Air traffic control audio: Pilots report ’triangles’ over Canadian prairies on Jan. 19, 2024

Early on Jan. 19, 2024, several pilots over the Canadian prairies reported “seeing multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation“ high above them. Their reports appeared in Transport Canada’s online aviation incident database on Jan. 23. NORAD was also notified of the incident, which occurred over Saskatchewan and Manitoba. I wrote about this for CTV News: The audio recording with air traffic controllers was taken from (). Originally 2.5 hours long, the audio has been edited for length. For more details, see CADORS report 2024C0262 ( ): A Flair Airlines Ltd. Boeing 737 MAX 8 (C-FLUJ/FLE600) from Vancouver, BC (CYVR) to Toronto/Lester B. Pearson, ON (CYYZ) reported seeing multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation. An Air Canada Airbus A320-211 (C-FKOJ/ACA7086) from King County, WA (KBFI) to Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson, MB (CYWG) also observed the same lights. Canadian Air Defence (CADS ID) notified. Photo: Drdrerwin via Wikimedia Commons (:)