAP-D031 - STS-80 Unidentified Object - Image 2 (1996) is a declassified Photo Evidence from National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The record is dated 1996, was released in Release 04 on 2026-07-10 under the PURSUE initiative, and contains 1 file connected to Low Earth orbit (STS-80).

Second official NASA image of the unidentified object recorded during shuttle mission STS-80 in late 1996. Viewed as a sequence with images 1 and 3, the set documents the object's apparent motion as captured by the shuttle's cameras.

Key Facts

Second frame in the three-image STS-80 unidentified object set.

Captured from Space Shuttle Columbia in low Earth orbit, 1996.

Released as part of PURSUE Release 04 on July 10, 2026.

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