Radar Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00177

National Archives and Records Administration

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Published

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Added to archive

Jun 14, 2026

Department

NARA

Original size

27 KB

External ID

a6f6e94846ce94e81598109945e501499654e6f443189eff795bea4a3001be92

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A commercial aircraft reported a large balloon while flying at high altitude, prompting a Skywatch incident report.

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

Document Record Date

Document Record Date for 237UAP00177

Jun 14, 2026

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Entities mentioned

UAL700 Large Balloon

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 15:39 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign:UAL700 Aircraft:B772 Tail Number: Operator:UAL Origin:IAD Destination:SFO New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the right side while N bound at FL400, 10NM W of STJ. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T15:39 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1