STS-80 Space Shuttle Columbia photograph of an unidentified object, image 1 of 3 (NASA-UAP-D030)
- Date
- 1996 (per official index)
- Location
- Low-Earth Orbit (per official index)
- Agency
- NASA
- Release
- Release 04 (July 10, 2026)
- Type
- image
Summary
The image shows Earth's bright limb on the left and the dark shuttle window frame and structure on the right, with a small pale elongated object near the center against the dark background. Red frame numbers are printed at the left edge. Per index: 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.
Note
The object is small in the frame; the image alone does not show its size or distance.