"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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This means someone was flying VFR not too far from your position.

For what it's worth, there was nothing in the original post that suggested
that the traffic being reported was VFR versus IFR, and at 3000' IFR was a
very real possibility. Even when separation services are being provided
between two airplanes, ATC may report one as traffic to the other (and often
does).

Pete