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This Federal Aviation Administration record, 237UAP00016, was released in 2023 by the Department of Transportation and logs a pilot report dated August 7, 2012. The Albuquerque Center (ZAB) facility took the report from SkyWest flight SKW573Z, a CRJ7 flying from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles. The crew said a UFO was heading north at about 50,000 feet, roughly 10 miles south of Flagstaff, Arizona. The record is marked closed and gives no further analysis or conclusion.
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.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, 237UAP00018, was released by the Department of Transportation in 2023. It logs a closed event from 08/28/2013 that the Cleveland facility (ZOB) reported. The aircraft was EGF3542, an Embraer E145 flying from Pittsburgh with a new destination of Miami. The remarks say that at about 0210, over Kessel, West Virginia, at flight level 210, the crew saw a rocket or UFO brake light going up.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023 under the number 237UAP00019, is an incident log entry dated August 10, 2014. It says the pilot of SkyWest flight SKW2393, a CRJ2 flying from PSC and diverted to FAR, reported a UFO contrail and something shiny at FL330 while assigned FL320. The Salt Lake City center (ZLC) took the report. The entry says HQ DEN equipment showed no traffic in the reported area, and the pilot was given contact information for the National UFO Reporting Center.
This 2023 Federal Aviation Administration release contains a single Skywatch incident report dated December 15, 2014. The crew of Southwest Airlines flight SWA2346, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Midway to Parkersburg, reported a strobe light flashing about once every 30 seconds, 20 nautical miles west of Parkersburg at FL380, and the pilot called it a UFO. Indianapolis Center found no other aircraft that saw it at first. Later reports put the light high in the atmosphere, possibly a satellite or space debris.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023 under the file number 237UAP00021, logs a closed report from Washington Center (ZDC) dated January 15, 2015. The crew of TCF641, an Embraer 170 flying from Jacksonville to Newark, reported five or six UFOs at 28,500 feet. Other aircraft had reported strobing lights in the same area. NORAD said there was no activity in the area, and EADS was notified.
This 2023 Federal Aviation Administration release reproduces a closed Skywatch incident report dated May 17, 2015, filed through Salt Lake City Center (ZLC). According to the report, United flight UAL935, a Boeing 777-200 from Los Angeles bound for London Heathrow, was at FL400 and ASA794 was at FL390 when both crews saw a bright light above them. The light was moving northeast at an excessive rate of speed. Multiple other aircraft in the area reported the same sighting, and ZLC was advised to report the event to the UFO reporting center.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration record, 237UAP00023, released in 2023. It logs an event on July 24, 2015 that was reported by the Washington center facility (ZDC). According to the remarks, the operations manager in charge said two aircraft, N605WG and AVA020, saw a UFO about 150 nautical miles north of the SWL VORTAC at roughly FL500. The object was lit and moved west to east at high speed. EADS was notified, and the record is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record from the Department of Transportation, released in 2023, logs a report from 23:02 on 10/23/2015. The PCT facility said a caller had seen two UFOs near exit 50 on Route 95 (Caton Rd.), south of Baltimore, and described them as small, low and stationary. No further information was provided. The PCT was told to report the sighting to the UFO reporting center and was given the number, and the entry is marked closed.
This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration record, catalogued as 237UAP00026, from the Department of Transportation. It logs an event dated 01/02/2016 that Jacksonville Center (ZJX) reported. According to the remarks, the pilot of UAL1049, a flight from EWR with MMUN as the new destination, was 30 miles south of FLO when they saw a fast-moving UFO at FL370. The object was 500 feet above the aircraft and travelling in the opposite direction. No description was given, and the report's status is closed.
This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration release of a closed Skywatch incident report dated February 6, 2017, from New York Center. The crew of AWI3851, a CRJ2 flying from Washington National with Bangor as its new destination, reported a white object off the right side that was descending with the aircraft and seemed to follow it. When controllers pointed out a parallel Southwest Boeing 737 departing Philadelphia, the crew said the object was most likely that aircraft, about 20 NM away and into the sun. No further action was taken.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, dated March 2, 2018 and marked closed, records an unmanned aircraft event near Houston. Houston approach control (I90) observed a radar target climb from 1,000 to 10,100 feet and hover over the approach end of runway 31L. Radar replay tagged it briefly as UFO before it descended and dropped from the display. Houston tower visually saw a large white UAS. No aircraft saw it, and air traffic control was not affected.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration record for report 237UAP00032, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023. It logs a report made on March 6, 2018, and taken by the Denver facility (ZDV). The crew of a Beech King Air, callsign LN77HE, flying from APA with a new destination of GLD, reported a UFO at 9,000 feet. They described it as a circular pattern of red and green lights moving slowly westbound. The case is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report dates from 5 June 2018 and was filed through the Albuquerque Center (ZAB). It records multiple aircraft flying northwest from the Dallas-Fort Worth area that reported a possible UFO near Amarillo, Texas. NORAD said it had no known activity in the area. An internet search by ZAB then found a NASA website showing that the International Space Station would be visible from that area at that time. The event was logged in the daily record and closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report dated June 15, 2018 and released in 2023. The Washington Center facility (ZDC) passed on five UFO reports over the Patuxent (PXT) VOR between FL320 and FL350, and the objects appeared on the TCAS displays of other aircraft in the area. The Department of Defense was asked to check for military activity. It reported a couple of F-22s in the area but could not say whether they caused the reports. The report is closed.
