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This Federal Aviation Administration record, from the Department of Transportation, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on February 3, 2023. The crew of a commercial Airbus A321, callsign ROU1721, flying from CYYZ to PHX and handled by the ZKC reporting facility, reported a large balloon off the aircraft's left side. At the time the aircraft was westbound at FL320, 20 nautical miles north of BQS. The crew placed the balloon at about FL500 or higher. The file is marked closed.
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## PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 17:23 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Callsign: ROU1721 Aircraft: A321 Tail Number: Operator: ROU Reporting Facility: ZKC Origin: CYYZ Destination: PHX New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial Paged: NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the left side while W bound at FL320, 20NM N of BQS. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above.
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