1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,200 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,600 In this episode we're talking about Jetpack Man Files 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,000 released. That's correct. 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:16,560 Jetpack Man Files released. Now you probably remember this 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:20,480 case happened back in, I suppose, mid to late 2020. 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:24,960 There were multiple cases what pilots were describing as a man 7 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,960 wearing a jetpack flying right there in the landing zone around 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,720 LAX airport. Really crazy stuff. 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,520 We did a few podcast on it. There was a lot of interest in 10 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,360 it. None of this stuff makes any 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,560 sense. But thanks to John Greenwald 12 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,480 over there at the Black Vol. I follow him on Twitter. 13 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:47,000 I highly recommend you follow John over there, John Greenwald. 14 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:51,560 And he has just come out with this a pretty thorough article 15 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,960 talking about this. He got the files finally, here 16 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,200 we are. What, five years later or 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,640 something released on the jetpack man. 18 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,880 Now why this stuff would take so long to release just kind of 19 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:09,680 goes to show you the, the, the blanket abuse of, of FOIA as far 20 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,560 as I'm concerned, things being classified that should never be 21 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,160 classified, things that should be released to the public 22 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,280 immediately. And This is why we don't need 23 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:22,000 another government agency, in my opinion, to locate and correlate 24 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,080 these UFO reports. We just need more people to use 25 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,760 newfork.org. They do a good job over there of 26 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,520 getting this stuff directly to the public. 27 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,600 We can all look at it now. The title of John's article is 28 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:40,680 FBI releases LAF Jetpack, quote UN quote case files pilot 29 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,960 interview contradicts jetpack description. 30 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:47,160 So that should give you a little bit of a preview. 31 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,880 What's happening here? You know, you read one thing in 32 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,280 the newspaper articles and then when you go right to the primary 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,520 source, the pilot, you find out that maybe what they saw is not 34 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,000 actually quite exactly what the government told us they saw. 35 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,120 So why are they trying to control the narrative at that 36 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:09,840 early of a stage in these UFO sightings, what they're calling 37 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:13,920 Jetpack Man, it says. The FBI has released a detailed 38 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:17,600 set of investigative files on the so-called Jetpack Man 39 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,360 sightings near Los Angeles International Airport, LAX. 40 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:25,880 The release on October 1st, 2025 followed a Freedom of 41 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:30,720 Information Act, a FOIA request by the Black Vault, first filed 42 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,960 August 3rd, 2021. So here we are, four years to 43 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,600 get this stuff. It's ridiculous. 44 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:42,600 And resubmitted November 27th, 2021 after an initial denial. 45 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,960 Now what would there possibly be to deny this? 46 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,920 There was an investigation of this UFO, what they're calling 47 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:54,240 Jetpack Man over LAX International Airport. 48 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,080 John's trying to get the information on it and find out 49 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,800 what was said. Oh, no, can't have that. 50 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,560 Then he has to go and refile, and then four years later, over 51 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,400 four years later, actually gets the information that he's 52 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,480 looking for. Well, some of it, I suppose. 53 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,080 The Bureau originally withheld all the records under the FOIA 54 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:20,480 exemption, BX7X B, XB7A for ongoing investigations, but 55 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,960 reversed this position with the second request after nearly four 56 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:25,800 years. Yeah, they're, boy, they're 57 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,320 always have an ongoing investigation, don't they? 58 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,680 Sources and methods, Boy, I mean absolutely the wrong people to 59 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:33,880 put in charge something like this. 60 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:39,120 When the sightings first made headlines in 2020 and 2021, they 61 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,600 were widely portrayed as encounters with a person flying 62 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,480 a jetpack near a commercial aircraft. 63 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,440 Yet the FBI's file show that at least one pilot later walked 64 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,520 back that description. In one case, the China Airlines 65 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,440 captain who initially thought he saw jetpack told investigators 66 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,840 on reflection that he did not believe it resembled the shape 67 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,240 and size of a human and noted there were no propellers or Jet 68 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,400 Propulsion devices attached to the object. 