Pilot Report
Unclassified Complete
733667-001-011-0065
National Archives and Records Administration
Confidence
85%
Credibility
80%
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The document appears to be a transcript of a conversation involving a flight engineer discussing an unidentified object observed during a flight. The engineer describes the object as larger than a typical aircraft and mentions issues with communication with Air Traffic Control.
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Jun 16, 2026
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1,337 characters, transcribed via OCR. Errors reflect the source scan. Compare with the original ↗
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e e « and ah, I flight engineer calculator (unintelligible) so he
had ah . o «
So he had a spot on his table?
Yes
By the engineer table?
Yes, I = when I saw, but ah, cockpit was ah, dark.
Okay. Ah, what size would you estimate this - this object to be?
Hummm, it is hard to say, but = ummm, I thought it was ah, ah, I
thought it was larger than ah, aircraft.
What Kinds of aircrafts?
An originally oncoming aircraft...
It feels like it's larger than normal airplane. Oncoming
airplane ...
Okay. Okay. Ah, did you notice any magnetic disturbances, ah,
the compass .. .e
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oe e SWing or anything...
» e » but ah, um, I think you have ATC tape of that time?
Right
And controllers tape, ah, said that several times you're
garbling ...
NO 2 « «
e e e but ah, my English is so hee .. . how should I said that
reasoning ... I thought perhaps the air traffic controller did
not understand my English, so, he said 'garbling'.
Oh, maybe Air Traffic Control did not understand my English,
30 o o °
No
e e e he was polite and said 'garbling'
o © e Said (unintelligible) government garble, okay.
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