◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
STS-48's object
In September 1991 a live NASA feed from Discovery's STS-48 mission showed a point of light that seemed to change course after a flash. The telling holds that NASA later restricted its live feeds. This is the record of what was broadcast and claimed, not a verdict on what the camera saw.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- STS-48's object is a reported UAP case in Earth orbit, September 1991.
- On a live NASA feed from Discovery in September 1991 an object appeared, in the telling's word, to cavort around the shuttle, and a point of light seemed to turn after a flash.
- The telling holds that NASA restricted live transmissions from its missions afterwards, a claim that rests on the telling alone.
- NASA's explanation of record is ice particles near the orbiter pushed by a thruster firing; the physicist Jack Kasher argued the main object's pause and turn did not fit a particle in exhaust.
- The archive's only witness entry is a category, shuttle broadcast viewers, and nobody aboard Discovery is quoted.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source and 1 claimant on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT — the archive holds one account of it, from a single source.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
September 1991
LOCATION
Earth orbit
INDEPENDENCE
L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
1
STATUS
Single-source account
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
