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This is a Federal Aviation Administration report from 2023, filed under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon and marked closed. It records that on 2 March 2023 at 00:47, the crew of commercial flight MWT650, a C650 flying from SNA to FCM, reported a large silver or white balloon. The crew said it was 20,000 feet above them while they flew east northeast at FL390, 101 nautical miles west of ONL. The report came through Denver Center (ZDV).
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## PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 00:47 02/03/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZDV Callsign: MWT650 Aircraft: C650 Tail Number: Operator: MWT Origin: SNA Destination: FCM New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial Paged: NO REMARKS Aircraft reported a large silver/white balloon 20,000 feet above them ENE bound at FL390, 101NM W of ONL.
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