Radar Report Unclassified Complete

733667-001-011-0009

National Archives and Records Administration

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National Archives and Records Administration
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2.7 MB
External ID
172f62ec269fdbd361f04516b71221672c5b33bdcc5095afe60b95563270017f
Confidence
85%
Credibility
90%

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This document details communications between United Airlines Flight 69 and air traffic control regarding an unidentified flying object (UFO) observed near Japan Air Flight 1628. The conversation highlights the difficulty in tracking the object and the lack of visual confirmation from the pilots.

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Air traffic controlAviation communicationsUFO sightings AviationMilitaryRadarUAPUFO

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page 6 - flight 1628 0249 : 52 0250: 00 0250:05 0250 :07 0250:14 0250: 46 0250:52 0251:32 0251: 49 0252331 0252 :36 0253: 10 0253:13 0253 :27 0253:31 0254:04 R15 UA69 UA69 R15 UA69 R15 JL1628 UA69 R15 R15 RIS JL1628 R15 JL1628 TOTEM United sixty nine heavy; roger. The Japan Air says the traffic is in his seven to eight o'clock position and one zero miles in-trail. Okay, we're lookin. Why don't you get us a little closer? United sixty nine heavy; roger. Another additional ten degrees left. Roger, United sixty nine. United sixty nine, that's what he says. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, say the position of your traffic now. Ah-now distinguishing but, ah-ah-your I guess, ah-twelve o'clock below-ah-you, over. Ah, Center from United ah sixty nine. Ah-the-ah-Japan Airliner is silhouetted against a-ah-light sky. I don't see anybody around him at all. I can see his contrail but I sure don't see amy other airplanes. Do you see him? United sixty nine heavy, ah-negative sir. We got just a very few primary hits on the ah-target and then ah-we really haven't got a good track on him ever. If you want we've got extra gas we could bop up another five or six thousand feet and turm around. Totem (military C130 flight) seven one, ah roger sir. If you'd like ah-standby, ---- Totem seven one, turn ah-right, heading two five, correction turn right, heading two seven zero, radar vectors to intercept. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy, descend at pilot discretion, maintain flight level two five zero. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight, ah-pilot's discretion, maintain ah-ah-two five zero, so-ah-ah-I cannot, I couldn't see ah-U-F-0O, over. Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy. Understand you do not see the traffic any longer. Affirmative. Okay sir, we're searching this time, we think we have hin. TOTEM = Military C130 aircraft