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has stepped. up its investigation-of. wa- across, He said:the:third light-was.on. AN-ey~=- A? JAL; spokeswoman x Sunday-: ean
vering li that dogged a Japan Air * aircraft; a- “huge ‘darkened globe: with a7 = Terauchi was on‘a: ‘flight:to:E earope ands
Lines cargo\jet. across-:Alaska’s: night diameter Of. perhaps-two. aircraft..car:, . was unavailable: * * cosoneaia onthe
sky for nearly an hour in November; an=“'riers placed end-to-end, Steucke said: -« -» «Flight. 1628, ,with a three-man _crew,®
official said Sunday;.23 + + ++ --+ss.0 w -2 » ~Ferauchti/said the: large, UFO: showed:; left: Iceland; on..Nov:: 17 ‘with® a-load: aor?
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_somebody | didn’t violate airspace we ~ ages’ o im military:radar:screens.at the! . auchi and his. crew: boarded; ithe; Boeing’
control,” Said: FAA. spokesmait’, Pauk=™ timié were dismissed as “‘clutter,!: anid a~5747,iniIceland. for. ithe: Anchora ge leg.of,;
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weeks ago, but since then we've gotten. analyzed’ .“As, epee Coincidénital:: ‘spli€* #<The evening sky was’ ‘clear as the jegs
a lot of public interest, so we went back image’’ of. ithe aircraft; SteucKke Saidiiw:s: ..cruising’ eat: 525°. . knots, <; ¢ crossed‘, intos
and re-interviewed the pilot.”’: Radar tapes; transcribed:interviews** Alaska: from -Canada;: just: ‘northeast: of:
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