Monticello, Georgia - PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS ATLANTA GA UAS INCIDENT 1218E ATLANTA TRACON ADVISED DELTA 1958

PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS: ATLANTA, GA/UAS INCIDENT/1218E/ATLANTA TRACON ADVISED DELTA 1958, MD88, REPORTED METALLIC CYLINDER SHAPED UAS PASSED 500 FEET OFF LEFT SIDE WHILE SOUTHEAST BOUND AT 12,000 FEET 40 SE ATL. JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPT NOTIFIED.

MOR Alert for A80 Number: A80-M-2015/04/11-0002 Type: Other Date/Time: Apr 11, 2015 - 1618Z A/C: DAL1958 (MD88) Summary: DAL1958 AT THE ATL131040 (33 13 03N, 83 48 36W) AT 12,000 FT HEADING 310 REPRTED A DRONE PASSED 500 FEET OFF HIS LEFT SIDE AT HIS ALTITUDE. DAL1958 WILL CALL WITH DRONE DESCRIPTION. ADZD DEN. ADZD JASPER COUNTY, GA SHERIFF’S DEPT.

Summary: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR A80-M-2015/04/11-0002. THE CREW CALLED THE FACILITY WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE DRONE REPORTED IN THE PREVIOUS MOR. THE FIRST OFFICER SAID THAT HE DID NOT GET A GOOD LOOK AT IT BECAUSE IT WENT BY SO FAST. HE SENSED IT WAS CYLINDRICAL AND SILVER DUE TO THE SUN GLINTING OFF IT. HIS BEST GUESS WAS THAT IT WAS TWO TO THREE FEET LONG AND ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER BUT AGAIN BY THE TIME HE REALIZED THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE, IT WAS PAST THEM SO HE CANNOT PROVIDE A DEFINITE DESCRIPTION. HE THOUGHT IT WAS OPPOSITE DIRECTION BECAUSE OF THE SPEED AT WHICH IT PASSED THEM. HE BELIEVES IT PASSED RIGHT OUTSIDE HIS WINDOW AND OVER THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. DEN, ROC, ATM ADZD OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.