Radar Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00183

National Archives and Records Administration

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Jun 14, 2026

Department

NARA

Original size

49 KB

External ID

dec0bf100b76224ca4b43558c753957d93f24e0d3ed9c38d3bf05cf4a49699de

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

This report details an incident involving a commercial aircraft that observed a large balloon while flying at high altitude. The sighting occurred on February 3, 2023, and was reported to the Denver Air Traffic Control.

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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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Entities mentioned

BSC1 DAL LNK

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 15:01 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: AWO Callsign:DAL1242 Aircraft:BSC1 Tail Number: Operator:DAL Origin:AUS Destination:MSP New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the left side while N bound at FL360, 29NM S of LNK. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T15:01 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1