A report to the FAA, newly-FOIAed by John Greenewald’s The Black Vault website, reveals that the pilot(s) of a December 19th, 2024 afternoon flight over Delaware County, Ohio spotted a “black cube” just floating in the sky, a detail omitted from the original listing in the FAA’s publicly-available database of “Drone Sightings Near Airports” of the nationwide flap that month.
From the newly FOIAed version: “Aircraft observed a black cube-shaped UAS below while W bound at 16,000 feet, 5NM W of APE. No evasive action was taken. PD notified at 740-670-5555. AWO notified. MOR Filed – Summary from CEDAR via SKYWATCH: [Redacted pilot(s) name] reported a drone passing beneath them by about 500 ft. The [Redacted again – possibly indicated a military flight] was at 16,000′. They described it as a black cube. No other information given,” which in plainer English means “A pilot flying west at 16,000 feet spotted a black cube-shaped drone about 500 feet below them, roughly 5 nautical miles west of some navigation point called ‘APE.’ The pilot didn’t need to change course to avoid it, but reported it through official channels – police were called and the airfield operations were notified, and a mandatory safety report was filed.”
It’s not clear what if anything local police did about the cube at 15,500 ft in the sky.