Sightings1995

America West Flight 564 crew reports a large lighted object

When: 25 May 1995
Where: Bovina, TX
Sources: 1 public source

An America West Boeing 757 photographed in 1995, the year of the Flight 564 sighting Aero Icarus from Zurich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The crew of America West 564, flying from Tampa to Las Vegas, reported a row of strobe-like lights and a long dark object near Bovina, Texas. Controllers checked with NORAD; accounts of what radar showed conflict, and circulating ATC audio has not been officially authenticated.

Sources

OtherAmerica West Airlines Flight 564 UFO Case - May 25, 1995 (opens in a new tab)The Black Vault Case Files

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