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This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report from April 10, 2023 records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported by UPS flight 49, a Boeing 767 flying from Incheon to Anchorage. The crew saw a bright white light of unknown altitude above them off the left side at FL350, 148 NM northwest of SPY, and a second B767 flight also reported the light. The closed report concludes the sighting was consistent with a train of satellites passing over Alaska.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 11:08 04/10/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZAN Callsign: UPS49 Aircraft: B763 Tail Number: Operator: UPS Origin: RKSI Destination: ANC New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial Paged: YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the left side while ENE bound at FL350, 148 NM NW of SPY. The unknown phenomenon was a bright white light unknown altitude above them. AJT1020, B767, RKSI to PANC at FL330 also reported same light. This is consistent with a train of Skylink satellites traveling over Alaska. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-04-10T11:08 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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