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This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report from 2022, released in 2023 as case 237UAP00137. It records that American Airlines flight AAL2654, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Las Vegas to Chicago O'Hare, reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon on December 17, 2022. The crew were eastbound at FL390, 38 nautical miles northwest of MCI, and described red, green and white lights fading in and out high above. The remarks suggest possible satellites, and the report is closed.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 09:55 12/17/2022 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign: AAL2654 Aircraft: B738 Tail Number: Operator: AAL Origin: LAS Destination: ORD New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial MOR Init: YES MOR ID: ZKC-M-2022/12/17-0001 Paged: YES Secondary Codes: MOR, NOTIFICATION-NONE REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while E bound at FL390, 38NM NW MCI. The unknown phenomenon was described as red, green, and white lights fading in and out, high above. Possible satellites. TY notified. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2022-12-17T09:55 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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