69 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,280 Well, I can totally understand that. 70 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:10,800 I mean, you're a pilot. You're trying to land this 71 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,000 airplane or take off. I mean, you're really engaged 72 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,240 with what you're doing. Look out the window and you see 73 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,519 this thing hovering outside your window. 74 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,760 Normalcy bias alone might be enough to make you think, well, 75 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,640 it's got to be a guy in a jet jetpack. 76 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,560 But really, when you when you start to think about this and 77 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,400 really consider all the different things, go into it, 78 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,800 pretty unlikely that could even be a possibility. 79 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:34,760 It says the records released mark the first interim 80 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:39,200 disclosure for this case, which remains open, indicating that 81 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,920 additional material may still be forthcoming. 82 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,440 For this release, 250 pages were reviewed. 83 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:52,400 The only 130 were released. It is unclear what is in the 120 84 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,840 pages completely withheld. I mean, come on, what are these 85 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:58,440 guys doing all day? Really? 86 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,120 It's just a sad reflection on our society. 87 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,400 Goes on down and says. The FBI's first reference to the 88 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:10,240 case appears in an internal summary of the August 30th, 2020 89 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,320 incident, when pilots of American Airlines Flight 1997 90 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:20,280 reported seeing a person with a jetpack flying approximately 30 91 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:24,600 yards to the left of them as they descended to land at LAX at 92 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,320 about 3000 feet. According to the records. 93 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,080 Approximately 1 minute later, JetBlue Flight 23 was 94 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,000 approaching LAX and a pilot possibly saw the same person 95 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,920 flying with the jetpack. So then they're making some 96 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,800 assumptions here. The bureau's records show the 97 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:46,520 FBI's Los Angeles Residence agency open a file 164B-LA Dash 98 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:52,360 3313857 on September 1st, 2020 to investigate the sightings. 99 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:56,280 October 2020 Pilot describes object in detail. 100 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:59,720 So here we have another Pilot eyewitness account a year later 101 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,360 on October 14th, 2020. So here we have. 102 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,480 I mean, this stuff's been going on for a long time. 103 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:11,320 A China Airlines captain flying from Taipei to Los Angeles told 104 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:17,400 FBI agents he saw an object at 6000 to 6500 feet over Colville 105 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,640 City during descent. The pilot described it as moving 106 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,320 horizontally and only visible for two seconds. 107 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,800 Now that's about what, a mile and a quarter up quite a ways up 108 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,800 in the air. To think that somebody could be 109 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,960 up there with a jetpack doesn't seem likely to me. 110 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,160 I mean why not just called a drone? 111 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,880 He called out the sighting to the Co pilots. 112 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:41,400 The object was approximately 100 to 200 meters away from the left 113 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,360 wing tip when it went past the plane couple 100 yards away. 114 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,640 Now come on man, this this plane is going several 100 mile an 115 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,840 hour. Wouldn't you think that the wash 116 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:55,240 from the air turbulence would be enough just to knock that guy 117 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,720 right out of the right out of his orbit? 118 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,160 If that was a person in a jetpack? 119 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,040 Didn't none of this seems reasonable to me. 120 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,760 At first, the October 14th, 2020 sighting was linked to the idea 121 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:08,360 of a jetpack or fly suit. But after an FBI interview, the 122 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,560 China Airlines captain made a crucial clarification. 123 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,800 He told investigators that on reflection quote, he did not 124 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,960 believe it resembled the shape and size of a human. 125 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,400 He added that there were no propellers or Jet Propulsion 126 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,000 devices attached to the object. Well, kind of hard to have a 127 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,680 jetpack without a jet. This reversal is noteworthy. 