On August 30, 2020, two different airline pilots reported seeing a "guy in a jetpack" hovering near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at 3,000 feet (910 m), 300 yards (270 m) from the course of planes on a 10 miles (16 km) final approach.
[5] In November 2020, a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter crew recorded a video of what appeared to be a balloon of the fictional character Jack Skellington from the film The Nightmare Before Christmas.
"[8][9] On October 14, 2020, China Airlines 006 reported seeing "a flying object like a flight suit jetpack" at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) during the approach to LAX.
[12]On July 28, 2021, a pilot reported seeing a flying object that looked like a man in a jetpack, roughly 15 miles (24 km) off the California coast, at 5,000 feet (1,500 m).
[13] In air traffic control chatter, the flying object was referred to variously as "the UFO" and "Iron Man".