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This is a Federal Aviation Administration report from the Department of Transportation, logged as an unidentified aerial phenomenon and now closed. It records that on 3 February 2023 the crew of a general aviation Falcon 7X, callsign N506BA, flying west from Cleveland to Santa Fe at FL430, reported a large balloon off their left side about 10 NM north of BQS. The balloon was at approximately FL500 or higher. Kansas City Center (ZKC) was the reporting facility.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, from the Department of Transportation, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on February 3, 2023. The crew of a commercial Airbus A321, callsign ROU1721, flying from CYYZ to PHX and handled by the ZKC reporting facility, reported a large balloon off the aircraft's left side. At the time the aircraft was westbound at FL320, 20 nautical miles north of BQS. The crew placed the balloon at about FL500 or higher. The file is marked closed.
This is a closed Federal Aviation Administration report, released by the Department of Transportation and dated 2023. It records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported at 17:22 on 02/03/2023 by the crew of Delta flight DAL1059, a commercial flight from Minneapolis (MSP) to Houston (IAH), and the ZKC facility took the report. While heading southwest at FL360, the crew reported a large balloon off the right side at roughly FL500 or higher. No further action or explanation is recorded.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, 237UAP00161, is a closed report from 2023 about an unidentified aerial phenomenon. On 2 March 2023 the crew of a commercial A321 flying as ROU1721, headed southwest at FL320 on a flight from CYYZ to PHX, reported a large balloon ahead of the aircraft. The report places the aircraft 51 nautical miles east of MCI and the balloon at roughly FL500 or higher. Kansas City Center (ZKC) was the reporting facility.
This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration report on an unidentified aerial phenomenon, recorded as closed. On February 3, 2023, the crew of a Falcon 2000 general aviation aircraft, callsign N7771HM, was flying west at FL400 from MQS to APA. About 20 nautical miles north of BQS, they reported a large balloon off their left side. The report puts the balloon at about FL500 or higher. The Kansas City center (ZKC) filed the report.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, 237UAP00163, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon report made on February 3, 2023. The reporting facility was ZKC. The crew of commercial flight ROU1721, an A321 flying from CYYZ to PHX, reported the object while heading west at FL320. The remarks describe the object as a balloon. The report's status is closed.
This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration report, closed and filed under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, from reporting facility ZKC. It records that on 02/03/2023 at 17:16 a general aviation F2TH aircraft, callsign N771HM, flying from MQS to APA, reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The crew described it as a balloon to the west at FL500 while their aircraft was westbound at FL400.
This Federal Aviation Administration record from 2023, logged under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, documents a report from JetBlue flight JBU115, an A321 flying from JFK to SFO, on 02/03/2023. The report was taken by reporting facility ZKC. The crew said they saw a large balloon off the left side while westbound at FL340, 40 NM north of BQS, and estimated it at about FL500 or higher. The report's status is closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration record from the Department of Transportation, numbered 237UAP00166, logging an unidentified aerial phenomenon report from 2 March 2023. JetBlue flight JBU115, an A321 flying from JFK to SFO, reported the object, and the Kansas City center (ZKC) was the reporting facility. The remarks say the object was a balloon heading east at FL500, located at BQS360020. The report's status is closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon report from 2 February 2023 (listed as 02/03/2023). JetBlue flight JBU2131, an A320 flying from JFK to Las Vegas, was heading west at FL320 about 40 nautical miles southeast of STJ. The crew reported a large balloon off the right side at roughly FL500 or higher. Kansas City Center (ZKC) handled the report, and its status is closed.
