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Federal Aviation Administration: 237UAP00262

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

This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report was filed on May 3, 2023, and its status is closed. The crew of Spirit flight NKS2078, an A20N on its way from Orlando to Baltimore, reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon at 35,000 feet (FL350) over FAY. They described circling lights high above and to the northeast of the aircraft. The report says the sighting appears to correlate with Starlink satellites and notes that no LEO information was provided.

SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON
Date: 06:35 05/03/2023
Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZDC
Callsign: NKS2078
Aircraft: A20N
Tail Number:
Operator: NKS
Origin: MCO
Destination: BWI
New Destination:
Operator Type: Commercial
Paged: YES
REMARKS
Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the right side while N bound at FL350, over FAY. The unknown
phenomenon was circling lights high above and to the NE. Appears to correlate with Star Link satellites. No LEO information
provided.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-05-03T06:35 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1

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