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This is a Federal Aviation Administration preliminary operations report from 2023, released by the Department of Transportation, logging a UAP report made on January 26, 2023 near Lynchburg, Virginia. The crew of N926FM, an Embraer E135 from Charlotte, reported the object at the 12 o'clock position while descending from FL360 to FL340 about 10 miles northeast of Lynchburg. They described it as a shiny, missile-shaped object with a smoke trail, climbing through FL360. The report says law enforcement notification was not reported.
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Date: 1/26/2023 6:53:00 PM (-05 EST) Title: N926FM UFO-UAP 01-26-2023 Latitude: 37.42785393999999 Latitude: -79.072652090000005 ## DESCRIPTION PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS: LYNCHBURG, VA/UFO-UAP/1853E/ATSC ADVISED N926FM, EMBRAER E135, UNKN DEPARTURE ARPT - CLT, REPORTED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON AT THE 12 O'CLOCK POSITION WHILE DESCENDING FROM FL360 TO FL340 10 NE LYH. THE UAP WAS OBSERVED CLIMBING THROUGH FL360 WITH A SMOKE TRAIL. THE UAP WAS DESCRIBED AS A SHINY MISSILE SHAPED OBJECT APPROXIMATELY 10-30 S LYH. LEO NOTIFICATION NOT REPORTED. WOC 7-3333 HM/JW
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