This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration record of an unidentified aerial phenomenon report, logged under case 237UAP00168 by the Kansas City center (ZKC). It covers a February 3, 2023 report from American Airlines flight AAL518, a Boeing 737-800 flying from San Diego to Chicago O'Hare. The crew saw a large balloon ahead of them while heading east at FL390, 35 nautical miles southeast of STJ. The balloon was estimated to be at about FL500 or higher. The record's status is closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, is a closed report of an unidentified aerial phenomenon dated February 3, 2023. Callsign MXY242, a BCS3 aircraft flying from SYR to LAS, reported the event to facility ZKC. The crew said a large balloon was off the right side while they flew westbound at FL360, 15 NM north of BQS. They estimated the balloon's altitude at about FL500 and above.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration record of an unidentified aerial phenomenon report, logged at 15:54 on February 3, 2023 and marked closed. According to the record, American Airlines flight AAL1376, an A321 on a commercial flight from Boston to Los Angeles, reported a large balloon off its right side. The crew was westbound at FL320, 4 NM northwest of STJ. The balloon was at approximately FL500 and above, and Kansas City Center (ZKC) was the reporting facility.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration unidentified aerial phenomenon report, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023. It records a closed report from 3 February 2023. Southwest Airlines flight SWA3125, a B38M flying from Midway (MDW) to Colorado Springs (COS), was heading west at FL340 over STJ. The crew reported a large balloon off the right side at about FL500 or higher. The reporting facility was ZKC.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, covers an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on February 3, 2023. The crew of FFT566, an A320 airliner flying from Denver to Kansas City, reported a large balloon off the left side while heading southeast at 13,000 feet. They estimated that the balloon was at about FL500 or higher. The report is marked closed and does not identify the object.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration unidentified aerial phenomenon report from the Department of Transportation, released in 2023. It covers an event at 15:43 on 02/03/2023, when Spirit (NKS) flight NKS1286, an A320 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Phoenix, was reporting to the Kansas City facility (ZKC). The crew reported a large balloon off the right side while heading west at FL340 over St. Joseph. They put the balloon at about FL500 or higher. The report is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, UAP report 237UAP00174 from the Department of Transportation, logs an event on February 3, 2023. American Airlines flight AAL947, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Albuquerque, reported to Kansas City Center that it saw a large balloon off its right side while northbound at FL360 over STJ. The crew put the balloon at about FL500 or higher. The report's status is closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report, filed under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, records a February 3, 2023 sighting reported through Kansas City Center (ZKC). The crew of American Airlines flight AAL1743, an A319 flying from Cedar Rapids to Dallas-Fort Worth, reported a large balloon off the right side while northbound at FL340, 13 nautical miles west of STJ. The pilot said the balloon, at about FL500 or higher, dropped 20,000 feet in altitude. The report is marked closed.
This is a closed Federal Aviation Administration unidentified aerial phenomenon report from 2023, covering an event at 15:40 on 02/03/2023. It records that the crew of United Airlines flight UAL2372, a B39M flying from IAD to LAS and reported through facility ZKC, saw a large balloon off the aircraft's right side. The crew was northbound at FL340, 13 NM west of STJ, and estimated the balloon's altitude at about FL500 or higher.
This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration record of an unidentified aerial phenomenon report, logged by Kansas City Center (ZKC) and now closed. On 3 February 2023, United flight UAL700, a Boeing 777 flying from Washington Dulles to San Francisco, reported a large balloon off its right side. The aircraft was northbound at FL400, 10 nautical miles west of STJ, and the crew put the balloon at approximately FL500 and above.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, part of a 2023 Department of Transportation release, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon report from 2 February 2023. American Airlines flight AAL883, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Phoenix, reported a large balloon off its right side. The crew was northbound at FL340, 13 nautical miles west of STJ, and put the balloon at about FL500 or higher. Kansas City Center took the report, and the case is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, 237UAP00179, logs a report of an unidentified aerial phenomenon made on February 3, 2023. American Airlines flight AAL639 was a Boeing 737-800 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Tucson, and the report was handled by the ZKC facility. Its crew reported a large balloon off the right side of the aircraft while flying westbound at FL340, 13 nautical miles northwest of STJ. They estimated the balloon's altitude at about FL500 or higher. The record's status is closed.
This 2023 Federal Aviation Administration record, catalogued as 237UAP00180, is a closed unidentified aerial phenomenon report filed through the Kansas City center (ZKC). It says that on 3 February 2023, Delta flight DAL1276, an A321 flying from Dallas-Fort Worth to Minneapolis, reported a large balloon off its left side. The aircraft was northbound at FL310, 13 nautical miles northwest of STJ, and the balloon appeared to be at about FL500 or higher.
This Federal Aviation Administration report, issued by the Department of Transportation in 2023, logs a closed unidentified aerial phenomenon report dated 02/03/2023 at 15:04. It covers commercial flight SCX623, a B738 flying from MSP to HRL, handled by the ZKC reporting facility. The crew reported a large balloon off the right side while southbound at FL360, 25 NM southeast of PWE. The balloon was estimated at approximately FL500 and above.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration unidentified aerial phenomenon report, record 237UAP00182, released in 2023. It covers Frontier flight FFT2931, an A20N airliner flying from Detroit (DTW) to Phoenix (PHX), on 3 February 2023, with Kansas City Center (ZKC) as the reporting facility. The crew reported a large balloon off the right side while northbound at FL360, 25 nautical miles southeast of PWE, at about FL500 or higher. The report is marked closed.
