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# Two Commercial Pilots Had an Close Encounter With a Possible UFO Over Arizona. Listen to the Eerie Radio Traffic

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## Video: Two Commercial Pilots Had an Close Encounter With a Possible UFO Over Arizona. Listen to the Eerie Radio Traffic

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_Published 2018-03-29. The Federal Aviation Administration has released radio traffic from two commercial pilots, including the pilot of an American Airlines flight, who reported an unidentified flying object over southern Arizona last month_


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## Transcript

Was any above us, that passed us 30 seconds ago? 37, 1, papa gulf, negative. Okay. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] It's a UFO! Yeah. American 1095, let me know if you see anything pass over you here in the next 15 miles. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] If anything, like passes, over. American 1095, affirmative. We had an aircraft in front of you, 37 that reported something pass over him and we didn't have any target. So, just let me know if you see anythingpass over you. Alright. Hey, it's American 1095. Yeah, something just passed over us. Like, I don't know what it was, but at least two, three thousand feet above us. Yeah, it passed right over the top of us.

Okay American 1095, thank you.

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