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This document is a routing slip from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding a UFO sighting associated with Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 17, 1986. It confirms the existence of records related to the sighting and indicates that original correspondence is available.

Nal : ; | pesremrer te er vs | (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED ia. 1948 COUNTRY REPORT NO. : (LEAV BEANE) UNITED STATES Es rz s F a _ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION = nn ne ne ern ene SUBJECT FLYOBRPT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) 34th Air Division (Defense) Los Alamos, New Mexice Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico DATE OF REPORT ea DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION …

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…in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on m AF Forn Form 118~Part Il.) 1. This report contains information of the sighting of a "Fireball" seen over the Cayuga Lake region of New York state. 20 ee a Ue ae crew chief at a twelve (12) ‘years of aeronautical experience ithaca, New York, and a friend visually sighted…

…r no sound nor could he distinguish any trail or exhaust from the object. He further states that he observed no aircraft in the vicinity at any time during the sighting. TENTH AIR FORCE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE COMMENT: 1. The investigating officer, CAPTAIN DAVIS, states that MR. MILLER is a non-alcoholic and appeared to be conscientious and reliable. 2. The…

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…n 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 binoculars (6x30) and’ the object was not more than 35 miles distant from their lookout tower. be The object was approximat…

…EST THROUGHOUT AN ARC OF SEVENTY TO EIGHTY DEGREES IN A STRAIGHT SHALLOW CLIMB PD A THEODOLITE READING TAKEN LATER DETERMINED THE ANGLE OF ELEVATION AT INITIAL SIGHTING TO BE APRX 0O9 DEGREKS PD AT THE END OF THE SIGHTING THE ARC WAS EST TO BE O48 DEGREES PD (2) TIME OF SIGHTING 1820 HRS EST 26 JAN 53 PD REPORTED TO AUTHORITIES 27 JAN 53 PD DURATION OF SIGHT…

…ould be about 500 to 750 miles per hour. There was no sound, Object was in a straight and level flight. Object disappeared from sight above horizon. 2e TIME OF SIGHTING: 1034 hours, 14 January 1953. Observed object for from forty to sixty seconds, 3- OBSERVATION MADE: Surface visually. he LOCATION OF OBSERVER: Northeast section of Austin, Texas. 5, LOGATION …

…ED 1 JUNE 1948 <a GEASHIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO. ~ FROM (Agency) F3G, 46024 AISS, PIAFB PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE F3G =T-5A PAGE & of SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED LIGHT VIIs RELATED ACTIVITY OR CONDITIONS: No activity or condition, metorological or otherwise, which might account for the sighting was reported in the area, However, @ simi…

…PC LE D =T 1 APPROVED 1 JUNE 1943 re ce 3 od AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ai POM “EHR 6024 AISS, PLAFB geste i | PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE 3 P3G-T-5A ot oe pe SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED LIGHT I, DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT? One (1) dark red, light, circular in shape, and four (4) or five (5) times larger tham any visible star, displayed no aerodynamic features,…

…HFICATION) m~ “1 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Oe, | FROM (gency) e REPORT NO. - ‘ j F3G, 46024 AISS, PIAFB PRESQUS ISLE, MAINE P3G -T-5A pace 2 oe PAGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED LIGHT VII: RELATED ACTIVITY OR CONDITIONS: - No activity or condition, metorological or otherwise, which might account for the sighting was reported in the area, However, 2@in…

…speed, or direction. Observer, Mrs. Gohn, stated that this is the third time that she has seen this ob- ject, once, a month ago, once on 3 March 1953, and this sighting. Weather in that vicinity was unknown at the time of sighting. \ oa r, The authenticity of this report is unknown as information was very brief and Piven by only one source. This object was n…

…0 ix 2550 MILES PB EASY PO RELIASILITY OF SIGUTING CHA OSSBRYED OF CNB CERO STUDENTS AD TERRE PACULCY i:MgEAC YU POA ©D WEATHER CONDI TICES AT TIE £NL PLACE OF SIGHTING — ee ee ChA CLEAR AND COLD PD GEORGE FD ACTIVITY OA CONDITIONS BaICH RIGHT ACCOUNT FOR SIGHTING CHA THE Saas SIGHTING HAS SEBM REPORTED O8 ArYROXIMATELY BICHT pIVrERSNT posas: Seo UPOe. LEVES…

…e in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) ae eee + —---+- This report involves the visual sighting and observ,tion of an unusual light in the sky west of King Salmon, Alaska at approximately 0800Z 7 Feb 53 by four individuals; one USAF officer and three CAA operations and/or communications…

… disappearance and other pertinent or unusual features: Disappeared at 0459Z hours in the northwest approximately 8 miles eut. Went down behind a hill, Time ef Sighting: 0439Z hours 11 March 1953. Manner of ebservations Visual. Lecation of observer during sighting: GOC Post in dome ef Courthouse, Great Falls, Montana Identifying information of observer; and …

…ed Randall, Age 13. The object was described, by the boys, to Mrs. Ted Randall, 1725 Ne li5rd Street, East St. Louis, Illinois, who notified this office of the sighting. The object was described as being aluminum colored and disk shaped with a slightly raised dome on the top side. It appeared to have a dark almost black edge with silent exhausts on the under…

…been dispatched over the reporting area and during that period of time, The results were negative. 3. The two (2) aircraft in the vicinity of the sighting were piloted by Captain Schwartz, of the 3570th Observer Training Group, this Headquarters, and 17Lt Underwood, who was arriving from Waco, Texas. Captain Schwartz stated that he had arrived at this Headqu…

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…in i. Speed: Very fast. j. Sounds Bon. k. Maneuvers: Fleated.up & down, then disappeared. 1. Manrer of disappearance: Floated down below the horizon M. Time of sighting: 2045 hours 14 July 1953.(time is DLST) ne Manner of observation: Visual without aid. ©. Location of observer during sighting: At individuals home, Opportunity, Mont. p. Identifying informati…