FBI gets involved in American Airlines UFO mystery

The mystery of an American Airlines jet’s close encounter with a strange flying object has deepened, with the FBI getting involved.

American Airlines has not ruled out that one of its jets encountered an apparent UFO over New Mexico last weekend.

The passenger airline verified a radio transmission from flight 2292 Cincinnati to Phoenix at around 1pm local time on Sunday, which captured a pilot claiming the unidentified object was flying right on top of the commercial aircraft.

The strange encounter, which happened above a remote northeast corner of New Mexico, west of Des Moines, involved AA Flight 2292, an Airbus A302.

Steve Douglass, an experienced radio interceptor and blogger named Deep Black Horizon, claims to have heard the strange transmission while recording from his arsenal of scanners.

“Do you have any targets up here? We just had something go right over the top of us,” the pilot said in the radio transmission, according to Fox News.

“I hate to say this but it looked like a long cylindrical object that almost looked like a cruise missile type of thing moving really fast. It went right over the top of us.”

A witness in Lincoln started filming after witnessing a strange object gaining on the plane in its vapour trail.

In a statement to Fox News, American Airlines verified the transmission was from flight 2292 – but said the channel should “contact the FBI” for additional information.

The US Sun has also contacted the FBI for further comment.

“Following a debrief with our Flight Crew and additional information received, we can confirm this radio transmission was from American Airlines Flight 2292 on February 21,” an American Airlines spokesperson told Fox News.

Cockpit audio from an American Airlines flight reveals a shocking close encounter with a ‘fast-moving cylindrical object’ over New Mexico.

The mysterious incident occurred at 36,000 feet during a flight between Cincinnati and Phoenix.

The strange encounter, which happened in a remote region west of Des Moines, involved American Airlines flight 2292 operating on an Airbus A302, The Drive reported.

The plane was apparently travelling at more than 653km/h at the time.

The American Airlines incident occurred close to the White Sands Missile range in New Mexico.

New Mexico is home to White Sands Missile Range, which is located in the southern part of the state and is described as the Department of Defence’s “largest, fully-instrumented, open air range”.

Scott Stearns of White Sands Missile Range, said no tests took place on Sunday, and pointed out there was a distance of around 650km between the missile range and northeastern New Mexico.

“We have no idea what it could have been or if anything similar has been sighted in that area before,” he said.

Footage from 2018 showed a UFO-like object speeding after a passenger jet in Lincoln, New Hampshire.

It comes after a string of strange incidents involving UFO-like objects flying close to passenger jets.

In 2018, bizarre footage showed a saucer-shaped object speeding after and overtaking a passenger jet in Lincoln, New Hampshire.

And in 2019, a mysterious white “flying saucer” was filmed hovering over Area 51, near a new aircraft hangar.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission