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23857122-0261-64425-0001

Military Report Confidential Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document reports a sighting of an unidentified flying object by crew members of a reconnaissance squadron in Alaska on March 9, 1949. The object was observed at approximately 4,000 feet with an estimated speed of 200 knots.
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25 Sky View Final Draft

Foia Release Unclassified Released Jun 15, 2026 Credibility 70% Original ↗
025 Public UAP Sightings and the Environment: An Analysis of Sky View Potential Richard M. Medina University of Utah Simon Brewer University of Utah Sean M. Kirkpatrick Department of Defense Proposed journal for submission: Annals of the American Association of Geographers Introduction There has been growing interest by the United States government in Uniden…
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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.
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733667-001-003-0003

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
The document discusses a UFO sighting by the crew of Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 17, 1986, which was corroborated by radar data. The crew reported seeing strange lights, which were later analyzed and attributed to various factors, including the planet Jupiter and atmospheric conditions.
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23857122-0457-180273-0018

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 70% Original ↗
The document reviews various reports of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and provides an analysis of plausible explanations for these incidents, emphasizing the lack of definitive proof and the challenges in verifying sightings.
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733667-001-031-0014

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
On November 17, 1986, a JAL B747 cargo flight reported an encounter with an unidentified object displaying unusual strobe lights while flying over the North Pole. The incident was corroborated by radar data from both civilian and military sources, but no further information about the object was determined.
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23857122-0457-180273-0097

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 70% Original ↗
The document discusses theoretical methods for counteracting gravity using electrically charged objects and the implications of such theories on gravitational forces and energy conservation.
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733667-001-031-0037

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
A Japan Air Lines pilot, Capt. Kenjyu Terauchi, reported seeing unidentified lights in the sky while flying over Alaska. The lights did not appear on military or FAA radar, and the incident is under investigation.
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23857122-0457-180273-0106

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
… reports regarding unidentified aerial phenomena, primarily focusing on the possibility of misidentified weather balloons. It evaluates the likelihood of these objects being balloons based on wind patterns, release times, and radar reports.
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733667-02-001-0010

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
A Japan Air Lines pilot, Capt. Kenjyu Terauchi, reported seeing unidentified lights in the sky while flying over Alaska. The lights did not appear on military or FAA radar, and there were notable differences from a previous sighting by the same pilot. Speculation arose that the lights could be a weather phenomenon known as 'bounce light effect.'
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23857122-0457-180273-0107

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
…ains a series of observations and analyses regarding unidentified aerial phenomena, with a focus on distinguishing between potential weather balloons and other objects based on radar data and visual sightings.
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733667-02-001-0024

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document discusses a UFO sighting over Alaska involving a Japan Air Lines flight. The FAA and Air Force investigated the incident, which included radar signals and pilot reports of an unidentified craft.
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23857122-0457-180273-0339

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Incident No. 111 — 1 April 19:7, 0955 Hours, Central Phillipines. An Fel7 pilot leading three other aircraft at 1500 ft saw an object y Ss approximately three miles awav at 1000 ft. Object appeared to be a nl om re ea oe ok aetie | leek: deen dom ££. 4 a2"« oe 4 ae ieee lek . flying wing thirty by twenty feet, silver in color. The pilot turned ety Bk ce ose …
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23857122-0457-180273-0342

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…and eight years of aye, witnessed an object move down a canyon. It was in view only momentarily at a distance of 400 feet, and approximately 75 feet above the rround. The object made a swish= o i bad - to vw ing sound, and was sky~blue in color. The farmer doubted the possibility of its visibility if viewed against the sky. The children told of smokeless tur…
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733667-002-010

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document contains a series of requests for information regarding a UFO sighting involving a Japan Airlines flight in 1986. Various individuals are inquiring about literature, reports, and recordings related to the incident, as mentioned in a news broadcast by Paul Harvey.
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23857122-0457-180273-0376

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SUR? TDRWT ITA YL Engineering Division kiemorandum Report No, NCREXDeO69) p15) 26 April 199 estinate the distance, size or speed of such objects, and it waild be easy to fail to recognize then. Conclusions € it is concluded by the writer that there are sufficient psychological explanations for the reports of unidentified flying objeots to provide plausible e…
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23857122-0985-434443-0041

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…Texas Aver) $y 2958) CVV s FIT TETAS Pe ye es Poere we $i ° On 2 April 1952 at approxinately 2940 hours at Draughon=ailler Airport the undersigned coscorved an object movin; beak the air in the “irection of “orth. itis estimated the object was moving av a speed of 1500 47 or I. better ond appeared to be at an altitude of 20,000 to 40,000 feet. All that could…
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23857122-1188-478145-0012

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…1952 b. Place: Fort Brags, North Carolina eather condition: Low scattered overcast. oo; d, Incident: A large green light, solid in the center, with a nebula surrounding it, travelling in a northerly direction at an estimated approximate speed of 100 mph. From the far (or eastern side) a trail of isolated red lights were visible, The nebulae on the object was…
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23857122-1213-481193-0003

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…ORT NO. Bree Let oe th ; PAGE aN i? OF me PAGES Wine Intelligence, Moody AFR, Ca. evternnn plist 9, Nesativee SOURCE made no attemnt to intercent or home in on object yy considering it for some time as a oossible hazard to flight. Other aircraft yore in the area. Saw nothing unusual in the object excent its brilliance until such time as it began its rapid ch…
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23857122-1213-481193-0004

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…n the night of 28 January 1953, at approximately 21235 hours. SOURCE ; on - + ‘ my eo ut . + > of u | a b Ad Jw b OIG of Rase: Onerati ons, saw an unidentified object from a jet airnlane and + So rxro 4 £, 0 | a ] + 4 » ‘) Wd ; \4 2 a 4 observed it for approximately seventeen (17) minutes. Object remained at same angle in relationship to pilot and aircraft w…