733667-001-014-0007
AI Summary
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.
Key Findings
- Japan Air Flight 1628 reported a UFO in its vicinity. - United Airlines Flight 69 was tasked with locating the UFO but could not visually confirm it. - The UFO was described as being silhouetted against a light sky. - Communication indicates confusion and uncertainty about the UFO's location. - Military C130 aircraft (Totem 71) was involved in the search for the UFO.
OCR Text
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 .
Metadata
- Agency
- —
- Classification
- UNCLASSIFIED
- Department
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Catalog source
- View NARA catalog record
NARA Source
- NAID
- 733667
- File
- 733667-001-014-0007.jpg
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- image/jpeg
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