As reported

Unknown over Poteau, OK

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

A commercial jet liner dodged a ufo at roughly 30 to 40 thousand feet in broad day light to avoid having in air collision.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2001-02-20 → 2001-03-09

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