This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration record of an unidentified aerial phenomenon report, logged as 237UAP00183 and now closed. At 15:01 on 02/03/2023, the crew of Delta flight DAL1242, a commercial flight from Austin to Minneapolis, reported a large balloon off its left side. The aircraft was flying north at FL360, 29 nautical miles south of Lincoln. The crew put the balloon at roughly FL500 or higher.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration record from 2023, filed under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon and now marked closed. On February 3, 2023, SkyWest flight SKW3756, an E75L flying from Oklahoma City to Minneapolis, told Kansas City Center that it saw a large balloon off its right side. The crew was northbound at FL370, 30 nautical miles west of RBA. They estimated the balloon was at about FL500 or higher.
The Federal Aviation Administration released this Skywatch incident report, dated 3 February 2023, with Kansas City Center (ZKC) as the reporting facility. It records that numerous aircraft in Sector R26, beginning with SCX623, reported suspicious UAS activity near PWE120025. The object appeared to be a balloon at FL500 moving southeast. It entered R94's airspace at about 1726z. All affected aircraft received traffic advisories. The report says the activity was ongoing, and the case status is listed as closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record from the Department of Transportation logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon report dated February 3, 2023, filed through Kansas City Center (ZKC) and now closed. The crew of SkyWest flight SKW3758, an E75L flying from Oklahoma City to Minneapolis, said they saw a large balloon off the right side. They were northbound at FL370, 30 nautical miles west of RBA. The crew estimated the balloon was at about FL500 or higher.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration record from 2023, filed under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon and marked closed. It covers a report at 14:40 on 02/03/2023 from commercial flight SCX8941, a B738 flying from MSP to SKF, handled by reporting facility ZDV. The crew reported a large balloon off the right side while westbound at FL400, 15 NM west of RBA. They estimated the balloon's altitude at approximately FL500 and above.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, logged under the Department of Transportation as 237UAP00188, documents an unidentified aerial phenomenon report from 3 February 2023. American Airlines flight AAL2574, a Boeing 737-800 flying from St. Louis to Phoenix, reported a large balloon off its right side. The aircraft was westbound at FL360, 30 nautical miles west of RBA, and the balloon appeared to be at about FL500 or higher. Denver Center filed the report, and its status is closed.
This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration report, filed under the Department of Transportation, logging an unidentified aerial phenomenon on 3 February 2023. The crew of American Airlines flight AAL769, an A321 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Phoenix, reported a large balloon off the right side of the aircraft. The plane was westbound at FL320, 30 nautical miles west of RBA, and the balloon was at about FL500 or higher. Denver Center filed the report, and the case is marked closed.
This is a closed Federal Aviation Administration record of an unidentified aerial phenomenon report, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023. It shows that on February 3, 2023, commercial flight SCX8941, a B738 flying from MSP to SKF, reported the phenomenon while southbound at FL340, 60 NM northwest of MCI. The object was identified as a balloon at about FL500, 15 NM west-northwest of RBA. Kansas City Center (ZKC) was the reporting facility.
This is a 2023 Federal Aviation Administration record, a closed unidentified aerial phenomenon report numbered 237UAP00191. It says that on 3 February 2023 at 14:34, United Airlines flight UAL597, a Boeing 737 MAX flying from Newark to Las Vegas, reported a large balloon off its right side. The crew was westbound at FL340, 30 NM west of RBA, and put the balloon at about FL500 or higher. Kansas City Center was the reporting facility. The record lists no further action.
This Federal Aviation Administration record from the Department of Transportation logs a closed report of an unidentified aerial phenomenon dated February 3, 2023. According to the report, the crew of United Airlines flight UAL1152, a Boeing 737 MAX 9 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Phoenix, saw a large balloon off the right side. The aircraft was westbound at FL360, 30 nautical miles west of RBA, and the balloon was at about FL500 or higher. Denver Center filed the report.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, filed as report 237UAP00193 in 2023, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon report dated February 3, 2023. Delta flight DAL1023, an A319 flying from San Antonio to Minneapolis, reported a large balloon off its left side. The flight was northbound at FL310, 10 nautical miles west of RBA, and the balloon appeared to be at about FL500 or higher. Denver Center (ZDV) was the reporting facility, and the record is marked closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration record from 2023, filed under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon and marked closed. On 3 February 2023, American Airlines flight AAL2297, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Dallas-Fort Worth to Boston, reported the sighting to the Denver facility (ZDV). While southbound at FL340, about 30 nautical miles east of PWK, the crew saw a balloon off the right side. They estimated the balloon's altitude at FL500 or higher.
