STS-80
Case Claims
7These statements reflect the cited record and are not independent verification.
- Source reportedObserved
During STS-80, astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Columbia captured a series of three images of an unidentified object in low-Earth orbit.
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.
- Source reportedObserved
In the first photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, to the right of the limb of the Earth.
In the first photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, to the right of the limb of the Earth.
- Source reportedObserved
In the second photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, to the right of the limb of the Earth.
In the second photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, to the right of the limb of the Earth.
- Source reportedObserved
In the third photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, superimposed against the Earth.
In the third photograph, the object is visible near the center of the frame, superimposed against the Earth.
- InferenceUnverified
The object appears to have continued along a trajectory passing between Columbia and the Earth.
It appears to have continued along a trajectory passing between Columbia and the Earth.
- InferenceObserved
The object appears to have rotated or tumbled about its major axis, which is consistent with the behavior of a free-floating object.
It appears to have rotated or tumbled about its major axis, which is consistent with the behavior of a free-floating object.
- InterpretationContested
Maaneli Derakhshani argues that objects in STS-48 and STS-80 footage maneuver beyond ice-particle explanations, while James Oberg attributes them to debris, camera geometry, and thruster effects; the episode provides no decisive quantitative reconstruction.
does not supply a new quantitative reconstruction sufficient to settle the dispute
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RT @ChrisUKSharp: 'During STS-80, between November 19 and December 7, 1996, astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Columbia captured a series of t…
The Pentagon’s 4th UAP file release today includes three “unresolved” photos from STS-80 (Columbia, Nov–Dec 1996) showing an unidentified object near Earth. Tom Jones, a mission specialist who was actually on STS-80, has already written publicly about the footage from that flight and he attributes what’s on camera to ice crystals and debris kicked loose by the shuttle’s thrusters, something he says he watched happen personally during his 53 days in orbit across four missions. He also pointed...
RT @robjonesreports: what is that thing?? per https://t.co/x1bI6bapMK - "During STS-80, between November 19 and December 7, 1996, astron…
Today, a total of 3 different images of UFOs were released today from the STS-80 mission in 1996. All 3 were taken by crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia. According to War.Gov it states, "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." Source here. su...
🚨UFO Images from NASA STS-80 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. #ufotwitter #uapX #Disclosure #NASA
RT @ChrisUKSharp: 'During STS-80, between November 19 and December 7, 1996, astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Columbia captured a series of t…
'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 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] The fourth batch of US UFO files are out! https://t.co/u48L8RHFoY
NASA-UAP-D030, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 1, 1996
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.
