STS-80 in the declassified UFO files
3 declassified documents reference STS-80, from NASA, released between July 2026. Each file has a neutral AI summary and a credibility note; the original is always linked.
Key documents
- NASA-UAP-D032, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 3, 1996
A film photograph taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 (Nov 19 - Dec 7, 1996) showing Earth's limb and cloud cover, with a small dark, wedge-shaped speck near the center of the frame. NASA's description identifies it as the third in a series of…
Skeptic note: Single still frame with no scale, range, or sensor data; the small speck could be orbital debris, a shuttle-released item, ice or particulate near the window, or a film or window artifact.…
- NASA-UAP-D030, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 1, 1996
A film photograph taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 (Nov 19 - Dec 7, 1996) showing the Earth's limb with cloud cover and the shuttle window and cabin structure in the foreground. A small, bright, elongated white object is visible near the…
Skeptic note: Single still frame with no scale, range, or trajectory data. The object could be orbital debris, a deployed payload, ice or a particle near the window, or a window reflection or artifact, and the…
- NASA-UAP-D031, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 2, 1996
A photograph taken from inside Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 (Nov 19 - Dec 7, 1996) shows a small white, roughly triangular object near the Earth's limb, visible through the orbiter window. This is image 2 of a series of three; the official…
Skeptic note: Single still frame with no sensor corroboration or range/size data. The official description itself describes tumbling behavior consistent with a free-floating object, which points to ordinary…
All 3 documents
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