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733667-001-008-0001
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This document is a record of an interview conducted with JAL Captain Kenju Terauchi regarding his sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) on November 17, 1986. The interview aimed to gather firsthand witness testimony and clarify previous accounts of the incident.
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| Location | Context | Confidence | Supporting text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK | Investigation Location | Medium | …yoko Mimoto, FAA Airways Facilities Mr. Shinbashi, Station Manager On January 2, 1987, Inspector Richard 0. Gordon, FSD0O-63, and Japanese Interpertor Sayoko M |
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Nov 17, 1986
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RECORD OF INTERVIEW WITH JAL CAPTAIN
Richard Gordon, Manager, FSDO-63
Kenju Terauchi, Captain, JAL
Frank Fujii, Interpretor, JAL
Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Airways Facilities
Mr. Shinbashi, Station Manager
On January 2, 1987, Inspector Richard 0. Gordon, FSD0O-63, and Japanese
Interpertor Sayoko Mimoto, FAA Airways Facilities, interviewed JAL
Captain Kenju Terauchi at JAL Operations, Anchorage, Alaska. The interview
was conducted for the purpose of gathering first-hand witness testimony with
regard to a sighting on November 17, 1986, by Captain Terauchi and his crew of
an unidentified flying object. The following text is a record of the
interview:
R. Gordon Think what I'm going to...
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R. Gordon I have a, oh, a few questions here, and I'll be glad to let you
read them and it's just some clarification because I didn't do
it, but one of the people that work for me, I'm the office
manager over here at the FSDO, the Flight Standards Office. And
Jack Wright, one of my people came over and met with the Captain
the first night...
K. Terauchi Oh yeah.
Ry Gordon Jack Wright gave you his card...
K. Terauchi Yeah.
R. Gordon Well then that's what Jack wrote down here. Well when they came
I was out of town, I was in Washington DC, but when I came back,
then I asked a couple questions and then the Administrator is
asking some questions and I said, well we don't know we didn't
ask that, so they gave me that list of questions right there, and
we'll just address them along the way and then talk about then.
K. Terauchi Okay.
R. Gordon And it's almost reiterating what we've been through already on
this thing.
K. Terauchi Sometimes, sometimes.
F. Fujii Reiterating questions, but, was this the first experience,
Captain?
K. Terauchi No, third time.
R. Gordon This is the third time that ah that you've seen, where, in the
Same area or .. .»