This Federal Aviation Administration report, 237UAP00195 from the Department of Transportation, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon on 2 March 2023. It was filed through Denver Center (ZDV). The crew of United Airlines flight UAL532, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Denver to Chicago O'Hare, said they passed under a large balloon while eastbound at FL390, 20 nautical miles east of PWK. The report is marked closed, and no one was paged.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon report from 3 February 2023. The crew of United Airlines flight UAL1046, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Seattle, was westbound at FL360, 37 nautical miles northeast of Sioux City. They reported a lighted object above them that appeared to be maneuvering at about FL400 or higher. Minneapolis Center (ZMP) filed the report, and its status is marked closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration report from 2023, filed under the primary code Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon and marked closed. It records that on 2 March 2023 at 00:47, the crew of commercial flight MWT650, a C650 flying from SNA to FCM, reported a large silver or white balloon. The crew said it was 20,000 feet above them while they flew east northeast at FL390, 101 nautical miles west of ONL. The report came through Denver Center (ZDV).
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report released in 2023, coded as an unidentified aerial phenomenon and marked closed. It records that on 4 February 2023, United Airlines flight UAL1580, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Chicago O'Hare to Vancouver, reported an unidentified phenomenon above it. The aircraft was westnorthwest bound at FL380, 60 nautical miles east of Billings. The object had lights and was described as orbiting. No evasive action was reported.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report from 2023 covers a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon at 03:35 on February 4, 2023. JetBlue flight JBU1211, an A321neo flying from JFK to Las Vegas at FL360, was 36 nautical miles south of MCI. The crew reported multi-colored flashing lights ahead that left a contrail or wake. A trailing Southwest flight, SWA2520, saw the same thing and suggested it might be reflections from a satellite. Neither aircraft took evasive action, and the UFO Hotline was notified.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report covers an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on February 5, 2023. The crew of Delta flight DAL395, a Boeing 767 flying from Los Angeles to Atlanta, reported it while eastbound at FL350, 35 nautical miles west-northwest of Jackson. The crew saw about 10 lights at high altitude moving in multiple directions, visible for 5 to 10 seconds before fading out. No evasive action was taken, and the report is marked closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released by the Department of Transportation in 2023, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon report dated February 6, 2023, from Anchorage Center (ZAN). Alaska NORAD reported an object 115 nautical miles north of OTZ that was possibly an unverified balloon heading northeast at 27 knots near FL300, and no aircraft were nearby to verify it. At closeout the report was found to be erroneous, uncorrelated radar data that had not come from an aircraft.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report, released in 2023, about an event on 7 February 2023. The report was filed through the Kansas City center (ZKC) and is marked closed. A commercial LJ40 flying as OKC618 from MKC to PWA was eastbound at FL450, 184 nautical miles west of MCI. The crew reported multiple bright lights high above to the left, changing direction and moving north and south. Other aircraft nearby said the lights appeared to be satellites.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released by the Department of Transportation, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon report from February 7, 2023. It was filed through Minneapolis Center (ZMP). United flight UAL1164, a Boeing 737 flying from San Francisco to Toronto, and several other aircraft saw bright flashing lights about 50 nautical miles north of Des Moines. The lights were moving east-southeast at 60,000 feet or higher. The FAA matched the report to a Starlink satellite train, and NORAD agreed.
This Federal Aviation Administration record, released in 2023, logs an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on 7 February 2023 by commercial flight NCR884, a Boeing 747 flying from Miami to Amsterdam. The crew reported three bright flashing objects moving southeast at roughly 40,000 to 50,000 feet while the aircraft was northeast bound at 33,000 feet. The FAA correlated the sighting with a Starlink satellite train of three to four groups of four units and closed the report.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report, dated 10 February 2023, records a UAP sighting that the crew of UPS flight 1052 reported. The Boeing 757 was flying from MHT to BGR. While northeast bound at FL370 near 41.27N/76.25W, the crew saw bright lights well above the aircraft at their 12 o'clock. New York Center (ZNY) was the reporting facility, and the report's status is closed.
This is a Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch incident report from 2023. It records an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported at 08:30 on 10 February 2023 by UPS flight UPS1016, a Boeing 767 flying from SDF to BOS. The reporting facility was ZNY. While northeast bound at FL370 near 41.27N/76.25W, the crew saw bright lights well above them at the 12 o'clock position. The report notes that TY was notified and lists the case as closed.
This Federal Aviation Administration Skywatch Incident Report, coded as an unidentified aerial phenomenon, logs an event at 03:13 on 10 February 2023 reported through Kansas City Center (ZKC). The pilot of general aviation Beechcraft B350 N378BG, flying from BBG to FNL, reported red and white lights off the left side while northwest bound at FL280, 15 NM south of CNU. The lights were also traveling northwest at about FL280. The report notes that TY/AWO was notified, and its status is closed.