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Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00170

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. · 2023 · 1 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This is a Federal Aviation Administration record of an unidentified aerial phenomenon report, logged at 15:54 on February 3, 2023 and marked closed. According to the record, American Airlines flight AAL1376, an A321 on a commercial flight from Boston to Los Angeles, reported a large balloon off its right side. The crew was westbound at FL320, 4 NM northwest of STJ. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above, and Kansas City Center (ZKC) was the reporting facility.

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## PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON

Date: 15:54 02/03/2023

Status: Closed

POD: DEN

Callsign: AAL1376

Aircraft: A321

Tail Number:

Operator: AAL

Reporting Facility: ZKC

Origin: BOS

Destination: LAX

New Destination:

Operator Type: Commercial

Paged: NO

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Aircraft reported a large balloon off the right side while W bound at FL320, 4NM NW of STJ. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above.

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