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Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00218

Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. · 2023 · 1 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023, records a UAP report made on February 14, 2023. It says American Airlines flight AAL1470, an A321 flying from Seattle to Dallas-Fort Worth, reported white flashing lights while heading southeast at 37,000 feet, 90 nautical miles west of DBS. The report concludes the sighting is consistent with sunrise reflections off Low Earth Orbit satellites. It notes that NORAD was briefed and that the case is closed.

SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON
Date: 10:25 02/14/2023
Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZLC
Callsign: AAL1470
Aircraft: A321
Tail Number:
Operator: AAL
Origin: SEA
Destination: DFW
New Destination:
Operator Type: Commercial
Paged: NO
REMARKS
Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while SE bound at 37,000 feet, 90 NM W of DBS. The unknown
phenomenon was white flashing lights. This report is consistent with sunrise reflections off Low Earth Orbit satellites. NORAD
briefed on report. OMIC will file MOR.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-14T10:25 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1

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