ATC
USAF GV Crew Reports Person in ‘Wingsuit’ at 4,000 Feet
Aircraft was en route to KLAX
Jet pack man
© screenshot from Sling Pilot Academy video

The crew of a U.S. Air Force Gulfstream V operating under the call sign SAM741 (Special Air Mission 741) reported sighting of a person in a “wingsuit” as the aircraft was passing through 4,000 feet on a flight into Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) earlier this week, according to the LiveATC recordings.

While no other sightings were known to follow, the report hearkened back to the series of reports of a person apparently seen wearing a “jetpack” flying through various altitudes that circulated earlier in the decade. Video captured at least one of these incidents, but it was unclear whether it was the so-called “jetpack man” or a drone. Investigations yielded no information, and the reports ceased.