Oval over Gulf of Mexico SMI 69 B, LA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We do not know what "SMI 69 B" is. We have attempted to contact the source for clarification on that point, but have not heard back from him yet. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130585). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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What would the paper say?
For a dated, located U.S. sighting, FAA radar data and ATC communications are the records most likely to exist. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-10-09 → 2016-10-26