STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 1, 1996

NASA-UAP-D030 is a photographic image captured during Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-80, which flew between November 19 and December 7, 1996. The image was taken in low-Earth orbit and shows an unidentified object near the center of the frame, positioned to the right of Earth's limb. This is the first in a series of three photographs of the same object documented during that mission. No crew members are specifically named in the available record, and no accompanying text or data was extracted via OCR.

The record is notable as part of a multi-image sequence, suggesting the object was tracked or observed over a period of time rather than captured in a single incidental frame. The absence of OCR text means no technical metadata, crew notes, or analytical annotation accompanies this release. The image fits into a broader category of orbital UAP documentation from NASA missions, where visual evidence exists but contextual data required for identification — such as object size, distance, and trajectory — remains absent or unreleased.