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This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023 as part of the Department of Transportation's UAP files, documents an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on August 22, 2024. The crew of ENY3680, an E170 commercial flight from Miami to Oklahoma City, saw four or five lights in front of the aircraft while flying northwest at FL340. The crew said the lights maneuvered in all directions at roughly FL350 to FL400. ATC facility radar did not detect the phenomenon, and the report is marked closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report for an unidentified aerial phenomenon on September 15, 2024, filed by the ZTL facility. It is now closed. The crew of EJA538, a C68A flying from Houston to JFK, was northeast bound at FL410 about 50 NM east of VXV. They reported three white lights in trail of each other, slightly higher and in the distance. The report notes the phenomenon was not seen on the facility's ATC radar.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported at 05:21 on October 1, 2024. The crew of Southwest Airlines flight SWA986, a Boeing 737 flying north from San Diego to Oakland at FL400 about 16 nautical miles southwest of LAX, saw bright lights off the left side, orbiting and stationary at about FL600. The objects did not appear on air traffic control radar. The report notes that they matched a Starlink map, and the case is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023 by the Department of Transportation, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported at 01:40 on 10/03/2024. A commercial CRJ7 flying as JIA5656 from DCA to MKE was northwest bound at FL380 over CAK airport when the crew saw a bright white light orbiting at about FL600 before it disappeared. The object was not observed on ATC facility radar, and the report is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released by the Department of Transportation, records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported at 00:10 on October 19, 2024. The crew of EJA647, a C56X flying from TEB to CHS, saw an orange light off the left side while southwest bound at 7,000 feet, 7 nautical miles southeast of CHS. The light rose straight up to 10,000 feet and came back down without moving in any direction. ATC radar did not detect it, and the report is closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023, is coded as an unidentified aerial phenomenon and dated October 20, 2024. The Chicago Center facility (ZAU) recorded that the crew of Spirit flight NKS2376, an A320neo flying from Las Vegas to Detroit at FL370, saw a light to their east and below them. The pilot said the light seemed to climb and descend while moving right to left. The last sighting came over Lake Michigan on an eastbound heading. The report is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report, released in 2023 as part of a Department of Transportation collection, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on October 21, 2024. American Airlines flight AAL2694, a Boeing 737 MAX flying from SYCJ to JFK at FL360, reported several orbs moving in multiple directions at about FL400 to FL600, 125 nautical miles southeast of Atlantic City. The report states the phenomenon was not seen on air traffic control radar, and the case is closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023 by the Department of Transportation, covers an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported at 01:54 on 22 October 2024. The crew of commercial flight EDV4925, a CRJ9 flying from LGA to CHA, reported bright white and yellow flashing lights off the left side. The crew was southwest bound at FL360 over LDN, and the lights were stationary at about FL500 to FL600. The report says the object was not seen on ATC radar, and its status is closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report, released in 2023 by the Department of Transportation, describes an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on October 26, 2024. The crew of American Airlines flight AAL1468, a B38M flying west at FL360 from Miami to San Antonio, reported white lights circling above the aircraft at about FL370, 170 nautical miles west of RSW. The report, filed by facility ZMA and now closed, notes that the object was not seen on ATC radar.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023, is a preliminary FAA operations report on an event of February 8, 2019. Salt Lake ARTCC said the pilot of United 1104, a B737 flying from Anchorage to Denver, reported a UFO with red, green and white lights hovering between FL370 and FL390, 10 miles southeast of the Coppertown VOR near Butte, Montana. The crew took no evasive action, and radar showed no other targets in the area.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023, is a preliminary FAA operations report dated February 9, 2019. Seattle ARTCC advised that the crew of Alaska Airlines flight 428, a Boeing 737-900 flying south at FL350 from Seattle to Los Angeles, reported a slow-moving UFO. The object showed a flashing white light between FL400 and FL500 and was heading northeast, 14 miles north-northeast of Chiloquin, Oregon. WADS was notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023, logs a UAS incident on July 13, 2019. FAA operations reported that Endeavor flight 3468, a CRJ9 flying from Asheville to LaGuardia, saw a large UAS or "UFO" at 11,300 feet about 10 miles southwest of Robbinsville, New Jersey. The report says the crew took no evasive action and gave no description of the object or its direction of flight. Law enforcement was not notified.
