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Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00236

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

This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on March 9, 2023, and handled by the Anchorage facility (ZAN). A BE10 aircraft flying northeast at 14,000 feet from PTH to MRI reported a well-illuminated but undefined object off its right side, slightly below, near Mt. Augustine. The pilot in command lost contact with the object in twilight. No traffic was in the vicinity. ANR was notified, and the report is closed.

SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON
Date: 05:01 03/09/2023
Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZAN
Callsign: TN479AK
Aircraft: BE10
Tail Number:
Operator:
Origin: PTH
Destination: MRI
New Destination:
Operator Type:
MOR Init: YES
MOR ID: ZAN-M-2023/03/08-0001
Paged: YES
REMARKS
Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the right side while NE bound at 14,000 feet, over 59.30N, 153.23W
vicinity of Mt. Augustine. The unknown phenomenon was well illuminated but undefined and slightly below. PIC lost contact with
object in twilight. No traffic in vicinity, ANR notified.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-03-09T05:01 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1

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