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This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report covers an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on August 21, 2023, and its status is closed. The report was filed through Houston Center (ZHU). Spirit flight NKS797, an A20N flying from Houston to Fort Lauderdale, was eastbound at FL370 about 11 NM southwest of PCU. The crew reported a round, black and white oblong object about the size of an Embraer E-145, heading west at roughly FL360 to FL370. The report notes no evasive maneuvers and no operational impact.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 12:27 08/21/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZHU Callsign: NKS797 Aircraft: A20N Tail Number: Operator: NKS Origin: IAH Destination: FLL New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial MOR Init: YES MOR ID: ZHU-M-2023/08/21-0003 Paged: YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the left side while E bound at FL370, 11NM SW of PCU. The unknown phenomenon was a round, black and white oblong object approximately the size of an Embraer E-145 aircraft. The object was traveling W bound at approximately FL360 to FL370. No evasive maneuvers and no additional operational impact reported. AWO notified. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-08-21T12:27 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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