An American Airlines pilot was recorded on Sunday during a flight over New Mexico when he reported via radio an unidentified “long cylindrical object” flying over the airplane. The airline confirmed the transmission and pointed to the FBI, who says it’s “aware” of the incident.
The pilot of the Phoenix-bound American Airlines flight 2292 first asked air traffic controllers, “Do you have any targets up here?” adding “We just had something go right over the top of us,” according to the radio transmission recorded by aviation blogger and radio interceptor Steve Douglass.
“I hate to say this but it looked like a long cylindrical object that almost looked like a cruise-missile type of thing. Moving really fast and went right over the top of us,” the pilot added.American Airlines confirmed the authenticity of the recording and pointed to the FBI.
“Following a debrief with our Flight Crew and additional information received, we can confirm this radio transmission was from American Airlines Flight 2292 on Feb. 21,” an American Airlines spokesperson told Fox News on Wednesday. “For any additional questions on this, we encourage you to reach out to the FBI.”
On Thursday, the FBI confirmed it was aware of the incident, but per policy, did not say whether an investigation was underway...
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Maybe it was a piece of one of their jet engines falling off of one of their planes?
It was a GrubHub delivery in route from Maine to the the Governor’s mansion in Santa Fe ... the fair and reserved governess of the state has ordered fresh lobster from Maine for a midday bocadillo.
I thought the fair maiden had a freezer full of fresh lobster as Piglosi has a freezer full of ice cream. Maybe it was a missile fired by the Biden Adm by mistake. When Biden's ghost handlers get control of the nuclear football any strike on the US will not be answered. You can bet that is the reason they want control of the football.
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