Military Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00079

National Archives and Records Administration

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Original size

49 KB

External ID

f3c3807485379990cf4b7f2c28da6b74e9a91dad99119bd8aec32caa29598e61

Confidence

85%

Credibility

80%

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Intelligence summary

A Skywatch incident report detailing an encounter with an unidentified aerial phenomenon, later identified as a balloon, during a flight on February 26, 2022.

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Jun 15, 2022

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Entities mentioned

Balloon GLF3 42 NM SW of SPI

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 17:25 02/26/2022 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign:N500GF Aircraft:GLF3 Tail Number: Operator: Origin:HOU Destination:ARR New Destination: Operator Type:General Aviation Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while east bound at FL380, 42 NM SW of SPI. The unknown phenomenon was a balloon 25 ft in diameter. PIC reported NMAC. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2022-02-26T17:25 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1