128 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:33,000 The incident was widely described in headlines as a 129 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,840 another jetpack man encounter that the pilot himself cast 130 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:41,000 doubt on that interpretation. If the object did not look like 131 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,640 a human and carried no visible proportion system, at least open 132 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,400 the possibility that it was not a balloon, not a drone, and not 133 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,840 a man of flight gear. The FBI documents stopped short 134 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,040 of offering an alternative explanation, but the pilot's 135 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,360 testimony underscores the unresolved nature of what was 136 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,120 seen that night. Well, that's kind of why we call 137 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:05,160 them UF OS unidentified flying objects then. 138 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,400 It's just under social media tips and public lease. 139 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:12,520 The files show that tips poured in through the FB is National 140 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:18,560 Threat Operations Center NTOC. On one December 2020, E tip 141 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,440 accused a Los Angeles graffiti tagger of being the jetpack 142 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,880 flyer, alleging he had posted about this on social media 143 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:30,080 knowing the FBI was looking into this and that he clearly has no 144 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,760 remorse and finds it funny that he has got away with it so far. 145 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,919 Now come on. We've talked about how rare 146 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:38,960 these jetpacks are, how much they cost, how much training it 147 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:40,720 takes to fly them. Pretty hard for me to. 148 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:45,840 I believe that some graffiti vandal out there has the 149 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,200 resources, the time and inclination to go hire out a 150 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:53,160 jetpack, fly it up into the airspace right there at LAX 151 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,360 where you might quite likely be knocked to the ground by the 152 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:00,000 wake of one of these giant passenger airships. 153 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,360 I mean, come on. Doesn't make any sense, does it? 154 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,840 The tipster urged the FBI to find out this his real name, his 155 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:11,320 cell phone IG IG use location and charge him appropriately 156 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,280 because he's scaring people by being able to operate a jetpack. 157 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:19,000 No evidence in the release files confirm that lead produced 158 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,520 results. Well, of course not, because the 159 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,200 whole thing's imaginary if you ask me. 160 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,040 May 2021. Cessna Pilot reports jetpack 161 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,400 like figure near Van Nuys in kind of same general 162 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,760 neighborhood. On May 9th, 2021, a student 163 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:37,800 pilot and a Cessna 172 with an instructor at Van Nuys Airport 164 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:41,520 reported seeing what appeared to be a person on a jetpack for 165 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:45,760 about 6 seconds at 2400 feet. Still up there quite a ways, you 166 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:51,160 know, almost a half a mile in altitude, 400 to 500 feet from 167 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:52,920 the plane. Now who in their right mind 168 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,480 would fly that close to an airplane? 169 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,640 If you're wearing a jetpack, could could you imagine, I mean 170 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,840 that, that a prop propeller from that plane hits you and guess 171 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,160 what, you're not with us any longer. 172 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,200 The person was just same thing if you get too close to that 173 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,840 airplane and 1 of this giant jet engine sucks you in. 174 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:11,480 We've all heard those horror stories. 175 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,800 So come on, let's let's have a little bit of common sense about 176 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,560 this. The person was going the 177 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:18,760 opposite direction from the lane, standing up straight, 178 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:22,120 wearing black and red clothing. The pilot compared the sighting 179 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,280 to a prior photo and video and said it was exactly the same in 180 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,920 shape and build, but with different colors. 181 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:33,320 OK July 2021 cargo pilot describes reddish object The 182 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,200 July 28th, 2021 incident involved a Calida Air cargo 183 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,080 flight. On final approach to LAX, the 184 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:44,000 captain told the FBI he saw an unidentified object at 5000 185 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,880 feet. Once again, you're up there 186 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,200 about a Mile High, pretty high for a jetpack. 187 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:49,680 Not even sure they can actually go that high. 188 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,720 Initially thinking it was a guy with a jetpack, but later noting 189 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,440 it was larger than a balloon and smaller than a helicopter or 190 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:01,120 small airplane. They've got an excerpt here from 191 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,800 the report. It says Blank saw the object for 192 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,440 seven or 8 seconds before it was behind their position. 193 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,160 The first couple of seconds he tried to figure out if the 194 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,160 object posed a danger of colliding with the aircraft. 