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This document contains a detailed account of the reported UFO sighting by Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 17, 1986, over Alaska. It includes various media inquiries, communications between the flight crew and air traffic control, and subsequent investigations by the FAA and military. The document highlights the complexity of the incident, including ra…

CORP PSA Tah Engineering Division Memorandum Report No. MCKEXD}=€69)—_18D 26 April ihe. a © Reflection of the sun's rays may have given an unusual appearance to the object. The second oase illustrates the uncertainty of judgments of height or distance. The object looked near, but when it remained in view for an hour the observer decided that it mist be very …

The document details a public inquiry into a Japan Air Lines pilot's UFO sighting over Alaska, including the FAA's response and the materials available for purchase related to the incident.

Senne.) Bw ar AL Engineering Divisio Memorandum Report Noe MC REXD=(9] 18D 2& April 1919 and were frequently seen for less than a minute. First of all, it is obvious that it would usually be impossible for observers to make reliable estimates of the speed, distance, or size of such stimmlus objects. It is not possible to estimate accurately € the distance of…

SORT Aa at TAT Bugineering Division __,, : Memorandum Report Noe MCREXD69]j—-18D 2% april 1919 the autokinetic illusion (see Guilford, J. Pe, 192%). In the accon- panying figure the line AB looks approximately as long as the line CD, but when you measure them the two will be found to be of quite different lenrths. C +> A B Visual stimuli originatints within …

“~ wW Tr T , rT. ar fas} ~ * C Orn Y ao en tL ee Engineering Division > VWenorandum Report No, MCREXD=}69l18D 25 April 19h9 > y a hag Me $3 } eo? expert to spot this type of person. Reports will be received tm such persons especially at times when the radio end newspapers carry accounts of strange phenomena, Relatively few of the Cle investigations cone side…

CN Seb we ar VAD Engineering Division Memorandum Report Noe MCREXD=69)-18D 26 April 1919 APPENDIX A PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF REPORTS OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS The Inaccuracy of Human Observation Psychologists have long know that human perception is fallible. In fact, part of the science of psychology is concerned with the measurement of errors of obser…

CORPITORAT LAL Engineering Division Memorandum Report Noe MC REXD=69l.-18D 26 April 1919 These conditions are largely lacking in the case of the data available on unidentified flying objects. It is impossible to say with any assurance what any partioular individual in this series of 2¥2 reports was actually observing at any particular time, t is only possibl…

CONPriagoew ar TAR U, & ATR FORCE No. of pages = | HEADQUARTERS, AIR MATERIEL COMMAQD ENGINEERING DIVISION MOREXDO/PMF /maf MEMORANDUM REFORT ON 28 April i9l9 SUBJECT: Psychological Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects SECTION: Aero Medical Laboratory SERIAL NO.: MCREXD=69)»15D Expenditure Order Now HlieZS be FURPOSEs 1. At the request of the T…

…a reasonable description of the 20 ft. plastic balloon and instruments used by these laboratories. This incident was on the date of balloon release No. 46 of 9 April 1948 at Alamogordo. However, the time of the reported incident (1506 CST) is about i/2 hour before the time of balloon release (1432 MST), thus the incident could not have been that balloon. de …

AIR MATERIEL COMMAND ACT/Bs 3160 Eleotronics Station 000 .92 Cambridge Field Station In reply address | 230 Albany Street April 18, 1919 both communication Cambridge 39, Mass. and envelope to the Commanding Officer and attention of following office symbol. ERH SUBJECT: Analysis of Project "Grudge" Reported Incidents TOs Commanding General Air Materiel Comman…

(a ” ami} - = ee oo ~ TECHNICAL REPORT No 102-AC 1:9/15~-100 erpgenears © oS RES FER sg RTE A ‘ gir 4 306 30 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Project "GRUDGE" —_,. a, ’ f a . ~ a = * . bAL ces eS «CA et te , August l9i)¢ HEADQUARTERS “a! Ls AIR MATERIEL COMBAND WRIGHT - PAT TERSON AER FORCE BASE wz i ie : iy ; 29 Ts Tt. DECLASSIFIED .| ol a re ae Sec. 5.4 a 0) A …

… FE ne Le LOY, an 5. Study in Interpretation of Negatives and Photosraphs: in the Fort Worth Star~Telezram s were obtained on loan from the ar-=Telezgram on 20 April 1950, with the approval par A db. The negatives were in one strip when given to the Fort Worth Star- Telegram, but had been cut before being obtained by Headquarters Highth Air Force. The Fort W…

…Fort Worth Star-Telegram and three other negatives exposed at the same time were obtained on loan from the Menaging Editor of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on & April 1950, with the approval of Mr. Maxey. bd. The negatives were in one strip when given to the Fort Worth Star- Telegram, but had been cut before being obtained by Headquarters Eighth Air Force. Th…

…raph. List incl t | left. Begin text of report on AF Form ft2--Part Il.) ; the following Repo is su mitted in accordance with Paragraph 3b ADCL 200-1, dated 11 April 1951: While flying CAP south of MPIS under GCI Control, Flight of 2 F-51's, Subway y ) "AN, at FIMQ 1720 eat 21532 24 November 1951 saw @ small white object, shape same “ay Northrup Flying Wing,…

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REPORT OF “FLYING SAUCER" At approximately 2050 hours on 2 April 1952, Lt. Robert Baldwin of the 727th AC&W Squadron telephoned the Ohief Duty Controller at Exceed “that he had just seen a “flying saucer", Lt. Baldwin was inspecting the guard at an entrance to the area when he saw an object appear from a southwesterly direction and pass overhead continuing f…

oF "FLYING SAUCER" At approximately 2050 hours on 2 April 1952, | the 727th AC&H Squadron telephoned the Chief Duty Controller at Exceed that he had just seen a "flying saucer", Lt. Baldwin was inspecting the guard at an entrances to the area when he saw an object appear from a southwesterly direction and pass overhead continuing for some ten (10) seconds to…