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This Federal Aviation Administration record, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon report from 26 February 2022. The report was filed through the ZKC reporting facility. A general aviation Gulfstream III, callsign N500GF, was flying east from Houston at FL380, 42 nautical miles southwest of SPI. The pilot described the object as a balloon about 25 feet in diameter and reported a near midair collision. The case is marked closed.
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## PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 17:25 02/26/2022 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign: N500GF Aircraft: GLF3 Tail Number: Operator: Origin: HOU Destination: ARR New Destination: Operator Type: General Aviation Paged: NO ## REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while east bound at FL380, 42 NM SW of SPI. The unknown phenomenon was a balloon 25 ft in diameter. PIC reported NMAC.
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