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MEETING THE FUTURE ~p 5° | We took a flight course Southeast of Greenland direct to Chule(sp?) where a U.S. military base is by crossing the great icy highland midwest of Greenland. The flight above Greenland, under a nearly full moon which was raising on the right front side of our aircraft helped visibility for the night flight. The flight was smooth despite the unstable air current that shook the Plane for about two hours, but was still a rather stressless flight as compared to a passenger flight. We aimed towards Single Point, on the north coast of Canada, by passing through the Canadian north polar regions and down southwest along an Arctic flight course. It was 4:25 p.m. Alaska time when we reported our location to Edmonton Center from above Single Point, Canada (68 degrees 55 minutes the North Latitude, 137 degrees 15 minutes West Longitude). It had become pitch- Gark perhaps because the -moon was directly behind us near the horizon. We received an order from Edmonton Center that we should contact the [Personal statement concerning JAL Flight 1628 sighting of unidentified air traffic, Nov. 17, 1986. Written by Capt. Kenju Terauchi; translated by Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Alaskan Region, Airway Facilities Division. Received by FAA 1/2/87]