Radar Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00173

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

d0faeff721714bda8bcf1da396c06ac66e2f4b79221af63b51706467ff360525

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A Skywatch incident report detailing an encounter with a large balloon observed by a commercial aircraft.

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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

A320 Large Balloon

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 15:43 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign:NKS1286 Aircraft:A320 Tail Number: Operator:NKS Origin:ORD Destination:PHX New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the right side while W bound at FL340, OVHVD STJ. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T15:43 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1