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This is a Federal Aviation Administration record from 2023, filed under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon and marked closed. On 3 February 2023, American Airlines flight AAL2297, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Dallas-Fort Worth to Boston, reported the sighting to the Denver facility (ZDV). While southbound at FL340, about 30 nautical miles east of PWK, the crew saw a balloon off the right side. They estimated the balloon's altitude at FL500 or higher.
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## PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 14:17 02/03/2023 Status: Closed Callsign: AAL2297 POD: DEN Aircraft: B738 Reporting Facility: ZDV Tail Number: Operator: AAL Origin: DFW Destination: BOS New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial Paged: NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a balloon off the right side while S bound at FL340, 30NM E of PWK. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above.
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 1 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.