NASA-UAP-D032, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 3, 1996

NASA-UAP-D032 is a photograph taken during Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-80 mission, which ran from November 19 to December 7, 1996. The image is the third in a series of three captured by astronauts in low-Earth orbit depicting an unidentified object. In this frame, the object appears near the center of the image, positioned against the Earth's surface below, consistent with a trajectory passing between Columbia and the Earth.

This record is part of a three-image sequence, suggesting the object was tracked across multiple frames rather than captured in a single incidental shot. No OCR text is available, meaning the image has no accompanying written analysis or metadata within the released file. The object's characteristics — size, distance, and nature — cannot be assessed from the description alone. STS-80 is a mission previously noted in UAP literature in connection with on-orbit anomalous observations, and this release formally places the imagery within the PURSUE declassification record.