Military Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00212

National Archives and Records Administration

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49 KB
External ID
2c023958eaa410d332cf47433c802ba9607da31401745ead1770b82d29c01ce3
Confidence
85%
Credibility
80%

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Intelligence summary

A commercial aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while flying at FL370 over Iowa City. The phenomenon appeared to be an aircraft circling at or above their altitude, which was later suggested to be a train of satellites.

Tags & topics

Aviation incidentsSatellite ObservationsUnidentified Aerial Phenomena AviationCommercial FlightIncident ReportUAP

Locations referenced

LocationContextConfidenceSupporting text
Iowa City. The unknown Sighting Location Unresolved …ZAU Callsign:DAL384 Aircraft:B738 Tail Number: Operator:DAL Origin:SAN Destination:JFK New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:YES REMARKS Aircraft rep

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Jun 15, 2023

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Jun 14, 2026

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 09:10 02/11/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZAU Callsign:DAL384 Aircraft:B738 Tail Number: Operator:DAL Origin:SAN Destination:JFK New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the left side while east bound at FL370, over Iowa City. The unknown phenomenon was an aircraft circling at or above their altitude appearing and disappearing. AMOC added that the same report came in last week and it was a "train" of satellites. TY notified. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-11T09:10 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1