Military Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00156

National Archives and Records Administration

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Department

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Original size

53 KB

External ID

f3c6dee14c0202955a4db2061acab59674d1a29598ff029701830c36a6d77898

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A U2 aircraft reported a large unidentified balloon during a skywatch incident on February 3, 2023.

Tags & topics

Aerial PhenomenaMilitary OperationsUAP Balloon Incident Report Skywatch U2

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Jun 15, 2023

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Entities mentioned

U2 Balloon

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 17:37 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign:DRAGN01 Aircraft:U2 Tail Number: Operator: Origin:BAB Destination:BAB New Destination: Operator Type: Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the left side while W bound at FL600, aircraft is circling balloon location, 10NM NE of BQS. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and below. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T17:37 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1