Pilot Report Unclassified Complete

733667-001-015-0021

National Archives and Records Administration

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Published
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Jun 16, 2026
Department
National Archives and Records Administration
Original size
2 MB
External ID
f3a33263c5658bf6d855abb33378d6acd2ee5e4d46d2252e0c9d6dbe285f9201
Confidence
85%
Credibility
90%

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Intelligence summary

This document appears to be a transcript of communication between pilots and air traffic control regarding an unidentified flying object (UFO) sighting. The conversation includes instructions for altitude adjustments and the involvement of military aircraft to investigate the sighting.

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Air traffic controlPilot CommunicationUFO Sighting air traffic controlAviationMilitaryUAPUFO

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Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy Sighting Location Unresolved …or six thousand Japan Air sixteen twenty eight heavy descend at pilot discretion maintain flight level two five zero Japan Air sixteen twenty eight ah pilot's

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Jun 16, 2026

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1,232 characters, transcribed via OCR. Errors reflect the source scan. Compare with the original ↗

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0252:18 0252:28 0252:31 0252:36 0252:55 (0253) 0253:10 0253:13 0253327 0253:31 0253: 33 0253:53 R15 R15 TOTEM R15 TOTEM R15 JL1628 R15 JL1628 R15 R15 And United sixty nine heavy I thank you for your help Totem seven one contact Anchorage Center one one eight point two If you want we've got extra gas we could bop up another five or six thousand feet and turn around Totem 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 Iwo seven zero you want us to go up five or six thousand 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 Roger sir I've got a military C one ah thirty that's gonna go over and take a look at it Totem seven one sir the military seven forty seven on completion of your turn will be in your two o'clock position three zero miles southtound at ah flight level three one zero