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This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023, about an event on August 19, 2012. The pilot of United Airlines flight UAL976, a Boeing 777-200 flying from OMDB to IAD, reported a circular, silver unidentified flying object about 5 NM southeast of GAI at around 12,500 feet. JetBlue flight JBU1260, flying the same route 25 miles behind, did not see the object. EADS played back the radar tapes and found nothing, and the case was closed with no further action.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: OTHER Date: 04:08 08/19/2012 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: PCT Callsign: UAL976 Aircraft: B772, BOEING, 777-200 Tail Number: Operator: UAL Origin: OMDB Destination: New Destination: IAD Operator Type: Paged: NO REMARKS PIC reported sighting an unidentified flying object 5 NM SE of GAI around 12,500 feet, circular shape, silver color. PCT was notified to report event as prescribed in FAA Order JO 7110.65U Section 8 paragraph9-8-1.JBU1260, same route 25 miles behind UAL976 did not see the object. No targets received on ADAPT or by EADS. 2345: EADS conducted a playback of RADAR tapes covering the time period of the UFO sighting reported by UAL976 with negative findings, NFA. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2012-08-19T04:08 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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