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This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023, documents an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on April 9, 2022. The crew of United Airlines flight UAL2330, a Boeing 737 flying from Phoenix to Newark at FL330, reported a set of lights maneuvering very high in the distance near Stillwater, Oklahoma. Delta flight DAL309, trailing by 56 NM, observed the same lights, while Spirit flight NKS806 nearby reported seeing nothing. The report is marked closed.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 08:15 04/09/2022 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZFW Callsign: UAL2330 Aircraft: B739 Tail Number: Operator: UAL Origin: PHX Destination: EWR New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial MOR Init: YES MOR ID: ZFW-M-2022/04/09-0002 Paged: YES REMARKS The Flight Crew is reporting observing a set of lights very high in the distance maneuvering in the approximate vicinity of Stillwater, OK. A second aircraft, 56NM in trail of UAL2330 is DAL309, a B753 at FL350 in route from LAX to ATL is observing the same lights in the distance, very high above and in the approximate same vicinity as reported by the crew of UAL2330 operating at FL330. The DEN inquired of ZKC who have communication with NKS806, and passing within 20NM of SWO heading ESE bound at FL370. The flight crew had no reports of sighting any activity in the area. At the time of the observation, UAL2330 and NKS806 were on converging courses with 40NM route separation. At the time of the observation reporting by both DAL309 and UAL2330, the aircraft were 85NM and 20NM W of IRW tracking eastbound. AWO notified. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2022-04-09T08:15 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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