Pilot Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00495

National Archives and Records Administration

Released

—

Published

—

Added to archive

Jun 14, 2026

Department

NARA

Original size

242 KB

External ID

cb2aeffbc82ceb400fa13c3c564b5ee6fb34c1ace9620e597aef8a7db87e0e0f

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

View original document ↗ hosted at the official government source

Intelligence summary

On March 14, 2023, American Airlines flight AAL421 reported a shiny white object with amber hue lights while flying at FL350 near Nashville, TN. The object was noted to be at a significantly higher altitude than the aircraft.

Tags & topics

Locations referenced

Location	Context	Confidence	Supporting text
Nashville, TN	Incident Location	Medium	On March 14, 2023, American Airlines flight AAL421 reported a shiny white object with amber hue lights while flying at FL350 near Nashville, TN. The object was
NASHVILLE, TN	Incident Location	Medium	Date: 3/14/2023 4:00:00 AM (-05 CDT) Title: AAL421 UFO-UAP ACTIVITY 03-14-2023 Latitude: 36.124474999999997 Latitude: -86.678180560000001 PRELIM INFO FROM FAA O

Extracted timeline

Jun 15, 2023

Document Date (year hint)

Document Date (year hint) for 237UAP00495

Jun 14, 2026

Ingestion Date

Ingestion Date for 237UAP00495

Jun 14, 2026

Document Record Date

Document Record Date for 237UAP00495

Jun 14, 2026

Update Date

Update Date for 237UAP00495

Entities mentioned

AAL421 Nashville, TN Shiny white object with amber lights

Full document text

518 characters, transcribed via OCR. Errors reflect the source scan. Compare with the original ↗

Suggest a correction

Date: 3/14/2023 4:00:00 AM (-05 CDT) Title: AAL421 UFO-UAP ACTIVITY 03-14-2023 Latitude: 36.124474999999997 Latitude: -86.678180560000001 PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS: NASHVILLE, TN/UFO-UAP ACTIVITY/0423C/MEMPHIS ARTCC ADVISED AMERICAN 421, A321, LAS - CLT, REPORTED SHINY WHITE OBJECT WITH AMBER HUE LIGHTS AT 11:30 POSITION WHILE S BOUND AT FL350 25 S BNA. UAP WAS REPORTED AS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER; EXACT ALTITUDE NOT REPORTED. WOC 7- 3333 EC/JB Washington Operations Center DESCRIPTION