The O'Hare Airport UFO Incident

FAA Communications and FOIA Documentation

Following the initial incident reports, multiple parties filed Freedom of Information Act requests seeking air traffic control recordings and official FAA communications from November 7, 2006. These requests revealed significant administrative inconsistencies and communication gaps within federal aviation agencies regarding the O'Hare sighting. The FOIA responses initially claimed no records existed of the incident, contradicting later acknowledgments that multiple employee reports had been filed. When pressed, the FAA released heavily redacted documents showing internal communications discussing the incident, but claimed no radar data supported the witness accounts. The released materials included incident report forms and supervisor communications confirming that United Airlines management had formally notified air traffic control of the sighting. These documents remain publicly accessible through the National Archives and demonstrate a pattern of initial denial followed by grudging acknowledgment. The selective document release and missing radar data raise questions about whether additional evidence exists in classified files. Why would the FAA initially deny knowledge of an incident they had officially documented?