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FAA Report 237UAP00002: Two-Aircraft UFO Report over North Texas

Single-Record File: Only one inspectable record is attached. It documents a source or allegation but cannot independently corroborate the broader claim.
OverviewEvidenceTimelineAnalysisSources
2007-05-13
65 nautical miles from the Maverick VORTAC, North Texas, USA
7/10
5/10
Crews aboard two commercial flights reported an unidentified object in the same general North Texas area.
Strong that the FAA logged reports from two aircraft. Weak for altitude, physical characteristics, or identity because the form contains no attached sensor data or investigation.

Investigative Assessments

"The reported claim remains worth testing against the record: Crews aboard two commercial flights reported an unidentified object in the same general North Texas area. The strongest documented reasons to keep the file open are: FAA Skywatch Incident Report 237UAP00002: The form records reports from American Airlines 576 and Southwest 385 in the same general area.. Key unresolved lead: Were the two crews observing the same object?"
"Evidentiary limitations: Strong that the FAA logged reports from two aircraft. Weak for altitude, physical characteristics, or identity because the form contains no attached sensor data or investigation. Note that: FAA Skywatch Incident Report 237UAP00002 fails to support: It provides no imagery, radar plot, measured range, or final identification, and the altitude is stated only as a possibility.."

Case Summary

An FAA Skywatch incident report records separate reports from two commercial aircraft near North Texas. The one-page record estimated the object at an exceptionally high altitude but included no radar, imagery, or follow-up identification. 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.

Official FAA incident report Local copy hash-verified

FAA Skywatch Incident Report 237UAP00002

Analyst rating: Primary operational record of two aircraft reports with limited descriptive detail

“UFO reported at 1629 and 1632 by AAL576, MD82, DFW..STL and SWA385, B737, TUL..HOU, off the Maverick 012/65, possibly at FL800.”
Record locationPDF page 1
Evidence classFAA operational incident record
Relationship to claimDirectly documents the two reports and the limited positional and altitude information retained by FAA.
Authenticity assessmentHigh for document authenticity as an official FAA Skywatch form preserved by NARA.
What this supportsThe form records reports from American Airlines 576 and Southwest 385 in the same general area.
What it does not supportIt provides no imagery, radar plot, measured range, or final identification, and the altitude is stated only as a possibility.
ProvenanceOfficial FAA record transferred to NARA Record Group 615 and preserved in the NARA UAP bulk collection.
Chain of custodyFlight-crew reports -> FAA Skywatch incident record -> NARA bulk archive -> hash-verified Casebook copy.
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

  • A high-altitude balloon or distant aircraft was misjudged in range and altitude.
  • An astronomical or atmospheric object produced similar visual reports from separated aircraft.
  • A physical object remained unidentified because the one-page record preserved too little data.

Open Questions

  • Were the two crews observing the same object?
  • What supported the tentative flight-level estimate?
  • Do radar, weather, or follow-up records survive elsewhere?

Archival Landing Pages and Evidence Corpus

NARA Record Group 615, FAA UAP Records

Official Bulk Archive

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