FBI releases underwelming docs on American Airlines Flight 2292 UAP encounter
On February 21, 2021, American Airlines Flight 2292 was cruising at about 36,000 feet over northeastern New Mexico when the crew suddenly reported something very unusual. The Airbus A320 was en route from Cincinnati to Phoenix when one of the pilots radioed that a “long cylindrical object” had just passed over the aircraft. He said it looked almost like a cruise missile and was moving extremely fast. I happened to record the radio traffic from the incident, and I’m including those transmissions with this post. Hearing the pilot describe what had just happened gives the event an immediacy that doesn’t quite come across in the FBI paperwork. The encounter was brief, but serious enough to attract attention almost immediately. The report was eventually passed along to the FBI, which opened an assessment into the incident. And that is where these newly released documents become interesting. What strikes me most about them is just how little investigative effort appears to have gone i...