195 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,600 Once he determined it was not about to hit the plane, he tried 196 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,320 to figure out what it was. The object appeared to be 197 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,720 reddish and taller and five to seven feet tall, similar to the 198 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,400 height of a person. Blank sent a photo and video of 199 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,360 an object for a comparison enclosed with this report. 200 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,720 Said the photo was similar in size and shape, but the color 201 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,280 was wrong. The color of the object in the 202 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,280 photo was black and white. Did not believe the color 203 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,800 difference could be explained by the sun reflecting off the 204 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,320 object. I have a little bit of a problem 205 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,440 with these guys sending the picture and saying well did it 206 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,360 look like this? I mean, why not have this guy 207 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,480 sit down with a police sketch artist and have him sketch out 208 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,880 what he saw? I mean, given him something to 209 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,560 look at, could, I think bias their memory of what they 210 00:11:57,560 --> 00:12:00,200 actually, you know, we're trying to recall goes on. 211 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,160 It says he described the object as reddish in collar and five to 212 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,480 seven feet tall, similar in the height of a person. 213 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,160 And he observed it for 7 to 8 seconds, first trying to 214 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,040 determine if it posed a collision risk before attempting 215 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,680 to identify. He was later sent a photo and 216 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:17,680 video of similar object that said that the collar was wrong. 217 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,920 The comparison image showed black and white, not red. 218 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,920 Wow. And then goes on down here. 219 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:28,400 It says in November 2021, an individual reported seeing a man 220 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:33,720 at San Pedro's Lookout Point Park flying a fast advanced 221 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:39,240 looking drone that landed on his arm like a hawk and speculated 222 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,480 it could be connected to the jetpack sightings. 223 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,440 That sounds pretty weird. Never seen a drone before that 224 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,840 landed on someone's arm like a hawk I suppose. 225 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,360 At no definitive conclusion in FBI files. 226 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:56,000 The released records contain no definitive identification of the 227 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,720 object or person. Instead, they show a mix of 228 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,800 pilot testimony, public tips, and FBI investigative activity, 229 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,560 and including interviews with flight instructors, pilots, and 230 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:10,400 possibly industry contacts. One record shows agents received 231 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:14,760 at least one CD containing video recording evidence in December 232 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:18,720 2020, but the contents were not included in the foyer release. 233 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,920 Well, I wonder why not? The Fbis decision to initially 234 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,600 withhold the records for years under exemption signals how 235 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,120 seriously the Bureau took their reports and their investigation 236 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:32,480 that the eventual release leaves the mystery unresolved. 237 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,760 Pilots repeatedly described objects that appeared humanoid 238 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,920 at altitudes and distances difficult for current consumer 239 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,720 jet packs, and the files reveal the Bureau explored but did not 240 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:46,040 prove links to drones or social media personalities. 241 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,520 What the files do show for the first time in an official 242 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,480 release is how pilots, airline crews and tipsters perceive the 243 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,640 incidents and how the FBI documented them in his case 244 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,320 file. The records also confirm the 245 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:03,560 federal authorities obtained A at least some video evidence but 246 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:06,760 have not released it publicly. Future releases will be 247 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:10,600 highlighted on the Black Vault and linked below when available. 248 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,720 And then he's got the PDF file here of of the files that he 249 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:16,560 got. Yeah. 250 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:18,360 What a great job by John Greenwald. 251 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,360 Really appreciate that. Staying on top of this story 252 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,120 here five years later. Just really wild stuff. 253 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:25,880 I want to go take a look at this next article. 254 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,440 I want to finish up with this article here from 255 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,880 interestingengineering.com. interestingengineering.com 256 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:38,600 written by Amaya Palacia, Palacia PLPALEJI. 