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STS-80 unidentified object

1996
Low Earth orbit (Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-80)

Unresolved
Representative drawing from the From orbit page, not this specific sighting.

The official description

In the second photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, to the right of the limb of the Earth. It appears to have rotated or tumbled about its major axis, which is consistent with the behavior of a free-floating object.

Quoted from the U.S. Department of War, PURSUE UAP releases. Read every file for this incident in Official files or at war.gov/UFO.

Witnesses

Not named in the files

Explanation

Unresolved

The official files offer no explanation.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of War, PURSUE UAP releases (war.gov/UFO)war.gov
  2. U.S. Department of War, Release 04: NASA-UAP-D030, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 1, 1996war.gov
  3. U.S. Department of War, Release 04: NASA-UAP-D031, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 2, 1996war.gov
  4. U.S. Department of War, Release 04: NASA-UAP-D032, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 3, 1996war.gov

From the U.S. Department of War PURSUE releases. The description is quoted from the official file.

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