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237UAP00181

National Archives and Records Administration

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Jun 14, 2026

Department

NARA

Original size

49 KB

External ID

6c0ed832f96da7af0d546ca8b71f58c0592f3b8e17b5ab5b4b095d6e0e7dbbd9

Confidence

85%

Credibility

80%

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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 ReportUAP Aviation Balloon Incident 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

B738 Large Balloon

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 15:04 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign:SCX623 Aircraft:B738 Tail Number: Operator:SCX Origin:MSP Destination:HRL New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the right side while S bound at FL360, 25NM SE of PWE. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T15:04 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1