Pilot Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00189

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

64c5659638151a8489e50202ef9bd2a78cada9cfbd9b1c367b8b09757a77bc9e

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A commercial aircraft reported observing a large balloon while flying at flight level 320, approximately 30 nautical miles west of RBA.

Tags & topics

Aviation SafetyIncident ReportingUAP Aviation Balloon Incident Report UAP

Extracted timeline

Jun 15, 2023

Document Date (year hint)

Document Date (year hint) for 237UAP00189

Jun 14, 2026

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Jun 14, 2026

Document Record Date

Document Record Date for 237UAP00189

Jun 14, 2026

Update Date

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Entities mentioned

A321 American Airlines Large Balloon

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 14:35 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZDV Callsign:AAL769 Aircraft:A321 Tail Number: Operator:AAL Origin:ORD Destination:PHX New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the right side while W bound at FL320, 30NM W of RBA. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T14:35 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1