This FAA Skywatch Incident Report, record 237UAP00035, was released in 2023. It covers a sighting on November 3, 2018 that the Fort Wayne facility (FWA) reported. Indiana State Police and the Whitley County Sheriff's Office told the tower about a circular object with red and green strobe lights hovering over Columbia City Hospital. FAA headquarters gave out the UFO Hotline number and found nothing when it monitored traffic within 40 miles. The sheriff later said the object could no longer be seen, and no further action was taken.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023, about an event at 17:26 on 8 February 2019. The pilot of United Airlines flight UAL1104, a Boeing 737-700 that departed Denver and was diverted to Anchorage, reported a static UFO with red, green and white lights between FL370 and FL390. Salt Lake Center (ZLC) passed the UFO call center number to the pilot and saw no radar targets in the area other than UAL1104. The report is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023 as case 237UAP00037, logs a UFO report from 10 February 2019. The pilot of Alaska Airlines-coded flight ASA428, a Boeing 737-900 flying south at FL350 from Los Angeles and headed to Seattle, reported a slow-moving object with a white flashing light. The pilot estimated its altitude at FL400 to FL500 and said it was heading northeast. Seattle Center (ZSE) saw a primary radar target nearby moving at 20 knots, and WADS was notified. The report is closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, 237UAP00038, was released by the Department of Transportation in 2023. It logs a closed report dated 02/10/2019 at 04:58, filed through the WOC facility. Boston Center (ZBW) relayed that the pilot of flight EWG1113, an Airbus A330-300 flying from EDDL to EWR, saw a UFO with flashing lights at FL500 that was descending rapidly. The aircraft was eastbound at FL390, 90 nautical miles southeast of Boston.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report dated March 4, 2019, filed by the Memphis Center (ZME) facility. It says two aircraft, around 0115Z, reported a bright light near them. United flight UAL1065 confirmed the light, and the crew of Aeromexico flight AMX636, a Boeing 737-800 flying from CYUL to MMMX, used the term UFO. No evasive action was taken. A FALCON review found numerous aircraft near the reporting aircraft, and no other reports were made.
This Federal Aviation Administration record from the Department of Transportation, released in 2023, logs a pilot UFO report from January 7, 2020. The pilot of a Cessna C525 general aviation flight, callsign N28QA, flying from CTJ to BTR, saw a string of white lights off the left side at about FL350. At the time the aircraft was at FL240, heading west about 30 NM southeast of Talladega, Alabama. No evasive action was taken, the UFO Reporting Center was notified, and the case is closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023 and filed as 237UAP00042. It records a UFO report from the pilot of a general aviation Cessna 680, callsign N317QS, on 9 November 2020. The pilot was flying from IAH to TTPP, heading southeast at FL450 near the Bimini VOR. The pilot saw a light above the aircraft that was "brighter than any star they had ever seen." No evasive action was taken, and Miami Center contacted the UFO Reporting Center.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, logs a pilot report from November 14, 2020. The pilot in command of PDT6182, a commercial Embraer E145 flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Harrisburg (MDT), reported a UFO at 3615N 8047W while northbound at 15,000 feet. The report was filed through the ZTL facility as a mandatory occurrence report. The UFO reporting center was notified, and the case is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023 and catalogued as 237UAP00044, logs an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) report filed through Washington Center (ZDC). It concerns flight AWI3763, a commercial CRJ2 flying from CAE to IAD. At 2055 on December 26, 2020, the crew reported that a silver UFO passed overhead while they were northeast bound at 29,000 feet, 13 NM southwest of RDU. No evasive action was taken, and the UFO reporting center was notified, after which the case was closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023, documents a February 13, 2021 event reported through the ZTL facility. The pilot of N14SC, a general aviation TBM8 flying from JZI to EVV, reported a UFO off the right side while northwest bound at FL 180. The pilot described the object as fast moving and climbing. A message was left with the UFO reporting center, and the report is marked closed.
