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This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report from 2023. It covers an unidentified aerial phenomenon on July 21, 2023, reported by American Airlines flight AAL266, an A321 flying from Lihue to Los Angeles. The crew was eastbound at 14,000 feet, 16 NM west-southwest of CMA, and described multiple lights that appeared to separate. No evasive action was taken. NORAD checked its systems at HQ DEN's request and found nothing, and the report is marked closed.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 04:53 07/21/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZLA Callsign: AAL266 Aircraft: A321 Tail Number: Operator: AAL Origin: LIH Destination: LAX New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial Paged: YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while E bound at 14,000 feet, 16NM WSW of CMA. The unknown phenomenon was described as multiple lights appearing to separate. No evasive action taken. HQ DEN requested NORAD to check their systems, negative results. AWO advised. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-07-21T04:53 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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