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The Federal Aviation Administration released this Skywatch incident report, dated 3 February 2023, with Kansas City Center (ZKC) as the reporting facility. It records that numerous aircraft in Sector R26, beginning with SCX623, reported suspicious UAS activity near PWE120025. The object appeared to be a balloon at FL500 moving southeast. It entered R94's airspace at about 1726z. All affected aircraft received traffic advisories. The report says the activity was ongoing, and the case status is listed as closed.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 14:52 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Paged: NO REMARKS ZKC Sector R26 reported numerous aircraft starting with SCX623 reported Suspicious UAS Activity in the vicinity of the PWE120025. The suspicious UAS appeared to be a balloon at FL500 moving SE bound, all affected aircraft were issued traffic advisories. The balloon appeared to enter R94's airspace at approximately 1726z. The suspicious UAS activity is ongoing. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-03T14:52 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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