Jetpack man

<p>Jetpack man (also described as guy in a jetpack and Iron Man) is an <a href="/facts/Unidentified_flying_object/EcXogHdh">unknown person or object</a> observed flying what appeared to be an unauthorized <a href="/facts/Jetpack/YrSy0AkR">jetpack</a> around the <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a> area at least five times from 2020 to 2022. Multiple airplane pilots reported seeing the jetpack man at altitudes around 5,000 feet (1,500 m).
</p><p>It is unknown whether each sighting was the same person, or whether it might have been a <a href="/facts/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle/qt87T19t">drone</a> designed to look like a person with a jetpack. Neither jetpacks nor large drones are commonly flown at that altitude or at that distance from land, and there were no sightings of a takeoff or landing. It was theorized by the <a href="/facts/FBI/UY93jwX6">FBI</a> and the <a href="/facts/Federal_Aviation_Administration/PYsXt3YT">Federal Aviation Administration</a> that the jetpack man was a novelty <a href="/facts/Helium_balloon/tS0lub7Q">helium balloon</a>.
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Jetpack man