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This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report was released in 2023 and filed by the Kansas City center (ZKC). It records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported at 09:55 on December 17, 2022, by the crew of United Airlines flight UAL2247, a Boeing 757 flying from San Francisco to Washington Dulles. The aircraft was eastbound at FL390, 118 nautical miles west of MCI, when the crew saw red, green and white lights fading in and out high above. The report suggests possible satellites and lists the case as closed.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 09:55 12/17/2022 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign: UAL2247 Aircraft: B752 Tail Number: Operator: UAL Origin: SFO Destination: IAD 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, 118NM W 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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