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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 17 July 2023. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, flight SWA549 from RSW to STL, was northwest bound at FL380 about 81 NM southeast of Memphis when the crew saw a string of lights high above with no known direction of travel. The report notes the lights appear to correlate with Starlink satellites, and the case is closed.
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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 02:36 07/17/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZME Callsign: SWA549 Aircraft: B737 Tail Number: Operator: SWA Origin: RSW Destination: STL New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial Paged: YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while NW bound at FL380, 81 NM SE of MEM. The unknown phenomenon was a string of lights high above them with an unknown direction of travel. String of lights appears to correlate with Starlink satellites. No LEO notification. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-07-17T02:36 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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