Exactly one year ago today, UFO experts were buzzing about reports of a pilot who claimed he saw "a long, cylindrical object" flying over New Mexico.

American Airlines and the FBI confirmed reports that flight AA 2292, which was travelling between Cincinnati and Phoenix on February 21, 2021 had a near-miss with an unidentified flying object shortly before twenty past one, local time.

The pilot contacted Albuquerque air traffic control to request information on the bizarre sighting and was heard asking if they had "targets" up in the air.

In an audio clip of the radio transmission, he added: "We just had something just go over the top of us.

"I hate to say this but it looked like a long cylindrical object that almost looked like a cruise missile type of thing - moving really fast right over the top of us."