Radar Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00182

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

1c3c965b636cd8adc06944bd354d8f48509602d09a1fd059227880489ac436f8

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A Skywatch Incident Report detailing the sighting of a large balloon by a commercial aircraft while flying at high altitude.

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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

A20N Large Balloon

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 15:03 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign:FFT2931 Aircraft:A20N Tail Number: Operator:FFT Origin:DTW Destination:PHX New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the right side while N bound at FL360, 25NM SE of PWE. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T15:03 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1