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Matching “UFO incident involving a Japanese airplane” across titles, summaries, and full OCR text.

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733667-001-020-0007

Military Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
A report detailing an incident involving Japan Airlines Flight 1628, which was followed by an unidentified object exhibiting extraordinary maneuvers over Alaska, tracked by multiple radar systems.
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733667-001-024-0002

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document details an incident involving Japan Airlines Flight 1628, which encountered an unidentified aerial phenomenon while flying over Alaska. The flight crew reported seeing a large object with multiple lights and erratic movement, which was tracked by air traffic control.
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733667-001-031-0031

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document details an incident involving Japan Airlines flight JL1628, which reported seeing unidentified traffic while en route from Reykjavik to Tokyo. The FAA and military were alerted, but subsequent radar data failed to confirm any other aircraft in the vicinity.
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733667-002-004-0020

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 40% Original ↗
This document appears to be a fragmented communication regarding an incident involving unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) that occurred over a specific location in November. The text is incomplete and lacks detailed information.
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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.
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23857122-0457-180273-0093

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document outlines recommendations for investigating reported UAP sightings, emphasizing the need for interdisciplinary approaches involving aerodynamicists, psychologists, and optical experts to analyze the characteristics and perceptions of the observed phenomena.
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23857122-0457-180273-0327

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document discusses an incident involving unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and concludes that there is no evidence to contradict the identification of conventional aircraft at a certain range.
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Puerto Rico UAP CR

Military Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
The document details the assessment of a UAP incident in Puerto Rico on April 26, 2013, involving two objects captured by an infrared sensor. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) concluded that the objects were likely sky lanterns and did not exhibit anomalous behavior.
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733667-001-014

Radar Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
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.
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237UAP00042

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
A pilot reported a UFO sighting while flying at 45,000 feet near Bimini. The object was described as brighter than any star, and no evasive action was taken.
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237UAP00046

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
A commercial aircraft reported a UFO sighting while flying at 36,000 feet on February 21, 2021. The object was described as a long cylindrical shape and passed over the aircraft.
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733667-001-003-0021

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A letter from Philip J. Klass to Paul Steucke discussing the JAL/UFO incident materials and addressing concerns about government transparency regarding UFOs.
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733667-001-003-0029

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
A letter from Philip J. Klass to Paul Steucke at the FAA discussing the JAL/UFO incident materials and addressing concerns about government transparency regarding UFOs.
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237UAP00021

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
A Skywatch Incident Report detailing multiple UFO sightings by an aircraft on January 15, 2015, near Denver.
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237UAP00024

Police Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document is a Skywatch Incident Report detailing a sighting of two UFOs near Baltimore on October 23, 2015.
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237UAP00014

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 70% Original ↗
A Skywatch Incident Report detailing a pilot's sighting of small luminous objects at high altitude during a flight on January 26, 2011.
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237UAP00022

Military Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
Incident report detailing multiple aircraft sightings of a bright light traveling at high speed on May 17, 2015.
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237UAP00063

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document is a Skywatch Incident Report detailing an encounter with an unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) by a general aviation aircraft on August 22, 2021.
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237UAP00068

Military Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
A Skywatch Incident Report detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon encountered by a general aviation aircraft on September 12, 2021.
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237UAP00095

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
A Skywatch incident report detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed by a general aviation aircraft on August 6, 2022.