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This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration release of a closed Skywatch incident report dated February 6, 2017, from New York Center. The crew of AWI3851, a CRJ2 flying from Washington National with Bangor as its new destination, reported a white object off the right side that was descending with the aircraft and seemed to follow it. When controllers pointed out a parallel Southwest Boeing 737 departing Philadelphia, the crew said the object was most likely that aircraft, about 20 NM away and into the sun. No further action was taken.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT | EXPORTED BY: NICHOLAS.D.TORGERSON PRIMARY CODE: OTHER Date: 23:49 02/06/2017 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZNY Callsign: AWI3851 Aircraft: CRJ2, CANADAIR, Challenger 800 Tail Number: Operator: AWI Origin: DCA Destination: New Destination: BGR Operator Type: Paged: NO REMARKS ACFT reported a UFO off of the right side descending with the ACFT. Crew was unsure what the object was but reported it was white and following the ACFT. HQ DEN reached out to PCT to query the crew for additional details. 1857 After further discussion and point out parallel track of PHL departure SWA814/B737, the crew reported that it was most likely the ACFT about 20 NM off the right side over the horizon and into the sun. NFA. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2017-02-06T23:49 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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