Military Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00278

National Archives and Records Administration

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49 KB

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0ff06f6400954adfe19988f5910ccc32fd76fc3969cd7745729b26a6c3cf9f02

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A commercial aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while flying at 24,000 feet near the Mexico border. NORAD was consulted but found no results.

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Jun 15, 2023

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Entities mentioned

B737 Southwest Airlines Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 04:40 07/21/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZLA Callsign:SWA121 Aircraft:B737 Tail Number: Operator:SWA Origin:PHX Destination:BUR New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon approximately 100NM off the left side while W bound at FL240, 20NM E of PSP. The unknown phenomenon was described as 1 orange colored light near the Mexico border at approximately FL240. No evasive action taken. HQ DEN requested NORAD to check their systems, negative results. AWO advised. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-07-21T04:40 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1