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733667-02-001-0002

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Confidence
85%
Credibility
90%

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A Japan Air Lines pilot, Kenju Terauchi, recounts a UFO sighting during a flight over Alaska, describing two unidentified objects emitting amber light and exhibiting advanced movement capabilities.

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Aviationpilot reportsUFO sightings AlaskaJapan Air LinesPilot TestimonyUFO

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Jun 15, 1987

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Anchorage Daily News» 100 PAGES ANCHORAGE. ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1987 an fllustration based on a description Japan Air Lines pilot Ken which he estimated to be twice the size of an alrcraft carrier an < “s PRICE 25 CENTS “Mosmaton by Wika Mays ju TerauchI provided to Anchorage Iltustrator Willlam Hays of the larger craft id 2 to 3 miles away. A night flight to remember Veteran JAL pilot who never believed in UFOs does now " By HAL BERNTON ~ Daily News business reporter in a Japan Air Lines cargo jet loaded with French Beaujolais wine. He was bound for Anchorage on a route across Greenland to Elsmere Island, Canada, over the Beaufort Sea, then into Alaska air space above Fort Yukon, For the first two and a half hours, the flight — crewed by Terauchi, co-pilot Takanori Tamefuji and engineer Yoshio Tsukuda — was uneventful. The sky was clear and the winds — except for some light gusts over Greenland — calm. Then Terauchi’s jet cruised into Alaska, arid he first saw the two belts of light. They were an estimated three miles ahead of the plane, slightly to the left of the pilot's cockpit seat, and 2,000 feet lower than the plane. They emitted a steady amber glow. They hovered almost stationary, shifted from side to side, then pulsed across the sky in abrupt bursts of speed. The objects, Terauchi believes, ‘‘were not made by human kind. They were of a very high technology and intelligence." The events recounted by Terauchi in the 50 minutes See Back Page, FLIGHT full moon shone in the arctic sky as Capt. Kenju Terauchi took off from Iceland Nov. 17