UFO at O'Hare Airport

On Tuesday, November 7, 2006, at around 4:15 pm CST, the federal authorities of O'Hare International Airport received a report that twelve airport employees witnessed a saucer-shaped object hanging above the C17 exit.

The first UFO was noticed by an employee on the ramp, who was towing a plane of the United Airlines 446, which was preparing to make a flight from Chicago to Charlotte . The worker informed the crew of the aircraft about the object hovering over them. Perhaps the pilots of flight 446 were able to see the device.

Several independent witnesses outside the airport also observed a UFO. One of them described it as a disc-shaped ship hovering over the airport, which was "clearly not a cloud." According to this witness, people standing nearby gasped when the object flew at high speed through the clouds, leaving behind a clear blue hole in the cloud layer. ^[1] According to some reports, the hole soon disappeared.

According to Chicago Tribune reporter John Hilkevich ( Eng. Jon Hilkevitch ), “the disc was visible for about five minutes and was watched by almost a dozen United Airlines employees, from pilots to supervisors who heard the rattling on the radio and rushed to watch.” ^{[2] [3]} There are no photos of UFOs yet, but, according to Khilkevich, one of the pilots had a digital camera at his disposal, and he could photograph the device. ^[4] NARCAP published a 155-page report suggesting the presence of an object in the O'Hare report and urged the government to investigate and improve energy sensing technologies: “At any time, an air object can hover over a busy airport for several minutes, but not be registered on the radar and not be observed from the tower; it poses a potential safety risk. ” ^[five]

The United States Federal Aviation Administration and United Airlines have stated that they do not have information about the incident at O'Hare Airport until the Chicago Tribune , which was investigating the case, sent a petition to expose the details of the incident under the Freedom of Information Act . The FAA then conducted an internal review and then published a recorded conversation that took place during the incident between the United Airlines supervisor and the FAA manager at the airport tower.

The FAA stated that the phenomenon was caused by weather conditions and the agency would not investigate the incident. Ufologists noted that the position is contrary to the mandate of the FAA to investigate possible security breaches at US airports, such as in this case; since many of the airport staff testified to the site and officially reported on the subject that had been hovering over one of the busiest airports in the world. ^{[6] [7]} Many witnesses interviewed by the Chicago Tribune were angry that federal officials refused to investigate the matter further. ^[eight]

The story of a UFO over the O'Hara airport was covered by many popular media outlets such as CNN , CBS , MSNBC , Fox News , Chicago Tribune , and NPR .

On February 11, 2009, the History Channel in the episode of Aliens at the Airport (translated from English - “Aliens at the airport”) told about this incident. ^[one]