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Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00111

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. · 2023 · 1 pages · text from the file's own layer

This 2023 Federal Aviation Administration release is a closed Skywatch incident report about an unidentified aerial phenomenon at 04:45 on September 13, 2022. Kansas City Center (ZKC) filed it. American Airlines flight AAL2347, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Dallas-Fort Worth to Colorado Springs, reported the phenomenon. The crew was northwest bound at FL320 near MMB and saw three distinct, well-lit targets above the aircraft on the right side. The pilot said they did not behave the way satellites would be expected to.

SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON
Date: 04:45 09/13/2022
Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZKC
Callsign: AAL2347
Aircraft: B738
Tail Number:
Operator: AAL
Origin: DFW
Destination: COS
New Destination:
Operator Type: Commercial
MOR Init: YES
MOR ID: ZKC-M-2022/09/13-0001
Paged: YES
REMARKS
Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon above them off the right side while NW bound at FL320, in the vicinity of
MMB. The unknown phenomenon was described as 3 distinct well-lit targets behaving not as the pilot would expect with
satellites.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2022-09-13T04:45 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1

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