# What was the mystery missile? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 9, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-mystery-missile/560107 "2010-11-09T23:24:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-mystery-missile/560107/81 "2010-11-18T14:43:12Z")
> [@Nunavut\_Boy](#): > > Apparently it was [US Airways flight 808.](http://blog2.bahneman.com/content/it-was-us-airways-flight-808) By the way, there have been updated analyses that amend this. They think the flight was UPS902, a UPS plane coming in from Hawaii. ETA: [Linky](http://blog.bahneman.com/content/it-was-us-airways-flight-808) ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-mystery-missile/560107/82 "2010-11-19T15:42:55Z")
Has anyone mentioned UFOs yet? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-mystery-missile/560107/83 "2010-11-19T15:53:02Z")
Well, considering that they have yet to positively identify which air plane it was (though there have been several suggestions that seem to have narrowed it down considerably), I’d say hat obviously it could still be considered a UFO… -XT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-mystery-missile/560107.md?page=4)