Military Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00171

National Archives and Records Administration

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Added to archive

Jun 14, 2026

Department

NARA

Original size

49 KB

External ID

88fc4fb931d10dab30146ac3ab062b17300e205ce74afdb87313edb56dad79e4

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A Skywatch Incident Report detailing an encounter with a large unidentified balloon observed by a commercial aircraft.

Tags & topics

Aviation SafetyIncident ReportingUAP Aviation Balloon Incident Report UAP

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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

B38M Southwest Airlines Large Balloon

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 15:54 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign:SWA3125 Aircraft:B38M Tail Number: Operator:SWA Origin:MDW Destination:COS New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the right side while W bound at FL340, OVHD STJ. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T15:54 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1