Narrative:

Flight attendant called the flight deck to advise us that passenger 1 in seat X claimed to be a british officer, was concerned with the actions of passenger 2 in seat Y. Passenger 1 claimed passenger 2 was acting strange and appeared to be nervous and was watching closely the flight attendants and other passenger, and he was using something silver that appeared to be some sort of counter. At the time I was notified, passenger 2 was sleeping and was not bothering anyone. I did contact dispatch to let them know what was going on and to run a security check on passenger 2. The checks found nothing unusual on passenger 2. Both dispatch, the first officer, and myself did not feel the need to go 'level one threat level.' there were two fam's onboard and were notified as to what was going on, as well as the purser. We continued to jfk without any difficulties.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ON A B767 A PAX CLAIMING TO BE A BRITISH OFFICER OBSERVED ANOTHER PAX ACTING NERVOUSLY. THE FLT ATTENDANT WAS INFORMED.

Narrative: FLT ATTENDANT CALLED THE FLT DECK TO ADVISE US THAT PAX 1 IN SEAT X CLAIMED TO BE A BRITISH OFFICER, WAS CONCERNED WITH THE ACTIONS OF PAX 2 IN SEAT Y. PAX 1 CLAIMED PAX 2 WAS ACTING STRANGE AND APPEARED TO BE NERVOUS AND WAS WATCHING CLOSELY THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND OTHER PAX, AND HE WAS USING SOMETHING SILVER THAT APPEARED TO BE SOME SORT OF COUNTER. AT THE TIME I WAS NOTIFIED, PAX 2 WAS SLEEPING AND WAS NOT BOTHERING ANYONE. I DID CONTACT DISPATCH TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND TO RUN A SECURITY CHECK ON PAX 2. THE CHECKS FOUND NOTHING UNUSUAL ON PAX 2. BOTH DISPATCH, THE FO, AND MYSELF DID NOT FEEL THE NEED TO GO 'LEVEL ONE THREAT LEVEL.' THERE WERE TWO FAM'S ONBOARD AND WERE NOTIFIED AS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON, AS WELL AS THE PURSER. WE CONTINUED TO JFK WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTIES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.