Evidence Explorer

Full-text search across cases, agency files, testimony, map pins, and related entities.

671 matching evidence objects

Ranked by relevance

Matching “Project Starlight has successfully completed the” across titles, summaries, and full OCR text.

100% match

733667-001-003-0017

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
… investigation of Japan Airlines Flight #1628, which encountered an unidentified aerial phenomenon on November 17, 1986. The memo indicates that no information has been released to anyone except for the Public Affairs Office.
100% match

733667-001-003-0030

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document is a letter from Philip J. Klass to Paul Steucke of the FAA, discussing radar plot data related to the JAL1628 flight incident. Klass expresses gratitude for the data and shares his analysis of the flight path and the reported UFO sighting.
100% match

733667-001-011-0007

Radar Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
…een Japan Air Flight 1628 and air traffic control regarding an unidentified primary target following the flight. The conversation indicates that military radar has detected an intermittent target trailing the aircraft, leading to discussions about potential military intervention.
100% match

733667-001-011-0008

Radar Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document contains communication transcripts related to Japan Air flight 1628, detailing interactions with air traffic control and another United Airlines flight regarding unidentified traffic in the vicinity.
100% match

733667-001-014-0006

Radar Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document contains a transcript of communications involving Japan Air flight 1628 and United Airlines flight 69, discussing unidentified traffic in the vicinity of the Japan Air flight.
100% match

733667-001-015-0017

Radar Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document appears to be a transcript of an air traffic control communication involving United Airlines Flight 69 and a Japan Air 747, discussing the identification of an unidentified trailing aircraft.
100% match

733667-02-001-0018

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
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.'
100% match

733667-02-001-0046

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
The document discusses the FAA's response to public interest in a UFO sighting reported by a Japan Air Lines pilot, including the sale of detailed information packages about the incident.
100% match

733667-002-003-0038

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
The document discusses a UFO sighting reported by Japan Air Lines pilot Kenjyu Terauchi on November 17, during a flight from Iceland to Anchorage. The FAA is responding to public interest by offering a comprehensive package of information about the incident for a fee.
100% match

733667-002-004-0017

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
The FAA has initiated a mail-order service offering materials related to a UFO sighting reported by Japan Air Lines pilot Kenjyu Terauchi. The service includes interviews, drawings, and radar data for a fee.
100% match

733667-002-006-0004

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
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.
100% match

733667-002-007-0084

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document is a correspondence from the US Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration to Mr. Martin H. Gaines of the BBC, regarding the sighting of unidentified aerial phenomena by the crew of Japan Air Lines flight #1628 on November 17, 1986. The material is provided on an embargoed basis ahead of a press conference.
100% match

733667-002-008-0022

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
The document discusses a UFO sighting reported by a Japan Air Lines pilot, which has generated significant public interest, prompting the FAA to offer a detailed information package for purchase.
100% match

733667-002-008-0111

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
A letter addressed to the FAA inquiring about the evaluation of a UAP incident involving Captain Terauchi, referencing a newspaper clipping and the opinions of Philip Klass.
100% match

23857122-0430-161581-0003

Military Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
A report detailing the sighting of an unidentified object resembling a flare by a pilot flying at 9,000 feet over the Alaskan Sea Frontier in February 1950.
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0030

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 70% Original ↗
The document discusses the analysis of reports related to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), emphasizing the importance of accepting reports at face value while acknowledging potential psychological factors. It notes the prevalence of two public attitudes towards UAP: skepticism and belief in their existence. The investigator aims to treat each report as a…
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0094

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 70% Original ↗
…ature and propulsion of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), suggesting that they may not be solid objects or could be supported by unconventional means. It emphasizes the need for further investigation into the characteristics of these phenomena.
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0399

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…y a 100% reserve for the trip home. Let us assume the Martians have developed a nuclear, hydroren- propelled vehicle (the most efficient basic arrangement that has been conceived here on Earth) which uses half its stages to get here and the remaining stages to return to Mars, thus completing a round trip without refueling, but slowing down enough in our atmo…
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0403

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
… ad 4 (ua Lite, even on the Barth. s of antellizcent iife on »® inion. If he believes tha at intellivent beinzs may ars. t the ha Ve once developed on Mars, he has only to imagine that they pa ie i for countless senerations in a rare atmosphere which © is nearly devoid of oxygen and wster, and cn a planet where the “hts are much colder than our arctic winter…
100% match

23857122-0457-180373-0002

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…s, in echelon formation, two of which were apparently treiling exhausts, 2. Keason for Report: . @ The publication of this picture by the Fort we Star-Telegram has occasionsd widespread local comment. The picture received nationwide distribution oy AP Wirephoto, and -- as far as is known by this ee ea -~ is the first time a photogravh purporting to be a "fly…