This 2023 Federal Aviation Administration release is a short preliminary incident record from FAA operations dated April 26, 2021. Washington ARTCC advised that the crew of N39RC, a Cessna C56X flying from PBI to ABE, reported a white UFO circling at FL450, 240 miles southwest of IAD, visible from the aircraft's right side. No evasive action was taken, no law enforcement notification was reported, and flight JBU1380 confirmed the report.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, part of a 2023 release, is a preliminary report from FAA operations about an incident near Palm Springs, California, on May 18, 2021. SoCal TRACON said the crew of UPS 913, a Boeing 757 flying east at FL240 about 29 miles west of Palm Springs, saw an object pass 500 feet below the left wing. The pilot described a fast-moving, white, torpedo-shaped object and said it was not a drone. The crew took no evasive action, and the National UFO Reporting Office was notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023, logs a preliminary FAA operations report dated March 9, 2022, titled "N499PA UFO-UAP ACTIVITY." At 7:39 p.m. Eastern, Washington ARTCC advised that the crew of N499PA, a Raytheon H25 flying from Teterboro to Peachtree-DeKalb, saw an unmanned aircraft while southbound at FL400, 10 miles north of Lynchburg, Virginia. The crew described it as a "UFO with a line of stationary strobe lights above." No evasive action or law enforcement notification was reported.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023, is a preliminary FAA operations report dated April 21, 2022. It says Washington ARTCC advised that Flexjet 359, an E55P flying from Boston to Huntsville at FL450 near the Kessel VOR in West Virginia, reported a UFO 10,000 feet above the aircraft. While the jet passed beneath the object, the pilot reported problems with the attitude reference system and autopilot. Flights SWA368, SWA1393 and UAL46 also reported a similar phenomenon.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023, is a preliminary incident report on Allegiant flight 913, an A320, dated July 17, 2022. Near Greenville, Mississippi, the crew was flying southeast at FL370, 35 miles north of GLH, when they reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon above the aircraft. They described it as lights with no contrail, traveling at roughly FL600 or higher. The report notes that the information was passed to the National UFO Reporting Center.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023, is a short preliminary report from FAA operations dated August 7, 2022. It states that Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center relayed a report from American Airlines flight 2561, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Dallas-Fort Worth to Charlotte. At about 1:30 a.m. Central time, while cruising at 37,000 feet over Little Rock, Arkansas, the crew reported a possible UFO above their altitude. The record gives no further details or conclusions.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023, is a preliminary FAA operations report for an event on August 14, 2022 involving aircraft N782HG near Wilmington, North Carolina. At 0322 Eastern, a pilot flying westbound 95 miles southeast of Wilmington reported a possible UFO at the 11 o'clock position at FL450. The pilot described three lights in a row above the aircraft and said they appeared to be in geosynchronous orbit. Several other aircraft reported the same sighting.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023, is a preliminary FAA operations report dated December 12, 2022. It says two airliners, UPS 2897 (a B763) and JetBlue 2924 (an A321), reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon, or UFO, at their 12 o'clock position. At the time they were eastbound 20 miles west of RWN near Winamac, Indiana, and the report puts the object between FL500 and FL600. Neither crew took evasive action, and no law enforcement notification was reported.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration preliminary report, released in 2023, on an event dated December 14, 2022. American Airlines flight 276, an A321 flying east from San Francisco to New York JFK at FL350, reported an aerial phenomenon, called a UFO, at its 12 o'clock position about 45 miles east of St. Joseph, Missouri. The report records that the crew took no evasive action and that the UFO Reporting Center was notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration preliminary operations report covers an event on January 14, 2023, at 0430 Central time near Fayetteville, Arkansas. It says the crew of Delta flight 722, an A321 flying from Las Vegas to Atlanta, reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The object was above the aircraft at the 11 o'clock position while the flight was eastbound at FL350 over the Razorback VORTAC. The pilot said it looked like two aircraft with red and white lights at a very high altitude.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023, is a preliminary FAA operations report dated January 14, 2023. It says Delta flight 726, an A330 flying east from Kahului to Atlanta at 39,000 feet, reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon above the aircraft at the 11 o'clock position over the Razorback VORTAC near Fayetteville, Arkansas. The pilot said the UAP looked like two aircraft with red and white lights at a very high altitude.