257 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:43,280 It says articles written four years ago so and then updated 258 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,920 July 24th, 2024. So I don't know if this is just 259 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,080 like a regular update they do on this thing or what. 260 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,320 But anyway, it says Jetpack man spotted flying again. 261 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,920 Is he becoming a regular in LAX? Question mark. 262 00:14:55,120 --> 00:15:00,320 The jetpack man is back at 5000 feet and pilots on the are on 263 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,960 the lookout and somehow cool with it. 264 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:04,680 I don't know about that. They're mean. 265 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,720 They're calling it in reporting. And I'm not sure how cool they 266 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,560 are with it. It seems like months of 267 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,840 investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 268 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,840 Federal Aviation Authority have yielded nothing. 269 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,360 And a jetpack man who was first reported in September last year 270 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,880 appears again. ABC Seven reported the sightings 271 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,120 have been so common pilots seemed unperturbed by the 272 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,120 warnings coming from air traffic control. 273 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,520 Wow, a little complacency, you know. 274 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,520 Why would you be unconcerned about these things when they're 275 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,320 right there in your landing and take off zone? 276 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,760 Even small birds flying near runways can spell disaster for 277 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,560 planes attempting to land and take off. 278 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,280 Imagine how worried one would be if a man with a jetpack was 279 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,200 allowed to fly freely around airports. 280 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,480 That's exactly what happened in September 2020 when American 281 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,360 Airlines Flight 1997 reported a guy in the jetpack flying at 282 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,840 3000 feet. But then another incident 283 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,240 occurred just over a month later. 284 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,040 This time, the jetpack man made some progress. 285 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,920 He was spotted soaring at 6000 feet. 286 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,040 Now, these are ridiculously high altitudes for a jetpack. 287 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,680 I mean, come on. The FAA swung into action while 288 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:13,240 also seeking the FBI's help to find out what it was, what was 289 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,800 happening. Later in December, the man was 290 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,680 captured on video near California for the first time. 291 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,720 Now, here you go. They're making a leap. 292 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,040 They're saying, well, this was a man captured on video. 293 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,400 We don't know that, OK? Nobody has ever identified this 294 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,520 thing. And now he's back in Los Angeles 295 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:29,760 again. So here a little bit you have a 296 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,680 little bit of a normalcy bias creep in there. 297 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:36,600 The jetpack's man was spotted at about 5000 feet and was reported 298 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:40,480 to air traffic control. As the ATC staff contacted other 299 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,360 aircraft in the vicinity to warn them. 300 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,960 The pilots casually reported back whether they saw a man 301 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,960 flying with a jetpack or not. Interestingly, most pilots 302 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,520 naturally seem to refer to him as Iron Man, which signals the 303 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,400 likelihood that the previous incidents have been heavily 304 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,880 discussed on piloting circles and dismissed off as non 305 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:04,240 hazardous. This is the danger of a of a of 306 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,720 this normalcy bias, people just not paying attention to these 307 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:11,319 things and creating a situation where a really catastrophic 308 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:14,160 situation could occur. Just check the ATC 309 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:15,720 communications with pilots here, it says. 310 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,480 We'll play it in just a second. Given the limited capabilities 311 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,440 of jetpack technology, investigation agencies have 312 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,800 suggested that it might be a drone that is designed to look 313 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:29,360 like a man in a jetpack or else we really have a Tony Stark in 314 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:32,760 our midst who has finally mastered the technology that why 315 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,880 in the world would they want to do this over at airport, at 316 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,200 International Airport, landing and take off zone makes no 317 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,600 sense. Let's go ahead and listen to 318 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,160 this brief transmission of these pilots discussing this real 319 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,600 quick. Close encounter for an American 320 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,920 Airlines jet about to land at LAX last night. 321 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,360 The pilot of that American Airlines plane called air 322 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:55,760 traffic control to report a man wearing a jetpack flying near 323 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,320 his plane. The Tower Tapes just released. 