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Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Number 2009-006063

📅 June 3, 2009 📍 Southeast Texas 🏛 FAA/ATO Central Service Center 📄 FOIA response and facility records
FOIAFAAmissile reportHoustonBTA2822air traffic control

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The FAA provided records regarding a pilot's report of a missile passing below his aircraft near Houston on May 29, 2009. Official records confirm the report was made to ATC and local law enforcement, though no radar contact was established.

This document consists of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to John Greenewald, Jr., regarding a request for records of an unidentified flying object reported in Southeast Texas on June 3, 2009. The FAA provided a CD-ROM containing radar data and voice recordings, along with copies of the Daily Record of Facility Operation for Houston Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) and the Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZHU). The records indicate that on May 29, 2009, at 0120 UTC, the pilot of flight BTA2822 (an E145 aircraft) reported seeing a missile pass 100-200 feet below his aircraft while at 13,000 feet, approximately 20 miles southeast of IAH. The report was relayed to ZHU and 190. The Liberty County Sheriff's Department was notified, and the incident was broadcast on the ATIS at IAH for one hour. A Quality Assurance Review (QAR) form filed on May 29, 2009, by an ATCS (initials RB/L) noted that no radar target was displayed at 190 or ZHU during the event. The investigation concluded that no phraseology or technical issues were identified and that all other ATC services were normal.

BTA2822, E145. REPORTED A MISSILE PASSING BELOW HIS AIRCRAFT BY 100-200FT @13000 APX IAH1 20020.

Official Assessment

BTA2822 (E145) reported seeing a missile pass below his aircraft at 13,000' twenty miles SE of IAH. BTA2822 was on ZHU frequency during this event. ZHU passed on this information to 190. No phraseology or technical issues were identified. All other ATC services were normal.

The report of a missile was transmitted to ZHU and 190. The Liberty County Sheriff's Department was notified. The incident was transmitted on the ATIS at IAH for one hour.

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