Los Angeles ‘jetpack man’ pilot reports
- Date of account
- series of aviation reports
- Location
- Los Angeles airspace, California, USA
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
What happened Airline pilots reported a human-shaped object at several thousand feet near Los Angeles International Airport, prompting FAA and FBI investigations. Helicopter and law-enforcement footage later showed human-shaped balloons in the region. Investigators found no evidence that a person was operating a jetpack at the reported altitudes. Evidence Multiple professional-pilot radio reports, FAA/FBI investigation and later law-enforcement imagery document the series. Explanations considered A human-shaped balloon or dummy carried by a drone is the leading assessment. What remains uncertain Not every pilot report was imaged, so the resolved examples cannot prove a single object caused all sightings. Primary source Los Angeles ‘jetpack man’ pilot reports — Wikipedia
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