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This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, filed under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, records a sighting on September 20, 2022. Kansas City Center (ZKC) logged that American Airlines flight AAL500, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Denver to Miami, reported flare-like or bright lights off its left side. The aircraft was southeast bound at FL350, 45 NM east of Tulsa, and the lights were moving east at high altitude. A mandatory occurrence report was opened, and the case is marked closed.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Callsign: AAL500 Aircraft: B738 Tail Number: Operator: AAL Origin: DEN Destination: MIA New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial MOR Init: YES MOR ID: ZKC-M-2022/09/20-0001 Paged: YES Date: 08:55 09/20/2022 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Secondary Codes: MOR REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the left side while SE bound at FL350, 45 NM E of TUL. The unknown phenomenon was reported as flare like or bright lights traveling E bound at high altitude. AWO/TY notified. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2022-09-20T08:55 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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