Pilot Report
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733667-001-011-0048
National Archives and Records Administration
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This document details a personal account from Captain Kenju Terauchi regarding the sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) during Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 17, 1986. The account describes the interaction between the flight and a United Airlines aircraft, as well as the presence of a UFO that followed them before disappearing.
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~p 157
I knew that in the past there was a U.S. military fighter
called the mustang that had flown up high for a confirmation and
a tragedy had happened to it. Even the F-15 with the newest
technology had no guarantee of safety against the creature with
an unknown degree of scientific technology. We flew toward
Talkeetna at an altitude of 3,100 feet. The spaceship was still
following us, not leaving us at all.
About the same time a United Airline passenger aircraft
which left Anchorage to Fairbanks flew into the same air zone and
began communicating with the Anchorage Center. We heard them
transmitting that there was an object near JL 1628 and requesting
for confirmation. . We heard that the Anchorage Center was saying
to the United Airline aircraft that JL 1628 was at an altitude
of 3,100 feet, therefore, United Airline should maintain an
altitude of 3,300 feet. It sounded as if Anchorage Center had
the United Airline aircraft fly above the spaceship. We were
flying the East side of Mt. McKinley. The United Airline
aircraft came close to us. The United Airline aircraft requested
us to flash landing lights for visual confirmation and we both
confirmed our positions visually. The United Airline aircraft
was coming close to us. We knew that they were watching us.
When the United plane came by our side, the spaceship disappeared
suddenly and there was nothing but the light of moon.
[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]