Jetpack man
Jetpack man or guy in a jetpack or Iron Man is an unknown person or object that has been observed flying what appears to be an unauthorized jetpack around the Los Angeles California area at least five times in 2020–21. Multiple airplane pilots have reported seeing jetpack man at altitudes around 5000 feet. It is unknown whether each sighting is the same person, or whether it might be a drone designed to look like a person with a jetpack. Neither jetpacks nor large drones are commonly flown at that altitude or at that distance from land, and there  have been no sightings of a takeoff or landing. It has been theorized by the FBI and FAA that the Jetpack man is actually a balloon. Sightings. First sighting. On August 30, 2020, two different airline pilots reported seeing a "guy in a jetpack" hovering near LAX at 3000 feet, 300 yards from the course of planes on a 10-mile final approach. "American 1997": "Tower, American 1997, we just passed a guy in a jetpack... Off the left side, maybe 300 yards or so, about our altitude." "Skywest pilot": "We just saw the guy passing by us in the  jetpack." Second sighting. In November of 2020, an Los Angeles Police Department helicopter crew recorded a video of what appeared to be a balloon of fictional character Jack Skellington. The video was recorded over the Beverly Hills area. A balloon is believed by many to be the explanation for the phenomenon. The behavior of the balloon was similar in the footage to the jetpack man as it had and would later be described. The LAPD only released the footage in November of 2021. The Federal Bureau of Investigation released a statement on the matter and said: Then adding later on  that: Third sighting. On October 14, 2020, China Airlines 006 reported seeing "a flying object like a flight suit jetpack" at 6000 feet. Fourth sighting. On December 21, 2020, a pilot and flight instructor with Sling Pilot Academy captured the first video of such a flying object, at around 3000 feet near Palos Verdes and Catalina Island (south of Los Angeles). The academy posted the video to their Instagram account, commenting:""The video appears to show a jet pack, but it could also be a drone or some other object. If it is a ‘guy in a jet pack’ then it  remains to be seen whether it is a legal test flight... or related to the jet pack sightings near LAX recently that caused disruptions to air traffic."" Fifth sighting. On July 28, 2021, a pilot reported seeing a flying object that looked like a man in a jetpack, roughly 15 miles off the California coast, at 5000 feet. In air traffic control chatter, the flying object was referred to variously as "the UFO” and “Iron Man”."747 pilot": "Possible jetpack man in sight... about 5000" ... "LAX Tower": "Skywest 3626, did you see the... did you see the UFO?" "Skywest 3626  pilot": "We were looking but we did not see Iron Man" "Tower": "Attention all aircraft, use caution for the jetpack. He is just north of the final, around 5000 at Gate C, last reported" ... "Other pilot": "Where'd you say iron man was flying around again?" "Tower": "Around 5000, reported by a heavy 74 on a 15-mile final."