Radar Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00168

National Archives and Records Administration

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Added to archive

Jun 14, 2026

Department

NARA

Original size

49 KB

External ID

68c6fb972b5b7e6dd5016ed0f09ca5c8d37ceff8927c1caec88e0ec04aff1e93

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A commercial aircraft reported a large unidentified balloon while flying at high altitude 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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Jun 14, 2026

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Entities mentioned

AAL518 Large Balloon

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 16:45 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign:AAL518 Aircraft:B738 Tail Number: Operator:AAL Origin:SAN Destination:ORD New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the front while E bound at FL390, 35NM SE of STJ. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T16:45 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1