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ISS floating object

August 2013
Near the ISS and its Progress 52 cargo ship

Explained
Representative drawing from the From orbit page, not this specific sighting.
"a floating object"The witness's own shape words

What happened

Cassidy reportedly saw an object float past the station near the docked Progress. Video of it circulated as a UFO.

Witnesses

Christopher Cassidy, ISS Expedition 36

Explanation

Explained

Antenna cover from the Zvezda service module (Russian flight controllers)

Sources

  1. Space.com, Aug. 2013 (object identified as Zvezda antenna cover)space.com
  2. NBC News, Aug. 2013nbcnews.com
  3. Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

Wikipedia, citing Fox News and Space.com

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