Pilot Report
Unclassified Complete
733667-001-014-0007
National Archives and Records Administration
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This document contains a transcript of communications involving Japan Air Flight 1628 and United Airlines Flight 69, discussing an unidentified flying object (UFO) observed during their flight. The transcript indicates that the Japan Air pilot could not see the UFO despite being instructed to maintain a certain altitude and direction.
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page 6 - flight 1628
0249: 52
0250:00
0250:05
0250: 07
0250:14
0250: 46
0250: 52
UZ952.32
0251:49
0252231
0252336
0253310
UZ53°13
0253:27
0253231.
0254:04
R15
UA69
UA69
RLO
UA69
R15
JL1628
UA69
R15
R15
R15
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 any 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 tur 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-O, 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 him.
TOTEM = Military C130 aircraft .