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This Federal Aviation Administration record from 2023, logged under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, documents a report from JetBlue flight JBU115, an A321 flying from JFK to SFO, on 02/03/2023. The report was taken by reporting facility ZKC. The crew said they saw a large balloon off the left side while westbound at FL340, 40 NM north of BQS, and estimated it at about FL500 or higher. The report's status is closed.
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## PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 17:16 02/03/2023 Status: Closed Callsign: JBU115 POD: DEN Aircraft: A321 Reporting Facility: ZKC Tail Number: Operator: JBU Origin: JFK Destination: SFO New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial Paged: NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large balloon off the left side while W bound at FL340, 40NM N of BQS. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above.
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