· Eastern United States (NORAD)
NORAD's east-coast chase
From Col. James Cobb's account (The Age of Disclosure, 2025): NORAD fighters scrambled down the eastern seaboard after an unknown they could not intercept. · Illustration for uaptrail.com
WhenDate not given
WhereEastern United States (NORAD)
Backing1 independent
Evidenceofficial records
Retired Colonel James Cobb, once NORAD's vice director of operations, describes an unknown that NORAD tracked on radar. The commander said 'I want that target', and fighters were scrambled all the way down the eastern seaboard, but none could intercept or run it down. 'We were unable to maintain air sovereignty over North America.' He does not give the date.
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 2025Christopher Mellonofficialsays the Air Force, which runs NORAD, sent almost no UAP reports to the UAP Task Force Christopher Mellon
How plausible · Moderate
A former NORAD vice director of operations describes firsthand a radar track that fighters could not intercept; no date or units given.
- ●●Access He was in NORAD operations.
- ●●No gain sought Nothing sold.
- ●●Character record Senior NORAD officer.
- ●○Cost of speaking Named retired colonel.
- ●○Fits the documented skeleton NORAD intercepts of unknowns are documented.
- ●○Fits secrecy practice No date or units released.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.
Claims
An unknown was tracked; the commander said 'I want that target'; fighters were scrambled all the way down the eastern seaboard and none could intercept it.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedJames D. Cobb
We were unable to maintain air sovereignty over North America.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedJames D. Cobb