Description

*The whistleblower is concerned because this altitude is highly regulated Class A airspace that requires flight plans and transponders, but in this instance, there were no flight plans for the object and the object was not transponding.*

*We can largely eliminate the possibility of common objects because:*

*- a weather balloon would have been transponding*

*- this altitude is too high for hobby drones and illegal for any drone*

*- there is no biological indicator of a bird strike*

*- video of the engine shows metal damage*

ASA = Americans for Safe Aerospace

FAA = Federal Aviation Administration

Class A airspace = Controlled airspace that extends from 18,000 feet mean sea level (MSL) to 60,000 feet (FL600) throughout the United States and Alaska.