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Sighting record / 2020

The Jetpack Man sightings near LAX

August 30, 2020 · Final approach to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States
40Partially documented UAP Other 30 sources 1 real photos 5 videos

August 30, 2020. An American Airlines crew was on final approach to Los Angeles International Airport at about 3,000 feet. Then the radio call came. "Tower, American 1997, we just passed a guy in a jetpack." Off the left side. Maybe 300 yards. About their altitude. A second crew saw it too. It did not end there. For almost two years, pilots around LAX kept reporting a human-sized figure in the sky. A China Airlines 777. A flight school over the ocean, which filmed it. A Kalitta Air 747 whose captain saw a "red outfit." The FAA and FBI investigated. None of the sightings was ever verified.

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Context

Sunday, August 30, 2020. Airliners were on final approach to Los Angeles International Airport, LAX. Around 6:35 p.m., the crew of American Airlines Flight 1997 was descending through about 3,000 feet. Then came the call.

Sources (30, most influential first)

  1. Airline pilots landing at LAX report a guy in jetpack flying alongside them · The War Zone · Press, book, documentary · news
  2. Jetpack man · Wikipedia · Wiki, blog, podcast · wiki
  3. Pictures of jet pack man in sky near LAX · NBC Los Angeles · Press, book, documentary · news
  4. FBI says the mysterious jetpack man could be a balloon · The Debrief · Press, book, documentary · news
  5. FBI releases LAX jetpack case files · The Black Vault· 2025-10-01 · Research organisation · org report