Military Report Unclassified Complete

237UAP00273

National Archives and Records Administration

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49 KB

External ID

7da0b1db2052014ef149c5c988dcf39b20f6c51301bb15a8f6b5bec0f9e0036c

Confidence

85%

Credibility

90%

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Intelligence summary

A commercial aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon consisting of a string of lights while flying at FL380. The lights were believed to be associated with Starlink satellites.

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Jun 15, 2023

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Entities mentioned

B737 Southwest Airlines String of lights Starlink

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SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON Date: 02:36 07/17/2023 Status: Closed POD: DEN Reporting Facility: ZME Callsign:SWA549 Aircraft:B737 Tail Number: Operator:SWA Origin:RSW Destination:STL New Destination: Operator Type:Commercial Paged:YES REMARKS Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while NW bound at FL380, 81 NM SE of MEM. The unknown phenomenon was a string of lights high above them with an unknown direction of travel. String of lights appears to correlate with Starlink satellites. No LEO notification. SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2023-07-17T02:36 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 of 1