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This document details an incident involving Japan Airlines Flight 1628, which reported an unidentified air traffic sighting on November 17, 1986. The flight crew, led by Captain Kenju Terauchi, observed strange lights and an unidentified aircraft during their flight from Reykjavik to Anchorage, Alaska.

This document discusses the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) investigation into a UFO sighting reported by a Japan Air Lines pilot over the Arctic Ocean in November 1986. Despite the FAA's conclusion that the radar blips were likely 'split-radar returns' and not an actual UFO, there has been significant public interest in the reports, leading to the F…

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This document is a memorandum from the US Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration regarding the release of incident information related to the JAL1628 case. It outlines the distribution of air traffic investigation materials and the protocols followed for information release.

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» AF FORM 112—PART | APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY REPORT NO SR acell a "as pa oe PEUODE AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION A —— SUBJECT a EApOrs: of Unidentified Object AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency ) Presque Isle, Maine 74th Ftr-Intcept Sq. Presque Isle AFB, Me. DATE OF REPORT i | DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION ia 31 January 1953 29 January 1953 hen2 PREPARED BY …

xy AF FORM Savane’ | APPROVED 1 J COUNTRY -— - REPORT NO. ate SAL EC _ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION - —— ‘SUBJECT FPLYOBRPT | Uy Rea AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Parker Dam Area Se J DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Captain Roderick D, Thompson REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFI-2…

…SSIFICATION) af’ RESHRICPEO PPROVES 1 JUNE 158 . y eal COUNTRY : REPORT NO, (LEAVE BLANK) 7 | a“ __Uniitea States _ TR-53 W v At @ of ¥en AGH) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT any Unidentified Flying Object Report (Short Title: FLYOBRPT) AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Di rector of Intelligence, Hq 28th Cambria, California Air Div (Def), Hamilton AFB, Cali…

AF PORM.112—PART | ES eterve bp APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 (CLASSIFICATION) COUNTRY Ie *, REPORT NO. IR-1-53 At Sb op ke Hf / AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentified Flying Object Report AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Ryukyus Island D/T, Hy 20th Air Force, APO 239 DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 27 June 1953 24 June 1953 Ca3 oi teat x! Capt.…

…AF FORM 112—PART 1 \_-~ TRE | Dscomest APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 ‘tan © eo 1 sree + COUNTRY + 4 (LEAVE BLANK) a ag - r ‘ a ‘ “w" 4 wee, eal —-—---— AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT atte SS a . : ee —_—— SUBJECT Reporting of Unidentified Aerial Objects AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency ) hj exas _ wo Base Intelligence Office DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALU…

This document reports two separate sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by a B-29 reconnaissance crew over Shemya, Alaska, in April 1949. The sightings involved lights exhibiting unusual characteristics and speeds, leading to speculation about their nature.

ee .-. CONFIDENT LAL AF FORM 112—PART il Be (CLASSIFICATION) “APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 FROM (Agency) AIR PU EEMGENCE INFORMATION REPORT | REPORT NO. Air Force Section, Hq USFA | DReLl14—50 PAGE PAGES —_—_—_—_—_———— 1, A Soviet Army publication (name unknown) a magazine for technical news, allegedly the issue of February, 1950, published by the High Commissariat …

… there is no known existing vhysical evidence (photographs, etc.). WILLIAM E. BOYER 2dLt. USAF Asst. Wing Intelligence Officey . | HITE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL, DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U.S, C.— 4; AND 32, ASAMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION. OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY M…

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AF FORM 112 APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 - i | : ) | | | ! | ; co Vcounray iRY REPORT NO USA eC! SS AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT —_ FLIOBRED se PPE Se ee FROM (Agency) ra ry Training and Operations Canandaigua Lake, Gannett Hill, New York Sampson AFB, N.Y. DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION £ February 1953 29 November 1952 PREPARED BY (Officer) | S…

…APPROVED\! JUNE 1948 = staph Dar ly SECURI ) NFORMA TION COUNTRY al _———— Fr PORT NO. (LEAVE United States ~~ i APXOI FLYOBRPT 1-52 / fh SG OS AR INTELLIGENCE. INFORMATION REPORT _ Reporting of information on Unidentified Flying Objects Jo 1 AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Michigan Director of Intelligence, Has — DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION …

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…