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STS-75: The Tether Incident On Sunday, February 25, 1996, the Space Shuttle Columbia deployed an experimental tether into orbit. The experiment was called the Tethered Satellite System (TSS- 1R) and it's purpose of this was to attempt to generate electricity by utilizing Earth's magnetic field. Unfortunately the tether broke so the experiment was not a success, although approximately five hours of data were recorded. What really made "The Tether Incident" famous was the appearance of many unidentified flying objects (UFOs) clearly visible in the NASA footage. Conspiracy theorists rejected NASA's explanation of space debris and ice particles, while conspiracy debunkers pointed out that the UFO theory doesn't stack up. For example, if the UFOs were as big as the conspiracy theorists claim, they would have been clearly visible from the ground. NOTE: The footage above begins with a text title which has been added by someone obviously not from NASA. I do not personally agree with the text, but this is the only version of the footage I have been able to find. The rest of the footage is apparently genuine NASA footage (public domain). Date: February 1996 Credit: Original footage by NASA, additional text title unknown Shuttle Crew: Andrew M. Allen (3), Commander Scott J. Horowitz (1), Pilot Franklin R. Chang-Diaz (5), Payload Commander Maurizio Cheli (1), Mission Specialist (ESA) Jeffrey A. Hoffman (5), Mission Specialist Claude Nicollier (3), Mission Specialist (ESA) Umberto Guidoni (1), Payload Specialist (Italy)
Originally posted by cnuum
Do we really need a separate thread about your conviction that this was an 'obvious UFO incident'?
Originally posted by deejayiwan
yep i know it was here on ATS for ages, but i wanted to notice it one more time
IT IS SO OBVIOUSLY AN UFO, come on, i cant belive people dont realize it...
oh yeah, UFO is going BEHIND the thether so its not debris or ice..
Originally posted by InfaRedMan
No we don't. It's been debated to death and unless new evidence has come to light, there is absolutely no point!
Originally posted by fleabit
Considering we've seen that camera anomaly more than once from their cameras, I don't even know why this is debated or discussed at all.
Originally posted by zorgon
Originally posted by fleabit
Considering we've seen that camera anomaly more than once from their cameras, I don't even know why this is debated or discussed at all.
NASA has NEVER released their copy of the tether incident...
Shows what you know