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This document discusses a UFO sighting reported by a Japan Air Lines pilot, Kenjyu Terauchi, who claimed to have seen a UFO while flying over Alaska. The FAA is offering a comprehensive package of information related to the incident for public interest.
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Anchorage, Alaska (AP) — If you want an items, ing from a $50 cassette tape of com- |
inside look at a Japan Air Lines pilot’s recent munications Be tween The aineeetleee & a the |
claim that he saw a UFO, the Federal Aviation flight crew to a 30-cent copy of an FAA form _
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nee the FAA’s Anchorage office has received infor- Philip J. Klass, an editor with Aviation Week |
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ifst of the news media, as well as 46 requests from tor of claimed UFO sightings, said the pilot was
individuals. 4 actually seeing an unusually bright image of
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