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237UAP00163

National Archives and Records Administration

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Jun 14, 2026

Department

NARA

Original size

49 KB

External ID

dd50f2e8932b3ac65dcd7b28d7aa23182f956d260521cc81fedb2f76c108917e

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

This report details an incident involving a commercial aircraft that encountered an unidentified aerial phenomenon, identified as a balloon, while flying at FL320 on February 3, 2023.

Tags & topics

Aviation SafetyIncident ReportingUAP Aviation Balloon Incident UAP

Extracted timeline

Jun 15, 2023

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Jun 14, 2026

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Jun 14, 2026

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Entities mentioned

A321 ROU CYYZ to PHX Balloon

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 17:18 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign:ROU1721 Aircraft:A321 Tail Number: Operator:ROU Origin:CYYZ Destination:PHX New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon (Balloon) while W bound at FL320. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T17:18 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1