Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation: Mystery In The Sky (S2, E5) | Full Episode
Analysis Summary
Scott Goodnow
Contact Experience Triad
The Encounter
Scott Goodnow is a captain for a major airline. In October 2016, while flying from Memphis to Los Angeles, he saw an orange spherical object in the sky. It was brighter than any ground or sky lights. The object changed course and approached his plane, prompting him to take photos. Air traffic control could not see it on radar. The object disappeared quickly. Goodnow had another encounter in December 2009 while landing in Las Vegas. He saw a giant antenna-like object with strobe lights, which also went unreported by radar. Goodnow believes these encounters pose a serious safety risk for commercial flights and feels compelled to share his experiences publicly.
Program Intelligence Analysis
The documentary explores the alarming encounters between commercial pilots and unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), highlighting the fear pilots have in reporting these incidents due to potential career repercussions. It features firsthand accounts from pilots who have witnessed strange objects in the sky, raising significant safety concerns for air travel.
Airline pilots are afraid to speak out about UFO sightings due to career repercussions.
Lue Elizondo
“If pilots are saying they're seeing these things, we have to take it seriously.”
Chris Mellon
“This is a current, continuing phenomenon. It's happening, it continues to happen.”
Scott Goodnow
“If one of these did hit one of our airplanes, it most likely would kill everybody on board.”
Peter Kiriazes
“Your brain says this can't be happening but you have to deal in the here and now.”
Robert Schlenker
“The object has been painted.”
Managed by: Department of Defense
investigating unidentified aerial phenomena
Airline pilots are afraid to speak out about UFO sightings due to career repercussions.
Captain Scott Goodnow witnessed an orange spherical object that changed course and approached his aircraft.
Goodnow's encounter involved an object exhibiting anti-gravity characteristics.
Captain Peter Kiriazes experienced a radar altimeter reading indicating an object was directly below his aircraft.
Air traffic controllers have reported unidentified objects that do not appear on radar.
There is a connection between UFO sightings and commercial aircraft, raising safety concerns.
Encounter Context
Factual Detailsin the sky near Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona, united_states
air traffic control could not see any object on their radar
Encounter Research Breakdown
Phenomenological AnalysisThe encounter claims made by Captain Scott Goodnow and Captain Peter Kiriazes provide detailed observations of unidentified objects, supported by their professional backgrounds as airline pilots. The accounts include specific descriptions, corroboration from air traffic control, and the urgency of the situations they faced, contributing to a high evidential strength score.
The pilot observed an orange spherical object in the sky that appeared brighter than any lights around it.
“I noticed a orange spherical shape. It was brighter than any of the lights on the ground and brighter than any of the lights in the sky.”
The object changed course and approached the aircraft, prompting the pilot to take photos.
“Eventually it got close enough that I took my phone out and took a picture of it.”
The object vanished suddenly, like a light being turned off.
“Literally, as quickly as I saw it, it just disappeared. Like a light in a room being turned off.”
Observed a bright orange spherical object with pulsating light.
Radar altimeter displayed erroneous readings.
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Five Observables (3/5)
The pilot observed a bright orange spherical object that changed course and approached the aircraft, exhibiting unusual flight characteristics.
The encounter involved a commercial pilot who experienced multiple sightings, raising significant safety concerns regarding unidentified objects near passenger flights.
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