Pilot Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00388

National Archives and Records Administration

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Department

NARA

Original size

242 KB

External ID

27bd2689f947e0de827a01527897fac52c3b7ec36eeb458fe6ed27fff9f3eb58

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

On February 8, 2019, United Airlines flight UAL1104 reported a UFO with red, green, and white lights hovering at high altitude near Butte, Montana. The FAA Ops provided preliminary information indicating no other aircraft were detected in the area.

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Locations referenced

Location	Context	Confidence	Supporting text
Butte, MT	Incident Location	Medium	On February 8, 2019, United Airlines flight UAL1104 reported a UFO with red, green, and white lights hovering at high altitude near Butte, Montana. The FAA Ops
BUTTE, MT	Incident Location	Medium	Date: 2/8/2019 5:26:00 AM (-07 MST) Title: UAL1104 MISCELLANEOUS 02-08-2019 Latitude: 45.901346969999999 Latitude: -112.3881322 PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS: BUTTE,
BUTTE, MT	Incident Location	Medium	…de: -112.3881322 PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS: BUTTE, MT/MISCELLANEOUS/0526M/SALT LAKE ARTCC ADVISED UNITED 1104, B737, ANC - DEN, PIC REPORTED A UFO WITH RED, GRE

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Jun 15, 2019

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Entities mentioned

UAL1104 Butte, MT UFO with red, green, and white lights

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Date: 2/8/2019 5:26:00 AM (-07 MST) Title: UAL1104 MISCELLANEOUS 02-08-2019 Latitude: 45.901346969999999 Latitude: -112.3881322 PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS: BUTTE, MT/MISCELLANEOUS/0526M/SALT LAKE ARTCC ADVISED UNITED 1104, B737, ANC - DEN, PIC REPORTED A UFO WITH RED, GREEN, AND WHITE LIGHTS HOVERING BETWEEN FL370 - FL390 10 SE COPPERTOWN VOR, BUTTE, MT. NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN. ATSC PROVIDED SALT LAKE ARTCC WITH THE UFO CALL CENTER TELEPHONE NUMBER. SALT LAKE ARTCC DID NOT SHOW ANY OTHER TARGETS IN THE AREA OTHER THAN UNITED 1104. WOC 7-3333 HM/GG Washington Operations Center DESCRIPTION