This Federal Aviation Administration preliminary report covers an event near St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, at 2:38 a.m. EST on January 23, 2023. Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center advised that Delta 8934, a Boeing 757 flying from Miami to New Orleans, reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon at its 12 o'clock position. The aircraft was northwest bound at flight level 380, 40 miles southwest of PIE. No evasive action was taken, and the UFO Reporting Center was notified.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration preliminary operations report from 2023, released by the Department of Transportation, logging a UAP report made on January 26, 2023 near Lynchburg, Virginia. The crew of N926FM, an Embraer E135 from Charlotte, reported the object at the 12 o'clock position while descending from FL360 to FL340 about 10 miles northeast of Lynchburg. They described it as a shiny, missile-shaped object with a smoke trail, climbing through FL360. The report says law enforcement notification was not reported.
This Federal Aviation Administration record from the Department of Transportation is a preliminary FAA operations report on an unidentified aerial phenomenon near Lynchburg, Virginia, at 7:15 PM EST on January 26, 2023. The crew of N541Z, a Dassault Falcon 2000 flying from Teterboro to Charlotte, reported the object while descending southwest from FL430. The report says the object was also traveling southwest and descended into the cloud base 10 miles north of Lynchburg. It was observed for 100 miles.
This Federal Aviation Administration preliminary report covers an event on January 29, 2023, at 6:29 a.m. CST near Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. Minneapolis ARTCC said the crew of American Airlines Flight 2547, an A321 flying from Phoenix to Charlotte at FL370, reported two to three sets of unidentified aerial phenomena moving right to left and left to right. The pilot said the objects looked like a star turning on and off about every minute. Other aircraft were heard reporting the incident on other frequencies.
This Federal Aviation Administration preliminary report comes from the Department of Transportation and is dated February 1, 2023. It records a UAP report from American Airlines flight 2399, an A21N flying from Las Vegas to Charlotte. The crew said they saw red, green and white lights moving in formation and changing color and brightness on the left side of the aircraft. The flight was eastbound at FL350, 10 miles west of Nashville. No evasive action was taken, and the Bowling Green police department was notified.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration preliminary operations report dated February 1, 2023, filed under the title MERRILL, IA UFO-UAP. The FAA Central ROC relayed a concerned citizen's account of something green, about the size of a car, falling from the sky near Merrill, Iowa, at 5:45 a.m. local time. The report was passed to the Plymouth County Sheriff, whose department said a known green meteor had crossed the sky at the time reported.
This Federal Aviation Administration preliminary operations report covers an unidentified aerial phenomenon near Washington, DC on February 1, 2023, at 7:59 PM EST. The National Capital Region Coordination Center passed on a report from a helicopter crew, FFX1. The crew saw the phenomenon on their left side while orbiting at 1,200 feet, 8 miles southwest of Reagan National Airport (DCA). The report says no evasive action was taken and that NCRCC was notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, part of a 2023 release, logs a preliminary FAA operations report dated February 2, 2023. The report says Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center advised that United Airlines flight 1046, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Seattle, reported bright lights 4,000 feet above it. The aircraft was westbound at flight level 360, 27 miles east-northeast of Sioux City, Iowa. The record notes no evasive action and no law enforcement notification.
