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In a recent interview, he said he had never worked with Allgyer and had mistaken him for a different person with the same last name, but refused to provide more information.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2024

The Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Force said an air defence unit had mistaken the Boeing 737-800 for a US missile.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2023

A voice then yelled out: “I’m one of you!” and out stepped the Russian soldier, who had mistaken the neighborhood watchmen for fellow Russians.

From New York Times Dec. 3, 2022

The lawsuit argued that the air traffic controllers should have realized during an exchange of radio conversations with Brown that he had mistaken one of the 757 cargo planes for the other one.

From Seattle Times Oct. 27, 2022

I was also made to see that until that moment I’d had mistaken ideas about these things.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus