r/uap_files

This 34 second footage is from Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, it shows an unidentified aerial object passing close to a commercial aircraft, filmed by its pilot using a high-end mobile phone.

Because of the object's reported speed and proximity, the pilot alerted the control tower. The response from Air Traffic Control was that no corresponding radar return was being detected.

No publicly available air-traffic-control recording, radar record, flight documentation or official aviation-authority statement has presently been located that independently confirms the reported exchange. The claim should therefore not be presented as established fact.

Crucially, the identity of the pilot has not been publicly established. No reliable source naming the pilot, identifying the airline, flight number, aircraft registration, route, altitude or exact time of the recording has also been located. An original personal upload directly attributable to the pilot has likewise not presently been located.

The attribution to a commercial pilot is repeated consistently across the available circulation, but until the pilot, airline or original recording can be independently identified, that attribution remains reported rather than independently verified.

Reported camera operator: Unnamed pilot of a Mexican commercial airline

Pilot identity: Not publicly established

Airline: Not established

Flight number: Not established

Aircraft registration/type: Not established

Reported location: Airspace over Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico

Reported recording date: 27 July 2026

Exact recording time: Not established

Recording device: Reported only as a "high-end mobile phone"

Tower/radar account: Reported but independently unverified

The footage is presented for examination and discussion. Viewers are encouraged to consider both anomalous and conventional explanations and reach their own conclusions from the evidence currently available.

Original Source Credit: Currently Unknown