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This 2023 Federal Aviation Administration release is a closed Skywatch incident report about an unidentified aerial phenomenon on 10 August 2022. The New York facility (ZNY) filed the report on Emirates flight UAE9918, a Boeing 777 flying at FL330 about 1,050 miles off the Carolinas coast. The crew said they saw two aircraft with landing lights flying a racetrack pattern ahead of them, which looked like a fast jet combat air patrol. In a later update the crew said the lights were possibly Starlink satellites.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 04:09 08/10/2022 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZNY Callsign: UAE9918 Aircraft: B77L Tail Number: Operator: UAE Origin: BQN Destination: EHAM New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial Paged: NO REMARKS (CFPL) Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the 12 o'clock while NNE bound at FL330, 1,050 miles off the E coast of the Carolinas, LAT/LONG 3208N/5750W. The crew observed 2 aircraft North of their position operating in a formation in a North to South racetrack pattern. They appeared to have their landing lights on while operating in a left hand racetrack pattern, 3-5 minutes laps with one trailing the other by 5 seconds. Looks like a fast Jet Cap. They area estimated to be 40-50 miles ahead at approximately at or above FL400. LEO not notified. (CFPL) 0409 Update: The Crew is reporting that they continue to observe 2 or 3 lights moving North and East very high above. They report this sighting to possibly be Starlink Satellites. AWO notified. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2022-08-10T04:09 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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