Unspecified over Central U.S., TN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Another dispatcher sent out a message for all dispatchers on shift about Memphis Air Traffic Control Center requesting any information about pilots seeing numerous flashing lights at about 35000 feet MSL. Memphis Center is quite a large area..and no specifics geographically were given as to what flight and what airline first reported the flashing lights. My flight transiting that area to Savannah heard some discussions but did not observe this.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #150675). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-11-09 → 2019-11-26