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This document details two incidents of unidentified air traffic sightings reported by flight crews of Alaska Airlines and Japan Airlines in January 1987. Both sightings involved unusual radar targets that could not be visually confirmed by the pilots.

A cargo aircraft captain reported seeing irregular pulsating lights that he believed to be a UFO while flying over Alaska. The FAA concluded that the lights were likely caused by atmospheric conditions.

On January 29, 1987, the crew of Alaska Airlines flight #53 reported an unidentified object on their weather radar while flying at 35,000 feet. Despite checking with air traffic control and the USAF, no other aircraft were identified in the vicinity.

This document is a press release from the FAA regarding a press conference to discuss the inquiry into unidentified air traffic related to Japan Airlines flight 1628 on November 17, 1986. It outlines the materials that will be presented, including radar data, photographs, and pilot interviews.

On January 29, 1987, the crew of Alaska Airlines flight #53 reported an unidentified target on their weather radar while flying at 35,000 feet. Despite checking with air traffic control and the USAF, no other aircraft were identified in the area.

This document details an incident involving Japan Airlines flight JL1628, which reported seeing unidentified traffic while en route from Reykjavik to Tokyo. The FAA and military were alerted, but subsequent radar data failed to confirm any other aircraft in the vicinity.

The FAA has reopened its investigation into unidentified flying objects (UFOs) reported by a Japan Air Lines crew over Alaska on November 17, 1986. The inquiry aims to identify an unknown object that appeared on radar and was seen by the crew, which was initially dismissed as 'random clutter.'

A letter from Floyd A. Parshley requesting a copy of the FAA report on a UFO sighting by a JAL pilot, expressing interest in the electromagnetic systems of the spacecraft.

…analysis of UAP incidents, categorizing them based on the evidence available and their likelihood of being astronomical in nature. It suggests a classification system for incidents based on the degree of certainty regarding their explanations.

…he discussion, it can be said « that a trip from Mars is a logical engineering advam 9 over our own present technical status, but that a trip from another star system requires improvements of propulsion that we have not yet conselived. Combining the efforts of all the science-fiction writers, we could conjure up a large number of hypothetical methods of tran…

… to use aireraft and in the next 50 years we will almost certainly start exploring space. thus it appears that space travel from another point within the Solar system is possible but very unlikely. Odds are at least a thousand-toeone against it This: leaves the totality of plan iets of other stars in the Galaxy as possible sources. J/any mocern astronomers b…

…estimate of the number of useable stars, it is now necessary to make a zuess as to the nhmber of habitable planets. We have only one observed sample, the Solar System, and the pruess must be made with low confidence, since intelligent lifé may not be randomly distributed at all. The Sun has nine planets, arranged in a fairly regular progression of orbits (se…

…interest- Ge ing restrictions to the anatomy and physiology of a Martian. Rarity of the atnosphere, for example, pletely altered respiratory may require a com- system for warm-blooded creatures. If the atrospherte pressure is much below the vapor pressure of water at the body temperature of the individual, the process of breathing with our type of lungs beco…

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AFFORM 112—PARTI COMmuilo oul (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 enn ; REPORT gee At pi 7 2, if 2 / AIR INTELLIGENCE. INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT Report of Information on Unidentified eee Objects AREA REPORTED ON ROM (Agency) pes OS Ree eee aie =} OL ei~ = Sie HAT DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 16 Jan 1953. “4 ee mi. V4 CAS ean aime PREPARED…

AF FORM 112—PART | Rectzreteyr APPROVED ae 1948 | Ai cgnroboaieauclttcihs COUNTRY REPORT NO. USA F5G-T—4 __AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED LIGHT ‘AREA REPORTED ON wee SUBJECT F ) Ty ek ia LN WESTFIELD, MAINE (N46® 341 W67°%55!) FEICHT’5~c, 46024 AISS, PRESQUE ISLE AFB DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 27 February 1955 2) Feb…

…LIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Hq, FROM (Agency) WADF, Hamilton AFB Hamilton, Calif REPORT NO, LR-1-5W PAGE 3 OF 4 ce Se 4. and De 6. Trails or Exhaust: Propulsion system: Number of Objects: Manner of Disappearance; Other Pertinent or Unusual Features: Time of Sighting: Lecal Time: Zebra Time: Length of Time Observed: Manner of Observation: when it seemed to sle…

…re said Uk ko de very. tight turns, about one-eighth Se agb. : ees gee ‘of area required for jet sircraft. | See = Trails or Exhaust: None obparved. Propulsion System: Not reported. Number: ef, Objects: .. Qne (1) Manner of Disappearance: Object rose vertically and disappeared from view to the northwest. Other Pertinent or The glinting did ae iis during the …