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M') • I' : i' M^'. • Sv>'> 55.«vji »v fjr» pv |C: fer- '•'W- life'' %, r<i4}' It'• PageA18—PacificFlyerMarch1987 intefemthattheFAAisnow sei(ih|;^,mail-orderpackage, abpiitpeincident, jttljjackageincludesin-; tei^^^.withthe,crew,mem-: be|:^;^a'ceshipdrawingsbythe piloti^^d^atementsbyaircon- rad^.^data,allforameasley jOir.'^ptlcanorderindividual itemsviian^ngfroma-30cent a^y;f6f!theFAAformsum- niaii^gthesightingto a$50 calottetapeoftheinterchange beit^^$thecrewandground cpntroiii^rs. ij,Y6w>JwillrecallthatCapt. KenftiulTerauchireportedon Nbtel|that-he-sawagiant s^^fiipthb-sizeoftwoair- di^l^^erewhichlookedalot likea^antwalnut..Theappari- (likemostofthem)haaa :lightfrom'aUFObehindhim.) secondjobtomake.endsmeet,..t. .: hefellfaaasleepshortlyafter'.i-'J!"?li takeoff.,thatI piddhemclearlyand .which got,louder^asitap- rdbetter not saywidchair-proached me.scared, I port we leftfromsincetheFAAdon't niihdtelliiigiybu.1started mightbeabletotrackhim, towakeupmyin^ctorbuthe downand,I don'tw^tto getthe.r.gaveme strict.bfderstoleave, old^yilltrouble.Besides,he'shimaloneunlessIgotlostand hardly skipped any of the AA was almost out offuel, ineefingslately;: :, , ,' iIkiiiiildfpttrans- Aix..fixed by. watching this uniden tified'objectbareeliiigtoward Anyway,it was about eight> o'clock at night—alsolast. No-" vember—and1wascmisingto j ourdestinationofSantaMonica spottedonradarAirportatabout3,000feet.,1 and.AirForceradarwasmarvelingatthesightofall V=.•••j'l'•-^- ,,. just have to havethis l^ipackage(orarejustafan df^giarifwalriuts),.writeto the FAAi^blC.St.,Box14;Art- chorage,Alaska99513. theLosAngeleslightstwirikli trolleS.There'salsotourglossy,mi^nrtrUdOTWThmrbW..EnMi!"'®""wh0re,;tliepy cqloerphotos;OfregeneratedJ/jikemostofthem)hada ' whfere^,theguy in me because I didn't do anything for>aIohgtime.:;juststaredat it wishing 1 hadtacamera.Biit- then it begantoidawnon me that maybe it intended to ram OURPLACEORYni>» :n-- •t«ia- fy\:- v.'i: turbulencefronifHe«OFO throwingusaro'uiidre^ planesurvivedthe/CT- okayand I'm '*jri^ructorisexpectedtoIfe thehospitmin ,,a.few m glad that he had d^ •1pulledthe.powerbacjcand nosedtheplaneoverintoa.diye, watchingtheli^tsofCantufV Citynia.uptowardme.-rdqii knowexactlyhow.lowI^ot^; 'since1coulcmH^thealtimeter': because1didn't have any lights—butIvkislooldngjuji.dt; theHollywoodflgn.•" ^Anyway,IdldvX'-jenmbjbb because.theUFO-justkept goinga terrible,WHOOSH and roar as it passed overhead. It hadisdihesortofalieflT'^ting oh it that, of course, Icoulidh't readbut.-it/icibkedj'Sqmethirig -likethisf-^'Ortedj;.ir..ih1 'stai^'tdwakemy'inirtrudtpr upbiltT.didri'tneed.tbsin'cej^e^ 'Vip.'••A-V* w'K 100PAGES ANCHORAGE.ALASKA.THURSOAV.JANUARVIS.1987 Capt, KenjuTerauchi:"It waslikea dream.Unbelievable.' AncrcraceDailyNews/jimLavrahas pRCESsceNn J^panAirLinespilotKenjuTerauchlprovidedtoAnchorageIllustratorWilliamHaysof'thelaVei^raft •^hichhe^estimatedto betwicethesizeofanaircraftcarrierand2 to 3milesaway. A nightflight toremember Veteran JALpilotwho never believedInUFOsdoesnow ByHALBERNTON DailyNewsOusinessreporter AfullmoonshoneinthearcticskyasCapt. KenjuTerauchitookoff fromIcelandNov. 17 in a Japan Air Lines cargojetloaded with FrenchBeaujolaiswine.Hewasboundfor Anchorageon arouteacrossGreenlandtoElsmere Island. Canada, over theBeaufortSea, then into AlaskaairspaceaboveFortYukon. For the first two and a half hours, the flight — crewed by Terauchi, co-pilotTakanoriTamefujiand engineerYoshioTsukuda — wasuneventful.The sky was clear and the winds—exceptfor some light gusts overGreenlanid— calm. ThenTeraucU'sjetcruised intoAlaska,andbe first saw the two belts of light. Theywereanestimatedthreemilesaheadofthe plane,slightlyto the left of thepilot'scockpit seat, and2,000feet lower than the plane. Theye^tteda steadyamber glow. They hovered almoststationary, shiftedfrom side to side, thenpulsedacross the sky in abruptburstsofspeed. Theobjects,Terauchibelieves,"werenotmadeby human kind. They were of a very hightechnologyand Intelligence." TheeventsrecountedbyTerauchiin the 50minutes See Back Page,FLIGHT FLIGHTTO REMEMBERS IContlnu»jfromPageA'l| afterthatflntsighting of lightsaresomeofthemost hlzorreinAlaskaaviation history.Sincefirstbecoming public inlateDecemb^,the reportshavetransformedthis soft-spoken, 47-year-old, An chorage-based pilotintoan internationalcelebrity,inter viewed by Peoplemagazine, Tokyotelevisionand more thana dozen othernational tndIntemationaipubllca- tioni. Terauchihas lived quietly inocomfortable house in Anchorage, his base forthe last three years. He spends several weeks a month flying polarroutesbetweenEurope and Alaska. During his time off, heenioysfishing for red •Adsilver ' This week, Terauchi is hmneagain. His phone rings pften with reporters eager to hear about hisstrangeNo vemberflight. 'Terauchihas animpressive list of professional credentials to lend weight to hisrather incredible tale. He has 29 yearsflyingexperience.He says behasn'toften navigated - theIceland-Oreenland-An- cbo…