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A pilot reported encountering a red unmanned aircraft while flying at altitude 090. The incident was investigated but no related DOD activity was found.

This document details a personal account from Capt. Kenju Terauchi regarding the sighting of unidentified aircraft lights during JAL Flight 1628 on November 17, 1986. The crew reported the lights to the Anchorage Center, which confirmed no other aircraft were present in the area.

The Eglin UAP case involved a military pilot's report of a potential unidentified aerial phenomenon near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on January 26, 2023. The object was assessed to likely be a lighter-than-air balloon, with no confirmed anomalous behavior observed.

…f an unidentified flying object (UFO) during a flight on November 17, 1986. The account describes the interaction between JAL Flight 1628 and a United Airlines aircraft, as well as the presence of a UFO that followed them at a similar altitude.

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…fied flying object (UFO) during Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 17, 1986. The account describes the interaction between the flight and a United Airlines aircraft, as well as the presence of a UFO that followed them before disappearing.

UNCLASSIFIED 1 UNCLASSIFIED All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office U.S. Department of Defense (U)Case: “Eglin UAP” Case Resolution | 14 October 2023 (U)Case Essentials (U)A military pilot reported the object due to its potential as a flight safety hazard and an incursion into a sensitive training range (U)Location: Near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (U)Date: 2…

The FAA released documents regarding a reported UFO sighting by a Japan Air Lines flight crew over Alaska on November 17, 1986. The FAA could not confirm the sighting but investigated to ensure air traffic safety.

This document is a record of an interview conducted with JAL Captain Kenju Terauchi regarding his sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) on November 17, 1986. The interview, conducted by Inspector Richard O. Gordon and interpreter Frank Fujii, details the captain's experiences and observations of the UFO, including descriptions of its appearance, be…

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.

An interview with JAL flight engineer Yoshie Tsukuba regarding a UFO sighting on November 17, 1986, conducted by FAA representative Pete Beckner.

The FAA released documents regarding a reported UFO sighting by a Japan Air Lines flight crew over Alaska on November 17, 1986. The FAA could not confirm the sighting but investigated to ensure no safety hazards existed in the air traffic control system.

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.

The FAA is investigating a UFO sighting reported by Japan Airlines Flight 1628, where the pilot observed three lights in the sky over Alaska. The investigation was prompted by public interest and includes re-interviews with the pilot and analysis of radar data.

… and dates, primarily in the 1980s. The sightings include descriptions of unusual objects exhibiting extraordinary flight characteristics and interactions with aircraft.

A pilot's report from 1949 details an encounter with an unidentified light during a weather reconnaissance mission over Shemya Air Force Base. The light was observed to move at high speed and did not resemble a meteor.

…ed a unusually bright light northwest of Albany, Georgia. At the time of first sighting, object was circular in shape and SOURCE first thought it was an- other aircraft or a unusually bright star, Object was white in color, When first sighted, SOURCE was flying on a heading of three five five (355) degrees at four thousand (4,000) feet and the object appeare…

…ice as fire lookouts and were stationed at Delilah Lookout, east of Fresno. They were qualified observers having been lookouts for four summers. (They are also aircraft ohservers and claim complete familiarity with all aircraft found on their aircraft observer charts.) Their sighting of the flying object on that day was through a standard set of Navy binocul…

…THORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PER INTELLIGENCE, USAF. > MISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF pp A@= ORME (CLASSIFICATION) 16—55570-1 Declassification Authority: NND 57565 3 U. B. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

…osition feet and the light was estimated to be horizon at this point. The object was ceeding on the same course as to be 300 knots. When it was left wing of an aircraft, was by radio, the Elmendorf tower the object as a jet aircraft. the C-47 realized an aircraft approximately five miles distant, from the C-~47, The C-47 was flying at 2000 at 1000 feet. The …