This 2023 Federal Aviation Administration release (item 237UAP00046) is a closed Skywatch Incident Report. It records that on February 21, 2021, the pilot in command of American Airlines flight AAL2292, an A320 flying from CVG to PHX, reported a UFO at FL360. The pilot described a long cylindrical object that was moving eastbound and passed over the top of the aircraft. The report was filed through the ZAB facility, and the UFO reporting center was notified.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report, released in 2023, about an event on March 8, 2021. It records that the pilot of Delta flight DAL1748, an A320 flying from Fort Lauderdale to LaGuardia, reported two bright lights between ORF and RIC that looked like a formation flight heading northeast. The crew said the formation seemed to fly toward them and then turn around. The UFO reporting center was notified, and the report is marked closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023, about an event on April 19, 2021. It was filed through Indianapolis Center (ZID). The pilot of Endeavor Air flight EDV4979, a CRJ9 flying south at FL250 from Dayton to Atlanta, reported a red orb with black markings passing about 30 feet above and 200 feet to the right of the aircraft. The pilot suggested it might be a weather balloon. A review of the tapes found the pilot never called it a UFO, and the report was closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023 and designated 237UAP00049. It records an event at 05:45 on April 26, 2021, reported by Washington Center (ZDC). The pilots of N39RC, a C560 general aviation flight from PBI to ABE, and of JBU1380 described a white, rapidly circling light at about FL450 off the right side of their aircraft. Both pilots said it lasted only a short time and disappeared at once. The report is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, is a closed occurrence report numbered 237UAP00050. It logs a UFO report made on May 4, 2021 through Albuquerque Center (ZAB). The crew was flying a general aviation Galaxy jet, callsign N946BA, from EDC to Las Vegas. The pilot in command reported a UFO passing left to right at FL370 near ABQ165025. It moved too fast to be described, and the UFO call center was notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023, records an unidentified aerial phenomenon on May 20, 2021, reported through Washington Center (ZDC). A controller saw a Mode C intruder alert moving slowly northwest about 50 miles southeast of RIC at FL400. One of two queried aircraft at FL390 reported a phenomenon just above it, and the other saw contrails. CONR observed a primary target, while an AMOC replay found nothing. The report is marked closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration report, numbered 237UAP00052, released in 2023. It records a pilot report of an unidentified aerial phenomenon on May 21, 2021, filed through the ZOB reporting facility. The crew of a general aviation F2TH aircraft, callsign N992CE, flying from DAL to PTK, reported a cluster of lights moving in a circular direction at about FL350. The aircraft was northeast bound at FL210, 9.6 NM southeast of LFD. Hillsdale police were notified.
This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration release, from the Department of Transportation, of an unidentified aerial phenomenon report logged at DCA on June 4, 2021 at 15:02. It records that the Arlington County Police Department reported a phenomenon in the Fort Myer area. The entry says the object was possibly a large balloon moving east at about 600 to 1000 feet. The report was not paged and its status is closed.
This is a Skywatch Incident Report from the Federal Aviation Administration, part of the Department of Transportation, released in 2023. It records an event on June 9, 2021, reported by the Los Angeles center (ZLA). The crew of a GLF4 on a commercial flight from VNY to CMH reported a glowing white cylindrical object. The object was off the right side of the aircraft at FL450, 29 NM southwest of GCN. It paralleled the aircraft at the same speed about 3,000 feet above, and the pilot took photos and video.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report for an unidentified aerial phenomenon at 00:27 on June 10, 2021, filed by the N90 reporting facility. A Gulfstream IV business jet flying from Teterboro to Westover reported what it described as a manned jet pack. The object was circling at about 8,000 to 9,000 feet while the aircraft climbed northeast out of 9,000 feet. No evasive maneuvers were taken, and the report is marked closed.
