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This 2023 Federal Aviation Administration release contains a single Skywatch incident report dated December 15, 2014. The crew of Southwest Airlines flight SWA2346, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Midway to Parkersburg, reported a strobe light flashing about once every 30 seconds, 20 nautical miles west of Parkersburg at FL380, and the pilot called it a UFO. Indianapolis Center found no other aircraft that saw it at first. Later reports put the light high in the atmosphere, possibly a satellite or space debris.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: OTHER Date: 07:05 12/15/2014 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZID Callsign: SWA2346 Aircraft: B738, BOEING, 737-800 Tail Number: Operator: SWA Origin: MDW Destination: PKB New Destination: BWI Operator Type: Paged: NO REMARKS Aircraft reported observing a strobe light 20NM W Parkersburg at FL380, flashing about once every 30 seconds. Light appear to be above ACFT and PIC reported incident as a UFO. ZID queried other ACFT in the area with negative reports. 0212 other ACFT now report light is high up in the atmosphere, possibly a satellite or space debris. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2014-12-15T07:05 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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