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FAA Report 237UAP00013: Speed-matching UAP near Wink

Single-Record File: Only one inspectable record is attached. It documents a source or allegation but cannot independently corroborate the broader claim.
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2010-12-24
40 NM West of Wink VOR, Texas, USA
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The pilot of SKW4525 reported a UFO with alternating red, white, and green lights matching their speed and altitude for 20 minutes, also observed by another flight.
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Investigative Assessments

"The reported claim remains worth testing against the record: The pilot of SKW4525 reported a UFO with alternating red, white, and green lights matching their speed and altitude for 20 minutes, also observed by another flight. The strongest documented reasons to keep the file open are: FAA SKYWATCH Incident Form 237UAP00013: Documents a pilot report of The pilot of SKW4525 reported a UFO with alternating red, white, and green lights matching their speed and altitude for 20 minutes, also observed by another flight.. Key unresolved lead: Why did the object fade and disappear suddenly after 20 minutes?"
"Evidentiary limitations: medium Note that: FAA SKYWATCH Incident Form 237UAP00013 fails to support: The operational log does not contain physical telemetry, radar recordings, or photos to independently verify the nature of the object.."

Case Summary

An intake summary of FAA operational log 237UAP00013 recording an aircrew reporting an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The pilot of SKW4525 reported a UFO with alternating red, white, and green lights matching their speed and altitude for 20 minutes, also observed by another flight. This pilot synopsis is an intake summary requiring source-by-source verification.

Evidence Locker

1 inspectable evidence item. Claims and source findings are kept separate.

FAA incident report Local copy hash-verified

FAA SKYWATCH Incident Form 237UAP00013

Analyst rating: Primary operational record of an aircrew report and the FAA's contemporaneous assessment.

“ZFW reported thatthepilot of SKW4525,DFW to SLC, said he observed a UFO that had been matching his speed direction and altitude (FL360) for the past 15 to 20 minutes. The object had alternating red, white and green lights and was reported to be approximately 40 miles west of the WINK VOR. Subsequently, near the same geographic position N449TM, BE40 observed the same thing but stated it was at his altitude (FL410) and additionally had a flashing yellow light. Neither ZFW or HQ DEN observed a target in the area. At 1256, both pilots reported to ZFW that the object had faded and was no longer observed. HQ DEN contacted CONR, NORAD and AMOC. All stated they observed nothing in the area. All DEN participants will report any additional sitings.”
Record locationPage 1
Evidence classFAA operational incident record
Relationship to claimPrimary document recording the pilot's intake report.
Authenticity assessmentHigh for document authenticity. The one-page FAA form was visually checked against the NARA PDF.
What this supportsDocuments a pilot report of The pilot of SKW4525 reported a UFO with alternating red, white, and green lights matching their speed and altitude for 20 minutes, also observed by another flight.
What it does not supportThe operational log does not contain physical telemetry, radar recordings, or photos to independently verify the nature of the object.
ProvenanceOfficial NARA UAP bulk-download record, hash-registered in the Casebook manifest and served from the read-only VPS corpus mount.
Chain of custodyAircrew report -> FAA SKYWATCH incident form -> FAA transfer to NARA Record Group 615 -> NARA bulk archive -> Casebook.
Open Document (Local PDF Document) Download Copy Canonical Agency Record

Documented Timeline

Not documented: No source-verified chronology has been assembled.

Named Participants and Roles

Not documented: Named participants and roles have not been source-verified.

Contradictions and Record Conflicts

Not documented: Record conflicts have not been analyzed.

Conventional Explanations

Not documented: Conventional explanations have not been evaluated against evidence.

Missing Evidence

Not documented: The evidence gap itself has not yet been fully inventory.

What Remains Unresolved

Not documented: No source-level unresolved findings have been established.

Investigative Hypotheses

  • An anomalous vehicle executing speed-matching maneuvers near commercial flights.
  • A military refueling tanker or drone operating in the local airspace.
  • A misidentified astronomical object combined with flight-path parallax.

Open Questions

  • Why did the object fade and disappear suddenly after 20 minutes?
  • Why did NORAD, CONR, and AMOC report no radar targets in the area?
  • What was the relative distance between SKW4525 and the second reporting aircraft?

Archival Landing Pages and Evidence Corpus

NARA Record Group 615, FAA UAP Records

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External URL: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/493468575