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This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released in 2023 as part of the Department of Transportation's UAP records, covers an event dated 2 January 2024. Boston Center (ZBW) handled flight PDT5795, an E145 flying from Boston to Harrisburg. The crew reported a bright orange unidentified aerial phenomenon ahead of them while they were southwest bound at FL260, 25 nautical miles south-southwest of Albany. The object moved quickly and jumped to around FL500. Some radar data was reportedly acquired, and the report is marked closed.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 01:43 01/02/2024 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZBW Callsign: PDT5795 Aircraft: E145 Tail Number: Operator: PDT Origin: BOS Destination: MDT New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial MOR Init: YES MOR ID: ZBW-M-2024/01/01-0002 Paged: YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off their front while SW bound at FL260, 25NM SSW of ALB over 42.2105N, -74.375W. The unknown phenomenon was bright orange and moved quickly at near level altitude and would jump in altitude to around FL500. Pilot kept reporting the same maneuvers all the way down near DNY intersection. It appears some radar data was acquired up until 0155Z. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2024-01-02T01:43 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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