The Trumbull County Disturbance

911 Call To The FAA

One of the key officers, Unit 998, has visual observation of the object while proceeding towards it in his cruiser. He is in contact with the dispatcher as he is proceeding towards a location closer to the UFO. She then calls the FAA to see if it could be a known aircraft of some kind and to report the sightings.

In this clip the dispatcher (CD) is talking to the FAA operator (FAA). A full clip of this conversation is available in RealAudio format only. My apologies to those of you who need a wave file. It is simply too large (7 megs) for me to offer on this site.

Conversation With The FAA In RealAudio
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Below is a transcript selection from the above clip. The forward speech is in black and the reversals are in red. The sound files contain the forward speech of the reversal then the reversal slowed down slightly if necessary for better understanding. The shorter clips are in both RealAudio and wave format.

FAA	I'm looking at the radar scope and I go sixty mile diameter of Youngstown and there is nothing out here.
	... They're hearing the odd swiper ... FAA1.ram FAA1.wav

CD	Oh shit!

FAA	Not even anything up high or --

CD	We've got five, five accounts, five calls in on this.
	... Walk the owl. Describe it, the owl, the owl ... FAA2.ram FAA2.wav

FAA	Yeah.

CD	Something flying in our area and it's low to the ground. Would you be able to monitor like a Sesna (SP?) or something with a light on it?

FAA	Well, you know if it was -- you mean visibly?

CD	No, with, with the radar.
	Out here with the road view. Got one. FAA3.ram FAA3.wav

FAA	Oh with the radar uh it depends on how high it is and where they are. You know if it's down low radar coverage ...
	... Earlier I will say I'm honest mister. Our earlier rose flew up ... FAA4.ram FAA4.wav

CD	... (Asks about small craft traffic coming into the airport.)

FAA	It could be. It could be you know just it could be anything. Um. As far as uh any kind of helicopter traffic, anything down low. They don't have any kind of requirements to uh ...
	... Oh I get embarrassed about knowing that it get ice ... FAA5.ram FAA5.wav

CD	... (Expresses her concern about there not being any noise associated with the reported object.)

FAA	Closer coming into the airport here.

CD	Okay so you don't have communication on helicopters ...

FAA	It could be helicopters, a helicopter particularly flying low.

CD	Alright, I'm buying this 100%, but ...
	We kept that serpent up in the ... air. FAA6.ram FAA6.wav

FAA	But you, uh, you know, is that location anywhere near a hospital?

CD	We are close to a hospital but the location away from ... as low as they said it was to the ground it would be approximately five miles away from the hospital ...

FAA	No uh we haven't had, we haven't had anything going on uh you know a ... come up in that direction.
	... There you have my orders. They know you worry. FAA7.ram FAA7.wav

CD	Okay ... (Describes the sightings.)

FAA	This guy just go out here northbound climbed up high and uh, nothing's going on around here.

CD	Okay, I am going to advise you of this ... (Reports to him about the night's UFO sightings.)

FAA	Okay, well, you know we don't uh we uh I have a uh if I was downstairs in the radar room I would have a binder with some phone numbers something under covering as far as unidentified flying objects referring to things like that. If you wish you can ...

CD	No ...

FAA	... I don't see anything out there. Uh, nothing on the radar scope. I haven't seen anything. And uh we really don't do anything with the information.
	Sheriff, they command us ... FAA8.ram FAA8.wav

CD	Okay ...