This 2023 release from the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration contains a closed Skywatch incident report dated June 12, 2021, filed by the Miami facility (ZMA). It covers an ENY E170 flying from Portland (PWM) to Miami. The crew said an unidentified aerial phenomenon passed underneath them while they flew south-southwest at FL200, 40 NM east-northeast of Palm Beach over water. They described it as white, diamond shaped, smaller than their aircraft and moving fast northbound. The Palm Beach Sheriff was notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023 by the Department of Transportation, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon report from June 19, 2021. The crew of commercial flight CTL357, flying from Birmingham to Nashville, reported the phenomenon on both the left and right sides of the aircraft. At the time they were northbound at 9,000 feet, 10 nautical miles east of Huntsville. Memphis Center (ZME) was the reporting facility. The aircraft moved 1 nautical mile to the north, and the record's status is closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report, released in 2023 by the Department of Transportation, documents an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on June 20, 2021. A commercial C56X aircraft, callsign SLH4, flying from LNK to EWR, reported the phenomenon while heading east-northeast at FL430 over ACO. The flight crew did not describe the object, which was traveling in an unknown direction at about the same altitude. The report is marked closed, and no law enforcement notification was reported.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, about an unidentified aerial phenomenon logged at 00:57 on June 25, 2021. The pilot of a general aviation Cessna 182 reported seeing a jet pack at 5,400 feet near Long Beach, heading northwest, and took no evasive action. Long Beach police were told it was a hazard to aviation but said they did not have the manpower to search for the individual.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, about an event on July 24, 2021 that was coded as an unidentified aerial phenomenon. It says a commercial CRJ7 flying from Detroit to Newark under callsign GJS4582 struck a silver balloon at about 11,000 feet over BWZ while heading southeast. The balloon was rising at the time. The report records no damage or injuries, and its status is closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration record, part of a 2023 Department of Transportation release, logging an unidentified aerial phenomenon report from 07/29/2021. The crew of CKS363, a commercial B744 flying from MCO to LAX, reported the phenomenon while westbound at 5,000 feet, 15 NM east of LAX. The remarks describe the unknown phenomenon as a jet pack. The report was filed through SCT, AWO/JH was notified, and the case is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report, released in 2023, records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on 6 August 2021 by the crew of commercial Boeing 747 flight ABD765, flying from RFD to EDDF. The aircraft was heading east-northeast at FL330 near the PMM VOR. The crew saw an object with star-shaped lighting ahead of them that rapidly changed altitude and then hovered. No evasive action was reported, and Chicago Center (ZAU) planned to call the UFO reporting hotline. The report is closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023, records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on August 22, 2021 at 16:30. The pilot of a general aviation PA46, callsign N398WF, flying from CPK to 7FL6, saw the phenomenon off the aircraft's left side while heading southwest at FL200, 10 NM northeast of ISO. Neither the pilot nor the facility gave any further information. Staff called the National UFO reporting number, notified AWO/CM and closed the report.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report released in 2023. It records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported at 06:34 on August 28, 2021 by Southwest Airlines flight SWA2067, a Boeing 737 flying from RSW to BWI. The crew was northbound at FL400 over Richmond when they saw an object ahead of them. It was strobing in a racetrack pattern near DCA at about FL550 or higher and was no longer visible by 0637. The report is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon report from 29 August 2021. The pilot of a general aviation EV97 aircraft, callsign N712MF, was flying southeast at 3,500 feet, 6 NM east of OAK. The pilot reported seeing a person in a jet pack at 3,000 feet. NCT was the reporting facility, no evasive action was taken, and the report is marked closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023, that records an unidentified aerial phenomenon on August 29, 2021. Salt Lake Center (ZLC) reported it, and the report is now closed. The pilot of general aviation aircraft N140BF, flying southeast at 11,500 feet about 33 nautical miles east of FFU, saw a jet pack with red and green lights off the left side. The pilot turned south to avoid it.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on August 30, 2021. The crew of commercial flight ASH6208, an E75L departing Miami for Washington Dulles, reported it at 11,500 feet, 15 nautical miles north of Fort Lauderdale. They said the phenomenon shot straight up from the ground past the plane, off the left side. The report provides no other information and is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, logs a closed report of an unidentified aerial phenomenon at 01:17 on 09/12/2021. The general aviation flight involved was a C680 with callsign N824HH, going from CMA to DAL, and the report was handled by the ZAB facility. According to the remarks, the pilot saw the phenomenon 1,000 feet above the aircraft while flying southeast at FL410, 65 NM east of ABQ, and could not describe its elements.
This 2023 Federal Aviation Administration release is a single-page Skywatch incident report, closed, with the primary code "unidentified aerial phenomenon." It covers September 25, 2021, when the crew of SkyWest flight SKW5329, an E75L flying from ACV to LAX, reported a manned jetpack off their left side. They were southeast bound at 11,000 feet, 17 nautical miles northwest of LAX. The jetpack was heading north below the aircraft, and the crew took no evasive action.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023, records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported at 15:47 on October 16, 2021, and handled by NCRCC. PCT reported a primary target near DAA moving northeast. It did not appear on AADS or AMOSS, and Department of Defense data showed it fading. Pentagon Police reported a UAS alert near Arlington Ridge Road. Helicopters and DCA searched for the target, but no visual verification was made, and the report is closed.