This Federal Aviation Administration record from 2023 is a preliminary report from FAA operations about UFO/UAP activity on February 3, 2023, at 9:35 PM CST. Kansas City ARTCC said that JetBlue flight 1211, an A21N flying from JFK to Las Vegas, reported multi-colored flashing lights at its 12 o'clock position. The aircraft was westbound at FL360, 36 miles south of MCI. The crew took no evasive action, and no law enforcement notification was reported.
This Federal Aviation Administration preliminary operations report covers UFO/UAP activity on February 3, 2023, near Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City ARTCC advised that Southwest flight 2520, a Boeing 737 flying from St. Louis to Phoenix, reported multi-colored flashing lights at its 12 o'clock position. At the time the flight was westbound at FL380, 36 miles south of Kansas City International. No evasive action was taken and no law enforcement notification was reported.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, part of a 2023 Department of Transportation release, is a preliminary operations report of UFO/UAP activity near Billings, Montana, on February 3, 2023, at 9:39 PM MST. Salt Lake City ARTCC relayed a report from United Airlines flight 1580, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Vancouver. While heading west-northwest at FL380 about 60 miles east of Billings, the crew reported orbiting lights above the aircraft. No evasive action and no law enforcement notification were reported.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration preliminary operations report from 2023 about UFO/UAP activity on February 5, 2023, near Jackson, Mississippi. Memphis ARTCC said the crew of Delta 395, a B763 flying from LAX to ATL, reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon at the 12 o'clock position while eastbound at FL350, 35 miles west-northwest of JAN. The crew saw about 10 lights at high altitude moving in multiple directions for 5 to 10 seconds before they faded out. The crew took no evasive action.
This Federal Aviation Administration preliminary operations report is dated February 7, 2023. It records that Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center relayed a report from United flight 1164, a Boeing 737-800 flying from San Francisco to Toronto. The crew saw an unidentified aerial phenomenon maneuvering between flight levels 450 and 600 near the Wolbach VORTAC in Nebraska at 0344 Central time. Multiple aircraft reported seeing two to three targets with flashing lights in the general area.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, part of a 2023 Department of Transportation release, logs a preliminary report from FAA operations about UAP activity near Chanute, Kansas, on February 9, 2023 at 2113 local time. Kansas City ARTCC advised that N378BG, a Raytheon B300 flying from BBG to FNL, reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon with white and red flashing lights. The crew saw it at the 9 o'clock position while northwest bound at FL280, 15 miles south of CNU. No injuries or law enforcement notification were reported.
This 2023 Federal Aviation Administration record is a preliminary report from FAA operations about unidentified aerial phenomenon activity near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, at 3:30 a.m. EST on February 10, 2023. New York ARTCC advised that UPS flight 1016, a B763 flying from SDF to BOS, reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon with bright lights at its 12 o'clock position. The aircraft was northeast bound at FL370, 18 miles west of WBW. No evasive action was taken and law enforcement notification was not reported.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, dated February 10, 2023, is a preliminary FAA operations report of UFO/UAP activity near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It says New York ARTCC advised that UPS flight 1052, a B752 flying from MHT to BGR, reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon with bright lights at the 12 o'clock position at 0345 Eastern. The aircraft was northeast bound at FL370. No evasive action was taken and no law enforcement notification was reported.
This Federal Aviation Administration record from the Department of Transportation logs a UFO-UAP activity report from February 11, 2023. According to preliminary FAA operations information, Chicago ARTCC reported that American 403, an A320 flying from Denver to Philadelphia, saw lights circling off its left side at the same altitude or higher. The flight was eastbound at FL350 near Iowa City, Iowa. The entry notes that similar phenomena reported the week before were determined to be a chain of satellites, and that LEOS was not notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration record from the Department of Transportation is a preliminary FAA operations report on UFO-UAP activity near Iowa City, Iowa, at 3:05 a.m. CST on February 11, 2023. Chicago ARTCC advised that Spirit 656, an A20N flying eastbound from LAX to Pittsburgh at FL370, reported lights circling off its left side at the same altitude or higher. The report notes that similar phenomena reported the previous week were determined to be a chain of satellites. Law enforcement was not notified.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration preliminary operations report dated February 11, 2023, about UFO/UAP activity near Iowa City, Iowa. Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center advised that Delta 384, a Boeing 737-800 flying from San Diego to JFK, reported lights circling off its left side at the same altitude or higher while it flew eastbound at FL370. The report notes that similar phenomena reported the week before were determined to be a chain of satellites. Law enforcement was not notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration preliminary report from the Department of Transportation covers UFO/UAP activity at 3:30 a.m. CST on February 11, 2023, near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Minneapolis ARTCC advised that the crew of Air Canada Rouge flight 1704, an A321 flying east from Las Vegas to Toronto, saw lights at the 12 o'clock position. The lights were at the same altitude or higher while the flight was between FL350 and FL370, 25 miles south of FSD. Law enforcement was not notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, part of a 2023 release, is a preliminary FAA operations report of UFO/UAP activity near Sioux Falls, South Dakota on February 11, 2023 at 3:32 AM CST. Minneapolis ARTCC advised that United 2059, a Boeing 777 flying eastbound from San Francisco to Newark between FL350 and FL370, reported lights "coming and going" at the same altitude or higher, 25 miles south of Sioux Falls. The report notes that law enforcement was not notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration record is a preliminary FAA operations report dated February 11, 2023, logged at 3:32 AM Central time. It says Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center advised that Hawaiian 90, an A332 flying from Honolulu to Boston, reported lights "coming and going" at the same altitude or higher. The crew was eastbound between flight levels 350 and 370, about 25 miles south of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Law enforcement was not notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration record is a preliminary report from FAA operations. It covers UFO/UAP activity on February 11, 2023, at 0335 Central time, near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. According to the Minneapolis ARTCC, the crew of United 1786 reported lights "coming and going" at the same altitude or higher. The flight was a Boeing 737 MAX 9 going from Los Angeles to Cleveland, heading east between FL350 and FL370 about 25 miles south of Sioux Falls. Law enforcement was not notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration preliminary report from FAA operations logs UAP activity near Burlington, Vermont, on 12 February 2023 at 3:25 a.m. Eastern time. Boston ARTCC said that the crew of Cargolux Italia 93PK, a Boeing 747 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Luxembourg at FL350, saw a light that seemed to be above FL600 and moving erratically. Three lights formed a triangle and merged into one light several times. The crew of a second northbound aircraft reported the same thing.
This Federal Aviation Administration operations log entry, dated February 12, 2023, records preliminary information about UFO/UAP activity near Dowagiac, Michigan. The Cass County Sheriff Department reported a straight line of 10 to 15 flashing lights passing northbound over Cass County near US 12 and US 60. The entry notes that no aircraft reported an incident and that South Bend TRACON was notified.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration preliminary operations report, released in 2023, about a UFO/UAP sighting over Chester, Massachusetts, on 13 February 2023 at about 6:20 PM EST. Boston ARTCC said the pilot of Henson 6044, an E145 flying from Boston to Harrisburg at FL260, reported a string of lights moving at high speed. Other aircraft in the area reported seeing the same thing, but their call signs were not recorded. The report says the lights possibly correlate with Starlink satellites over Massachusetts at that time.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration preliminary operations report dated February 15, 2023, logged as AIP5042 UFO-UAP activity near Billings, Montana. The Billings air traffic control tower said the crew of Alpine 5042, a Beech BE99 flying out of Billings, reported an unidentified object in the mid FL200 altitudes near the airport. The crew described two separate lights circling. The lights appeared for about 5 seconds and then disappeared for 8 seconds.