Radar Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00216

National Archives and Records Administration

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Department

NARA

Original size

49 KB

External ID

377c87dde3ae689eb279e6f8e3ac333ace8dd7747572fcfcd64882a6e2b0961a

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A commercial aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon consisting of a string of lights moving southeast while flying at FL260 over CTR. The phenomenon was later correlated to Starlink satellites over Massachusetts.

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Locations referenced

Location	Context	Confidence	Supporting text
Massachusetts	Sighting Location	Unresolved	A commercial aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon consisting of a string of lights moving southeast while flying at FL260 over CTR. The phenomeno

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Jun 15, 2023

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Jun 14, 2026

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Jun 14, 2026

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Entities mentioned

E145 PDT Starlink satellites

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 23:39 02/13/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZBW Callsign:PDT6044 Aircraft:E145 Tail Number: Operator:PDT Origin:BOS Destination:MDT New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while W bound at FL260, over CTR. The unknown phenomenon was a string of lights moving SE bound high above. Correlates to Star Link satellites over MA. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-02-13T23:39 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1