Unspecified over WV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
LXJ359, while traveling at FL450 3 miles SW of ESL, reported a UFO at FL550. The report was an extremely bright light that then turned into a string/line of lights. While passing underneath of the UFO the lights turned off but he could still see something there. Also, while underneath the aircraft had a double Attitude Reference System failure and double autopilot failure. During this time numerous other a/c reported seeing this UFO. Other callsigns - SWA368 SWA1393 UAL46. Also, numerous pilots started discussing it on guard.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #167563). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-04-18 → 2022-05-05
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