Weird Stories

Pilots Showered in Glass After United Jet Smashes into Mysterious Object 36,000 Feet Above Utah

Passengers aboard a United Airlines flight from Denver to Los Angeles were jolted into panic midair when the jet collided with what investigators now believe was a weather balloon, shattering the cockpit windshield and injuring the pilot. Flight 1039 was cruising calmly at 36,000 feet on October 16 when the Boeing 737 suddenly slammed into…