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Confirm and Save a Sighting

Turn a correctly aligned Sky Scanner target into a verified local collection entry.

Availability: iPhone · iPad · Free. Checked for app version: 1.0.0.

Outcome

A sighting is stored only after you actively confirm an eligible live track while the alignment and sensor evidence are valid.

Sky Scanner aligned with a visible aircraft

How to do it

  1. Align Sky Scanner with the aircraft and wait for the confirmation action to become available.
  2. Check callsign, registration and type before confirming.
  3. Choose I see this aircraft while the target is still visible.
  4. Review the success result and any newly discovered type, family, operator or registration.
  5. Open Collection to find the saved sighting and its later history.
A populated MODE 1090 aircraft collection

Good to know

  • Demo or stale traffic cannot unlock the collection.
  • Repeated confirmation of the same passage can be recognized as a duplicate instead of creating misleading progress.
  • Exact sensor evidence stays local; only a reduced collection record is eligible for optional sync.
If the result looks different, open Settings > Help and send the visible status together with device, operating system and app version.
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