From “unidentified” objects to a “strange light,” Canadian aviation officials received at least 15 unusual reports in 2022, including 10 from pilots flying for Air Canada, WestJet, Virgin Atlantic, United and more.
While they rarely feature more than a line or two of detail, the reports describe incidents from coast to coast, as well as one from near New York City’s LaGuardia airport, when a Sept. 17 Air Canada flight from Toronto “reported passing an unidentified object approximately 10 feet above the Captain’s window” while making a left-hand bank at 1,300 feet, about an hour before sunset.
