1996 UAP Cases

STS-75 Tether Incident — NASA Shuttle Footage

NASA Space Shuttle Columbia's payload cameras recorded dozens of disc-shaped objects swarming around the broken STS-75 tethered satellite experiment at orbital altitude. The objects appear to exhibit structured geometry with a notch at one edge, move independently against orbital mechanics, and some pass behind the 12-mile-long tether — indicating they are large, distant objects rather than camera artifacts.