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20060474F 001 011 2023
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This document contains an email communication regarding a near-miss incident involving a Swissair 747 and an unidentified flying object (UFO) near Philadelphia. The pilot and copilot provided differing descriptions of the object, which was reported to have passed dangerously close to the aircraft at 23,000 feet.
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| Location | Context | Confidence | Supporting text |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPTON ROADS, Virginia | Unknown Context | Unresolved | …--------------------- ARCHITECTURE - Your Guide: Jackie Craven http://architecture.miningco.com/ BODYBUILDING - Your Guide: Lori Braun http://bodybuilding.mini |
| PIEDMONT TRIAD, North Carolina | Unknown Context | Unresolved | …by http://hamptonroads.miningco.com/ EDMONTON - Your Guide: Paula E. Kirman http://edmonton.miningco.com/ HARLEM - Your Guide: Karen Nicolini http://harlem.min |
| SCRANTON, PA | Incident Location | Unresolved | …GIONAL T H EATRE~ Your Guide: David McGraw http://regiontheatre.miningco.com/ RETAIL INDUSTRY~ Your Guide: Nicholas White http://retailindustry.miningco.com/ T |
| PHILADELPHIA | Incident Location | Unresolved | ARMS Email System Page l of 1 RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL) CREATOR: Jonathan Orszag ( ORSZAG_J) (OPD) CREATION DATE/TIME:26-SEP-1997 14:04:22.16 SU |
| Philadelphia | Incident Location | Unresolved | …/TIME:26-SEP-1997 14:04:22.16 SUBJECT: UFO NEARLY HIT 747 NEAR PHILADELPHIA, SWISSAIR SAYS TO: FAX (917034138622,Mary Matalin) READ:NOT READ TEXT: Date: 09/26/ |
| PHILADELPHIA | Incident Location | Unresolved | …nal destination was Zurich. APNP-09-26-97 1320EDT ARMS Email System Page 1 of l RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL) CREATOR: Jonathan Orszag ( ORSZAG_J) |
| Philadelphia | Incident Location | Unresolved | …DATE/TIME:26-SEP-1997 15:12:08.21 SUBJECT: UFO NEARLY HIT 747 NEAR PHILADELPHIA, SWISSAIR SAYS TO: FAX (918188402292,Jon Macks) READ:NOT READ TEXT: Date: 09/26 |
| Philadelphia. The pilot and copilot | Incident Location | Unresolved | This document contains an email communication regarding a near-miss incident involving a Swissair 747 and an unidentified flying object (UFO) near Philadelphia. |
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ARMS Email System
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Jonathan Orszag ( ORSZAG_J) (OPD)
CREATION DATE/TIME:26-SEP-1997 14:04:22.16
SUBJECT: UFO NEARLY HIT 747 NEAR PHILADELPHIA, SWISSAIR SAYS
TO: FAX (917034138622,Mary Matalin)
READ:NOT READ
TEXT:
Date: 09/26/97 Time: 13:18
( TLXAlMAIL_\F:917034138622\C:Mary Matalin\
BUFO nearly hit 747 near Philadelphia, Swissair says
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) An unidentified, wingless object
traveling at high speed passed dangerously close to a Swissair
jetliner between Philadelphia and Boston, the airline said Friday.
The pilot and copilot gave u
.
. s. investigators different
descriptions of the object that passed about 50 yards from the
Boeing 747 after it had taken off from Philadelphia on Aug. 9, said
the airline.
The pilot told the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
that the object as long and wingless, but the copilot said it was
more spherical, Swissair spokesman Erwin Schaerer said.
The incident took place at 23,000 feet. The plane's final
destination was Zurich.
APNP-09-26-97 1320EDT
ARMS Email System
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Jonathan Orszag ( ORSZAG_J) (OPD)
CREATION DATE/TIME:26-SEP-1997 15:12:08.21
SUBJECT: UFO NEARLY HIT 747 NEAR PHILADELPHIA, SWISSAIR SAYS
TO: FAX (918188402292,Jon Macks)
READ:NOT READ
TEXT:
Date: 09/26/97 Time: 13:18
TLXAlMAIL_\F:918188402292\C:Jon Macks\\ )
BUFO nearly hit 747 near Philadelphia, Swissair says
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) An unidentified, wingless object
traveling at high speed passed dangerously close to a swissair
jetliner between Philadelphia and Boston, the airline said Friday.
The pilot and copilot gave U.S. investigators different
descriptions of the object that passed about 50 yards from the
Boeing 747 after it had taken off from Philadelphia on Aug. 9, said
the airline.
The pilot told the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
that the object as long and wingless, but the copilot said it was
more spherical, Swissair spokesman Erwin Schaerer said.
The incident took place at 23,000 feet. The plane's final
destination was Zurich.
APNP-09-26-97 1320EDT
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: "Cohen, Jeff" <Jeff.Cohen@mail.house.gov> ( "Cohen, Jeff" <Jeff.Cohen@mail.
CREATION DATE/TIME: 6-JAN-1999 16:38:44.00
SUBJECT: RE: Where is UFO?
TO: J. Eric Gould
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
CN=J. Eric Gould/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
he said he would tell me this week.
I'll share some other rumors I heard
over a beer one of these days.
>
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> From:
J._Eric_Gould@opd.eop.gov[SMTP:J._Eric_Gould@opd.eop.gov]
> Sent:
Wednesday, January 06, 1999 2:52 PM
>
To:
Jeff.cohen@mail.house.gov
> Subject:Where is UFO?
>
> Any news?
>
>
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: J. Eric Gould ( CN=J. Eric Gould/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD] )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 6-JAN-1999 15:56:08.00
SUBJECT:
Where is UFO?
TO: Jeff.cohen ( Jeff.cohen@mail.house.gov@ inet [UNKNOWN] )
READ:UN
K
NOWN
TEXT:
Any news?
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
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