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UAP / Starlink Sighting
Single-Record File

FAA Report 237UAP00248: Satellite Flare Sighting over Saint Paul Island

Single-Record File: Only one inspectable record is attached. It documents a source or allegation but cannot independently corroborate the broader claim.
OverviewEvidenceTimelineAnalysisSources
2023-04-10
148 NM Northwest of Saint Paul Island, Alaska, USA
9/10
2/10
Multiple crews, including a Boeing 767 en route to Anchorage, reported a bright white light above 35,000 feet, determined to be Starlink.
low

Investigative Assessments

"The reported claim remains worth testing against the record: Multiple crews, including a Boeing 767 en route to Anchorage, reported a bright white light above 35,000 feet, determined to be Starlink. The strongest documented reasons to keep the file open are: FAA SKYWATCH Incident Form 237UAP00248: Documents a pilot report of Multiple crews, including a Boeing 767 en route to Anchorage, reported a bright white light above 35,000 feet, determined to be Starlink.. Key unresolved lead: Which specific Starlink launch batch was overhead at the time?"
"Evidentiary limitations: low Note that: FAA SKYWATCH Incident Form 237UAP00248 fails to support: The operational log does not contain physical telemetry, radar recordings, or photos to independently verify the nature of the object.."

Case Summary

An intake summary of FAA operational log 237UAP00248 recording an aircrew reporting an unidentified aerial phenomenon. Multiple crews, including a Boeing 767 en route to Anchorage, reported a bright white light above 35,000 feet, determined to be Starlink. This pilot synopsis is an intake summary requiring source-by-source verification.

Evidence Locker

1 inspectable evidence item. Claims and source findings are kept separate.

FAA incident report Local copy hash-verified

FAA SKYWATCH Incident Form 237UAP00248

Analyst rating: Primary operational record of an aircrew report and the FAA's contemporaneous assessment.

“Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the left side while ENE bound at FL350, 148 NM NW of SPY. The unknown phenomenon was a bright white light unknown altitude above them. AJT1020, B767, RKSI to PANC at FL330 also reported same light. This is consistent with a train of Skylink satellites traveling over Alaska.”
Record locationPage 1
Evidence classFAA operational incident record
Relationship to claimPrimary document recording the pilot's intake report.
Authenticity assessmentHigh for document authenticity. The one-page FAA form was visually checked against the NARA PDF.
What this supportsDocuments a pilot report of Multiple crews, including a Boeing 767 en route to Anchorage, reported a bright white light above 35,000 feet, determined to be Starlink.
What it does not supportThe operational log does not contain physical telemetry, radar recordings, or photos to independently verify the nature of the object.
ProvenanceOfficial NARA UAP bulk-download record, hash-registered in the Casebook manifest and served from the read-only VPS corpus mount.
Chain of custodyAircrew report -> FAA SKYWATCH incident form -> FAA transfer to NARA Record Group 615 -> NARA bulk archive -> Casebook.
Open Document (Local PDF Document) Download Copy Canonical Agency Record

Documented Timeline

Not documented: No source-verified chronology has been assembled.

Named Participants and Roles

Not documented: Named participants and roles have not been source-verified.

Contradictions and Record Conflicts

Not documented: Record conflicts have not been analyzed.

Conventional Explanations

Not documented: Conventional explanations have not been evaluated against evidence.

Missing Evidence

Not documented: The evidence gap itself has not yet been fully inventory.

What Remains Unresolved

Not documented: No source-level unresolved findings have been established.

Investigative Hypotheses

  • A train of Starlink satellites reflecting sunlight shortly after sunset.
  • A conventional high-altitude aircraft reflecting light.
  • An anomalous satellite flare or space debris reentry.

Open Questions

  • Which specific Starlink launch batch was overhead at the time?
  • Why did the crew initially perceive the lights as a single bright object?
  • Was this sighting matched to satellite tracking databases?

Archival Landing Pages and Evidence Corpus

NARA Record Group 615, FAA UAP Records

Official Bulk Archive

External URL: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/493468575