A321 captain reported a conflict with a drone near the outer marker of the approach to mco airport.

Attributes
ACN	1521534
Time
Date	201802
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MCO.Airport
State Reference	FL
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

On arrival to 18R at mco; near outer marker; the first officer reported a drone to the right and below the airplane. I did not see the drone; first officer (first officer) stated that it was near final approach; but below our airplane. We did not report it as a near miss; as first officer stated that it was not. The first officer immediately reported the drone to mco tower.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 Captain reported a conflict with a drone near the outer marker of the approach to MCO airport.

Narrative: On arrival to 18R at MCO; near outer marker; the first officer reported a drone to the right and below the airplane. I did not see the drone; First Officer (FO) stated that it was near final approach; but below our airplane. We did not report it as a near miss; as FO stated that it was not. The FO immediately reported the drone to MCO Tower.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.