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This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, dated 5 July 2024 and filed by Kansas City Center (ZKC), covers American Airlines flight AAL1913, an A321 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Phoenix. Flying westbound at FL260, the pilot got a TCAS resolution advisory and saw three slow, light grey aircraft heading the opposite way at FL300. United flight UAL1687 and five more aircraft near Fort Riley, Kansas also got TCAS alerts but saw nothing. Neither radar nor Western Air Defense showed any traffic.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 20:35 07/05/2024 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZKC Callsign: AAL1913 Aircraft: A321 Tail Number: Operator: AAL Origin: ORD Destination: PHX New Destination: Operator Type: Commercial Paged: YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the front side while W bound at FL 260, 40 NM N of FOE. PIC reports receiving a TCAS RA and saw a flight of 2 followed by a single aircraft, all slow moving, opposite direction at FL 300, light grey in color. PIC could not discern type of aircraft or provide more description. UAL1687 also reports receiving a TCAS RA in that area but did not acquire traffic visually. There were no primary or secondary radar returns depicted on ATC facility radar. Western Air Defense reports no aircraft in vicinity. 2119 UPDATE: 5 more aircraft reported seeing traffic in close proximity on TCAS in the vicinity of Fort Riley, KS. Negative visual contact. No know GPS testing in that area. No corresponding traffic depicted on radar. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2024-07-05T20:35 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1
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