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733667-02-001-0047

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National Archives and Records Administration
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16929ffcb0114f04d18192a957ded08b2615ef358b4b1aabcf9a2a7e3516bb2b
Confidence
85%
Credibility
90%

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This document discusses a UFO sighting reported by JAL Captain Kenjyu Terauchi on November 17, during a flight from Iceland to Anchorage. The captain described being shadowed by two belts of light and reported seeing two large unidentified objects, which he believed were not of human origin.

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