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Navy hazard reports on unidentified aircraft released under FOIA

When: 12 May 2020
Where: Atlantic Ocean off the U.S. East Coast
Sources: 3 public sources

A Super Hornet of the Virginia-based squadrons whose 2013-2014 encounters the reports describe U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Naval Safety Center released eight aviation hazard reports to The War Zone under FOIA. Seven described 2013-2014 encounters between Super Hornets and unidentified objects in training airspace off Virginia and North Carolina; one 2019 report concerned a balloon.

Sources

PressHere Are The Navy Pilot Reports From Encounters With Mysterious Aircraft Off The East Coast (opens in a new tab)The War Zone / 2020-05-12
PressNewly released incident reports detail US Navy's 'UFO' encounters (opens in a new tab)CNN (via WRAL) / 2020-05-14
PressNavy Releases New UFO Incident Reports (opens in a new tab)Vice / 2020-05-15

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