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By Flynn Nicholls
US News Reporter
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The Federal Aviation Authroity (FAA) has confirmed to Newsweek that a pilot reported "unidentified lights" while flying near Eugene, Oregon, last Saturday.
It comes after an audio recording surfaced of communication between two pilots and air traffic control, with the controller telling one to "maneuver as necessary left and right to avoid the UFO out there."
The pilots, reported seeing unidentified red, circular lights and objects moving erratically toward the ocean and returning at various altitudes, with one saying the objects moved in corkscrew patterns and at extreme speeds.
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When asked to verify the recording by Newsweek, a spokesperson for the FAA said, "a pilot reported seeing unidentified lights while flying in Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center airspace on Saturday, December 7."
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In the 44-minute recording, which was posted to social media on Sunday, a United Airlines pilot, flying over Willamette national forest told air traffic control, "Looking straight west to Eugene. We're seeing 3 or 4 targets... they're at all altitudes, up and down, it's pretty crazy."
United Airlines and LiveATC.net, the website which hosted the recording, declined to comment.
Another pilot, flying a medical evacuation plane over Siuslaw National Forest, told the controller, "just had another one show up, at my 1 o'clock, about 1,000 feet high, zipping towards us and then back out towards the ocean. Red in color. Moving at extreme speed, I just don't know how to describe it."
The controller replied: "Roger. You are clear to maneuver as necessary left and right to avoid the UFO out there. And uh, all of the reports you're giving us are good information, appreciate it."
The pilot later continued, "It's weird. It's a red circular shape, and it keeps zipping out towards the ocean and then coming back in about 20 miles or closer to us, and then zips back out to the ocean and we can't see it."
The FAA said it documents Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings whenever a pilot reports one to an air traffic control facility. If supporting information such as radar data corroborates the report, the FAA shares it with the UAP Task Force, which was established in 2020.
Mystery Drone Sightings in New Jersey
The UFO reports in Oregon follow mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and, more recently, in New York, that are currently under investigation by the FBI.
During a Tuesday hearing on drone threats to homeland security, several members of Congress questioned how the FBI could have so few answers more than a month after drones were first reported, with some seen in the skies over sensitive military sites.
The session raised more questions than answers with regards to the spate of sightings of unidentified drones and other objects over the U.S., whose origin and purpose remain unknown. The phenomenon has fueled rumors and speculation, including about crash sites, clocks changing time and even extra-terrestrial involvement.
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