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Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00177

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

This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration record of an unidentified aerial phenomenon report, logged by Kansas City Center (ZKC) and now closed. On 3 February 2023, United flight UAL700, a Boeing 777 flying from Washington Dulles to San Francisco, reported a large balloon off its right side. The aircraft was northbound at FL400, 10 nautical miles west of STJ, and the crew put the balloon at approximately FL500 and above.

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## PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON

Date: 15:39 02/03/2023

Status: Closed

POD: DEN

Callsign: UAL700

Aircraft: B772

Tail Number:

Operator: UAL

Reporting Facility: ZKC

Origin: IAD

Destination: SFO

New Destination:

Operator Type: Commercial

Paged: NO

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Aircraft reported a large balloon off the right side while N bound at FL400, 10NM W of STJ. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above.

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