Radar Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00253

National Archives and Records Administration

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Jun 14, 2026

Department

NARA

Original size

49 KB

External ID

089f2d4e9d666dc5b8d34496ff9162db09d029084db6eb2e1373f376589ce40c

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A commercial aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon consisting of 3 to 5 flashing lights while flying at FL390. The incident occurred on April 16, 2023, and was corroborated by other aircraft in the vicinity.

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Jun 15, 2023

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Jun 14, 2026

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Entities mentioned

ACA1091 35NM S of EKN

Full document text

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 04:01 04/16/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZDC Callsign:ACA1091 Aircraft:A333 Tail Number: Operator:ACA Origin:MCO Destination:CYYZ New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial MOR Init:YES MOR ID:ZDC-M-2023/04/16-0001 Paged:YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the left side while N bound at FL390, 35NM S of EKN. The unknown phenomenon was 3 to 5 flashing lights well above FL390. Lights were reported by other ACFT also. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-04-16T04:01 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1