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This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, part of a 2023 Department of Transportation release, records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on February 13, 2023 at 23:39. The crew of commercial flight PDT6044, an E145 flying from Boston to Harrisburg (MDT), reported a string of lights moving southeast high above while westbound at FL260. The report, filed through Boston Center and now closed, concludes the lights correlate to Starlink satellites over Massachusetts.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 23:39 02/13/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZBW Callsign: PDT6044 Aircraft: E145 Tail Number: Operator: PDT Origin: BOS Destination: MDT New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial Paged: YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while W bound at FL260, over CTR. The unknown phenomenon was a string of lights moving SE bound high above. Correlates to Star Link satellites over MA. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-13T23:39 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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