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Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00133

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. · 2023 · 1 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Federal Aviation Administration record, filed in 2023 under UAP case 237UAP00133, covers a closed report dated December 11, 2022, logged under the United Airlines callsign UAL2247 and reported by the Minneapolis center (ZMP). Several commercial flights heading east near Des Moines at around 33,000 to 39,000 feet said they saw orbs of light moving in various directions. ZMP gave the crews UFO reporting center numbers, and the record lists eleven reporting flights.

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## PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON

Date: 09:15 12/11/2022

Status: Closed

POD: DEN

Callsign: UAL2247

Aircraft: B752

Tail Number:

Operator: UAL

Paged: YES

Reporting Facility: ZMP

Origin: SFO

Destination: IAD

New Destination:

Operator Type: Commercial

MOR Init: YES

MOR ID: ZMP-M-2022/12/11-0001

Secondary Codes: MOR

## REMARKS

MOR was filed for a multitude of reports, but info was very vague. HQ DEN contacted ZMP and requested info be collected to complete entry. ZMP has updated MOR to reflect. All flights reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the 12 o'clock while E bound at varying altitudes and distances from DSM. They reported Orbs of light moving in various directions. ZMP provided UFO reporting Center numbers to all flights. Below is a list of flights that reported the phenomenon. AWO notified.

UAL1204 0922Z DSM246035 FL350

UAL1786 0929Z DSM244050 FL350

UAL362 0930Z DSM263100 FL350

AAL2453 0931Z DSM199050 FL350

ASA392 0932Z DSM227155 FL350

UPS957 0933Z DSM234155 FL390

AAL756 0936Z DSM255180 FL330

DAL2683 0936Z DSM239117 FL350

FFT2034 0942Z DSM240118 FL350

UAL2247 0948Z DSM240166 FL370

UAL1391 0950Z DSM258238 FL350

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