Radar Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00179

National Archives and Records Administration

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Added to archive

Jun 14, 2026

Department

NARA

Original size

49 KB

External ID

27f65ec8a446f35d1a3bda00262f25ea6795ee4ddb6f525714d7e365ecfd1e4b

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A commercial aircraft reported a large balloon sighting while flying at high altitude on February 3, 2023.

Tags & topics

Aviation SafetyBalloon SightingUAP Aviation Incident Report 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

AAL639 Large Balloon

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 15:20 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign:AAL639 Aircraft:B738 Tail Number: Operator:AAL Origin:ORD Destination:TUS New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the right side while W bound at FL340, 13NM NW of STJ. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T15:20 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1