The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it is investigating reports from airline pilots that someone was flying in a jetpack as they approached Los Angeles International Airport to land last weekend.

�Two airline flight crews reported seeing what appeared to be someone in a jetpack as they were on their final approaches to LAX around 6:35 p.m. PDT Sunday,� the FAA said.

The statement did not elaborate.

Fox 11 Los Angeles obtained recordings of communications between the aircraft and the tower.

�Tower, American 1997, we just passed a guy in a jetpack,� a pilot said.

�American 1997, OK, thank you, were they off to your left side or your right side?� the controller asked.

�Off the left side at maybe 300 yards or so at our altitude,� the pilot said.

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Another pilot also reported a sighting.

�We just saw the guy pass by us in the jetpack,� he said.

The controller then advised another aircraft flight crew to use caution.

�Person in a jetpack reported 300 yards south of the LA final at about 3,000 feet (914 meters), 10-mile (16-kilometer) final,� the controller said.

Industry expert David Mayman was dubious that it was a jetpack spotted by the pilots.

�It�s very, very unlikely with the existing technology,� said Mayman, CEO of the Los Angeles-based company Jetpack Aviation. �I�m open to being surprised. But I don�t think there�s anyone working on technology that could do a flight from ground level to 3,000 feet and then come back down again.�

Mayman speculated that it could have been a drone, but he added that 3,000 feet was on the high end of what most drones were capable of.

(AP)