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This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report from 2023, filed under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon. It records that on 3 February 2023, a U-2 aircraft with callsign DRAGN01, flying westbound at FL600, reported a large balloon off its left side. According to the report, the balloon was at about FL500 or lower, roughly 10 NM northeast of BQS, and the U-2 circled its location. The report's status is closed.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 17:37 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign: DRAGN01 Aircraft: U2 Tail Number: Operator: Origin: BAB Destination: BAB New Destination: Operator Type: Paged: NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the left side while W bound at FL600, aircraft is circling balloon location, 10NM NE of BQS. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and below. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T17:37 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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