John Washuta

John Washuta is a commercial pilot known for his involvement in a notable UAP encounter documented in aviation safety research. On an unspecified date, he was co-piloting Pan-American DC-6 flight 257 from New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico, with 44 passengers aboard, when the crew observed a spherical UAP while on autopilot. This incident is analyzed in NARCAP's 'Aviation Safety in America – Spherical UAP' by Ted Roe, drawing from Dr. Richard F. Haines' AIRCAT database of over 3,300 pilot UAP reports from 1950-2000. The case underscores potential aviation hazards from unidentified spherical phenomena, described variably as lights or balls in colors like orange, red, or white. No birth/death years, nationality, or further publications by Washuta are detailed in available sources. His testimony contributes to studies on UAP-pilot interactions without links to military/government UFO programs.