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This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report, released in 2023, records an unidentified aerial phenomenon on May 23, 2022. The crew of Spirit flight NKS1028, an A319 flying from Myrtle Beach to Detroit, reported an object moving east to west at about FL280 near SDZ. The pilot thought it might have been a military aircraft. However, radar replay showed no identified traffic, ZDC reported none nearby, and the target did not appear on TCAS. The report is marked closed.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 22:24 05/23/2022 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZDC Callsign: NKS1028 Aircraft: A319 Tail Number: Operator: NKS Origin: MYR Destination: DTW New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial Paged: YES REMARKS At 2131 aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while NW bound at FL280, vicinity of SDZ. The unknown phenomenon was described as an object traveling E to W bound at approximately same altitude. 2250 HQ DEN AADS replay shows no identified traffic in the vicinity. 2257 Pilot of aircraft called HQ DEN at request to further detail incident. Pilot believes may have been a military aircraft, viewed during climb between FL250-280, however ZDC reported no traffic in vicinity when queried and the target did not display on aircraft's TCAS. ZDC has created FALCON replay of incident and pilot will call OM to discuss report. JH notified. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2022-05-23T22:24 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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