Sighting in Low-Earth Orbit, 1996
Item released by the US government (PURSUE, NASA): an image, "STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 3". 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 third photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, superimposed against the Earth. It appears to have continued along a trajectory passing between Columbia and 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-D032
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.