{"type":"locations","slug":"ohare-airport","title":"O'Hare Airport","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/ohare-airport","description":"Chicago hub where airline employees reported a saucer hovering above a terminal in 2006","date":"2006-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Airport"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","lat":41.9742,"lng":-87.9073,"connectionCount":2,"content":{"markdown":"## United Airlines Sighting\n\nOn 7 November 2006, ramp workers and pilots witnessed a gray disc hovering over gate C17 at O'Hare International Airport before shooting upward through the clouds.[^1][^2]\nSee the [O'Hare airport sighting](/events/2006-ohare-airport-sighting) report for witness interviews.\n\n## FAA Response\n\nAir traffic controllers saw nothing on radar and labeled the incident as weather, prompting criticism from witnesses who insisted the object left a clear hole in the clouds.[^3][^4][^5]\n\n\n[^1]: [NARCAP Technical Report 10: O'Hare UAP safety report](https://www.narcap.org/s/NARCAP_TR-10.pdf)\n[^2]: [NPR interview with eyewitness](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6664001)\n[^3]: [FAA statement to ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2775570)\n[^4]: [NUFORC UFO Sighting 53392](https://nuforc.org/sighting/?id=53392)\n[^5]: [CBS/AP: UFO At O'Hare? Officials Say Weird Weather](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-at-ohare-officials-say-weird-weather/)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"documents","slug":"2006-chicago-ohare-airport-report","title":"Chicago O'Hare Airport Report","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2006-chicago-ohare-airport-report"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"events","slug":"1986-1987-brazilian-ufo-wave","title":"Brazilian UFO Wave","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1986-1987-brazilian-ufo-wave"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/ohare-airport","title":"O'Hare Airport","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/locations/ohare-airport","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"continent":"North America"}