324 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:00,800 A tower. American, 1997. 325 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,480 We just passed the guy in a jetpack. 326 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,440 American 1997. OK, thank you. 327 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,040 What they up here? Left side or right side? 328 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:14,000 Off the left side of maybe 303 hundred yards or so. 329 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,440 About an hour. That jet was flying at an 330 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,560 altitude of 3000 feet at the time of this encounter. 331 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,760 The tower then warned other approaching flights to be on the 332 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:24,920 lookout for a man with a jet pack. 333 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:26,800 That incident under investigation. 334 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,080 Well, there you have it, right there from the horse's mouth as 335 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,840 they say that the air, the airline pilot coming in, 336 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,480 reporting that 300 yards off to our left or whatever it was, 337 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:40,840 claims it was a man of jetpack. Like I said, normalcy bias, who 338 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,280 knows what these things were and never have been identified. 339 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,080 Nobody's ever come forward. The FBI investigated supposedly 340 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,800 for what, four or five years? Nothing substantial has ever 341 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,240 come up to even suggest who it might have been or where the 342 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,640 jetpacks may have came from. I mean, it's not like you're 343 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,720 just going out there and renting an Uber or something. 344 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:00,240 How many jetpacks could there possibly be even available to 345 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,520 use out there? Got to be a pretty small circle. 346 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,720 So if this was actually literally a man in a jetpack, 347 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,040 you would have thought that something would have turned up 348 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,320 by now with these repeated incursions into LAX airspace. 349 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,840 And another thing that I just seem to really upsets me a 350 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,280 little bit is this is this apathy toward what's going on 351 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,960 here. You have this unauthorized 352 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,600 unidentified flying object, what they call a jetpack in the 353 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:28,720 airspace over LAX, possibly interfering with air travel, 354 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,640 flying in and around these huge airplanes, traveling at 355 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,480 extremely fast rates to speed. Anything could happen. 356 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,960 Something terrible could happen, putting the lives of people at 357 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,120 risk. And even the pilots themselves 358 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:41,320 just seem to be a little bit unconcerned about it. 359 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,680 I don't get it. I think it's just the societal 360 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,280 pressure from so many decades. Well, if you reported UFO, you 361 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,960 must be a conspiracy theorist or you must be a little bit wacky 362 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,240 and to the point where the people we depend upon to look 363 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,880 out for our safety. These airplane pilots just don't 364 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,520 want to be bothered, don't want to risk being the person by 365 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:05,720 reporting a really dangerous situation instead of just saying 366 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,480 we don't know what this thing is, but it shouldn't be here and 367 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,360 then. Having the FBI get out there and 368 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:14,200 really try to solve this, it's almost like it's put on a shelf 369 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:18,920 somewhere and they just kind of chalk it up to this little thing 370 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,240 of it's a man of jetpack. We have some random stranger out 371 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,360 there flying around its jetpacks, kind of like what we 372 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:28,000 heard down there in Peru, what earlier this year when we have 373 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,360 these strange things show up flying around. 374 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:33,200 And we're supposed to believe that illegal gold miners from 375 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,640 Columbia or Brazil or something that are just there to steal the 376 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,120 gold from the local population. And they they've dragged in all 377 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:43,000 these jetpacks and fuel and whatnot, you know, hundreds of 378 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,160 miles into the, into the deep jungle. 379 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,840 Makes no sense. I don't know if we'll ever get 380 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,280 to the point where people can just be satisfied with saying we 381 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,760 don't know what they are. They are definitely not showing 382 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,520 any respect for our airspace. But it would sure be nice to be 383 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,880 aware of them and try to take evasive actions if necessary. 384 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:01,600 I hope you've enjoyed the program. 385 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,440 If you have, don't forget to like, follow, subscribe. 386 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,280 Doesn't cost a dime. Until next time. 387 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,000 This is UFO warning over now.