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733667-001-014

Radar Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document is a transcription of communications involving Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 18, 1986, during which the flight crew reported unidentified traffic in their vicinity. The transcript includes exchanges between the flight crew and air traffic control, detailing radar contacts and visual sightings of an unidentified object.
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733667-02-001-0003

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document recounts the experiences of Japan Airlines pilot Kenju Terauchi during a flight over Alaska on November 17, where he observed mysterious lights and objects in the sky, leading him to believe they were extraterrestrial in origin. Despite some speculation that the lights were reflections from ice crystals, Terauchi remains convinced of their othe…
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733667-02-001-0027

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
On November 17, 1986, Japan Air Lines pilot Kenju Terauchi reported a close encounter with a UFO while flying over Alaska. The incident involved two cylindrical objects with bright lights that maneuvered in formation with his aircraft, leading to radar confirmations from Anchorage air traffic control and the U.S. Air Force.
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733667-02-001-0029

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
The document discusses a confirmed FAA sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) by pilot Kenjyu Terauchi during a Japan Airlines flight over Alaska. The sighting involved a large craft accompanied by two smaller objects, which displayed bright lights and were tracked on radar, although later investigations could not confirm radar echoes.
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733667-002-002-0011

Foia Release Top Secret Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document details a Top Secret Air Force Intelligence report from 1955, which describes a UFO sighting by Senator Russell and his companions while traveling in Russia. The report includes eyewitness accounts and CIA follow-up interviews, highlighting the credibility of the witnesses and the nature of the UFO observed.
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237UAP00466

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
On February 12, 2023, a pilot reported observing a UAP while flying over Burlington, VT. The UAP exhibited erratic behavior and formed a triangular shape with other lights.
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23857122-0457-180273-0105

Military Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document details multiple sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) that were reported to be moving against prevailing winds and exhibiting speeds and behaviors inconsistent with known balloons or meteors. Observers noted various characteristics of the objects, including altitude, speed, and direction, leading to the conclusion that they were not…
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23857122-1381-512021-0001

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…tland Air Force Base, New Mexico DATE OF REPORT | DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 15 January 1953 27 December 1952 Bel PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Civ Airl ine Pilot 5 GLEN D PARRISH, lst Lt., USAF AEG Employee o ju, REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) i ya AFL 200-5, dated 29 April 1952 SUMMARY: (Znter concise summar…
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333336509

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
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576UAP0026

Military Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
The Department of Defense's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) released its Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), detailing 757 UAP reports received from May 1, 2023, to June 1, 2024. The report indicates that 118 cases were resolved, all attributed to prosaic objects, with no evidence of extraterrest…
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2024 Annual Report

Military Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
The 2024 Annual Report from the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) details UAP incidents and findings from May 1, 2023, to June 1, 2024. A total of 757 UAP reports were received, with 485 incidents occurring during the reporting period. Most cases were resolved to prosaic objects, and no evidence of extraterrestrial activity was found. The report em…
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576UAP0026

Foia Release Unclassified Released Jun 15, 2026 Credibility 70% Original ↗
UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Information Cut Off: June 1, 2024 UNCLASSIFIED 1 UNCLASSIFIED Table of Contents I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..........................................................................................…
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07 2024 Annual Report

Foia Release Unclassified Released Jun 15, 2026 Credibility 70% Original ↗
UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Information Cut Off: June 1, 2024 07 All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office Chief of Staff, AARO Authority: FY24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 Date: 02/05/2025 Released in Full: ____x___…
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ufo4

Fbi Memo Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document contains various reports and accounts of sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or flying discs, primarily from the summer of 1947. Witnesses describe seeing objects with unusual shapes and movements, often at high speeds and altitudes. The reports include descriptions of the objects' appearances, sounds, and behaviors, as well as reac…
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237UAP00087

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This report details an incident involving two commercial aircraft observing unidentified lights in the vicinity of Stillwater, OK, on April 9, 2022. The lights were reported by the flight crews of UAL2330 and DAL309, both flying at high altitudes.
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237UAP00127

Military Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
A Skywatch Incident Report detailing the observation of an unidentified aerial phenomenon by a commercial aircraft near Chicago, IL, on October 24, 2022.
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237UAP00265

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
A ground observation of a bright, low sphere-shaped light with surrounding lights was reported near TRK airport, remaining stationary for about 30 minutes.
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23857122-0880-393936-0002

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…Color-milky white. Number~one, No trail or exhaust, no sound, no MANCUVETS » Speed undetermined, Disappeared in the distance, oe 24/2153% November. Duration of observation approximately five i - prose iq } y ae Ce Observed: ‘yom an F~51 at 25,000 feet 210 IAS. Visual observation. Location of odject at time of Mita iad was 100 feet above and to the left of th…
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23857122-0880-393936-0004

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…white, Number-one, No trail or exhaust, no sound, no maneuvers. Speed undetermined, Disappeared in the distance. b. Time sighted 24/2153% November. Duration of observation approximately five (5) me@conds. > ec. Observed from sri F~51 at 25,000 feet 210 IAS, Visual observation. d. Location of observer at time of sighting was FJMQ 1720 (Geo-ref~ eria) Location…
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23857122-1022-446840-0001

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…ecember 1952, 2002 MST, William T, Jones, Security Inspector, Atomic Energy Commission, Los Alamos, New Mexico, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenony The observation was made from the sidewalk in front of the observers house in the northwest section of the Los Alamos AEC Installation, The object was first observed to the west of the observer, trailing …