Radar Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00172

National Archives and Records Administration

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Published

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Added to archive

Jun 14, 2026

Department

NARA

Original size

49 KB

External ID

d938358394437ea07008041f0b9813584df9bc684ae540e53a1b3986ce0449c1

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A commercial aircraft reported an unidentified large balloon while flying at 13,000 feet, with the balloon observed at approximately 500 feet above.

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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

A320 Large Balloon

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 15:44 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: MCI Callsign:FFT566 Aircraft:A320 Tail Number: Operator:FFT Origin:DEN Destination:MCI New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the left side while SE bound at 13,000 feet. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T15:44 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1