Sighting in Low-Earth Orbit, 1996
Item released by the US government (PURSUE, NASA): an image, "STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 1". Incident: 1996, Low-Earth Orbit. According to the government, no definitive determination could be made.
What happened
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.
Summary written by AARO, the Pentagon's UAP office, and released by the US government (public domain).
- Date
- 1996
- Location
- Low-Earth Orbit · country only
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
Sources
- See the original document
PURSUE (gouvernement des États-Unis)
n° NASA-UAP-D030
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.