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This document is an alert report from the Director of the FAA Alaskan Region regarding an unidentified object sighting by Japan Air Lines flight 1628 on November 17, 1986. It includes records of telephone conversations with military officials and a table of contents for the related files.

This document details an interview conducted with the flight crew of Japan Air Lines flight 1628 regarding their sighting of unidentified aerial phenomena while en route to Tokyo via Anchorage, Alaska. The interviews were held by FAA officials in response to the reported sighting.

This document details an interview conducted with the flight crew of Japan Air Lines flight 1628 regarding their encounter with unidentified aerial phenomena while flying over Alaska on November 17, 1986.

…Project 'SIGN', which was tasked with investigating sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). It includes a list of incidents that may be attributed to balloons, indicating a systematic approach to analyzing UAP sightings.

…OM (Agency) REPORT NO. eae Woe om PAGES Air Force Section, Hq USFA DReLl14—50 | PAGE 1. A Soviet Army publication (name unknown) a magazine for technical news, allegedly the issue of February, 1950, published by the High Commissariat of the Armed Forces of the USSR, 25 Red Square, Moscow, USSR, under the patronage of Marshalis TOLBUCHIN and BERIA, contains a…

…object overhead traveling at a very high rate of speed, Its altitude could not be accurately estimated but appeared to be very high, The object appeared very small from the ground but was slightly larger than a star, Captain Gleason could not estimate its size because its altitude was unknown, The object was noisless and gave off a white glow as it passed ov…

…reported a circular, Silver, stationary object, location: Ava Lima 2120 at 40,000 plus feet. His report relayed immediately to ADOC. At 20007, A/2ce Baveiond Swallow was dispatched to Frinceton. At 20457, he reported the object still visible but in a different position. At 2100Z, relieved of duty, Ist It Richsrd *. Watson departed for Princeton. Examination …

…ype Aircraft) 2nd Lt, William W. Hints, A0-1850740 339th Fighter Interceptor Squadron APO 919 (Radar Observer of F-94 Type Aircraft) | a. One Streak of light, ball shape, size unknow: hen first observed colo! appeared green changing to yellow then to orange-red before pata, Flash of light had a slight streamer trailing, speed unknown, no sound. Light appeare…

…e 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 the fireball at 211…

…minutes nz, 114° 36 minutes st weather bolton with-the. ? the theodolite- RARE was. looking for ! r) loov level when the were first si . He did not find. hig- ballon, fe) Se stendine at an elevation.o 99. 2 ; 5240e 01 th uma County Aire : es building. 3 it tas objects: movs mo: rapidly. jy sallon he has ever signtem in his 10 yea eperia meteorological aid. e…

….) At 1630 hours (local time), 16 March 1953, Mr Ernest Hawk and Mr Charles A. Stern were watching an AF B-4’7 when their attention was drawn to a noisless, metallic ob- ject executing maneuvers at an altitude about two-thirds the altitude of the B—47. These maneuvers were being performed in and around a few scattered clouds. The speed of the object was esti…

…enth Air Force AFXOI FLYOBRPT L.-52 paces k OF - PAGES i. At EATON RAPIDS, MICHIGAN on 20 duly 1952 at 06308 while standing on his front lawn looking east, MR. ALLAN H. MILLER and his WIFE visually ebserved one (1) object of light bluish radiance with five (5) pointed prongs which- appeared to be about fifty (50) miles distant, although he reasoned that it m…

…REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) _ Washington, D. 0. Director of Intellicenc DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION pal July 1952 20 duly 1202 (nD PREPARED BY (Officer) ; | ie c “CAPTAIN vASEY PIERMAN (CAPITAL Al 172 &. HURON RIVER DRIVES EneLv4 2D LT. GEORGE H. JANOZEWSKI REFERENCES (Control number, Spies previous report, etc., as applicable) AFOIN-¢/co-2, …

…(300) feet from the road and appsared to be approximately twenty { (20) feet in diameter travelling at an altitude of twenty-five (25) to thirty (30) | feet parallel to the ground. AIRMAN @fstates that he watched the light or object for probably two (2) seconds and that in this time, it travelled

…) unidentified Aircraft, trailing con-trails, were flying at an altitude of approximately 18,000 feet in vicinity of Potsdam. Aircraft appeared to be flying locally. Aircraft were sighted at approximately 12287, 26 December 19

…NTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT wo SUBJECT FLYOBRPT AREA REPORTED ON Warner Robins, Georgia DATE OF REPORT 8 January 1953 6 January 1953 r-6 SOURCE PREPARED BY (Officer) CG. W. Fowler, II, 2d Lt. REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, étc., as applicable) AFL-200-5 dated 29 April 1952 SUMMARY: (Zinter concise summary of report. Give significa…

…ects as obtained by the 1946th AACS Squadron, S-2, officer Capt. Frederick A. Boswell, AO~2044539, &@. About 2300 hours local on 11 August the Fire Department called the Control Tower and asked if we would look to the south of the tower and if we could see any strange sights in the sky. When I looked I saw three objects or lights in the sky. One was a lot pl…

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…ost a stop and then accelerated to ite . oo ee Je aoe ce =< ‘previous speed, making this maneuver twice,” See ene eoh ee et ee ae ee The object then rose vertically and disap- <= ene Se SN RE “peared from view. (The observer. stated that. F eae - the object could possibly have been climbing ee Beer en ee : ee his EE a BR ay oe a as cc ae pa ee z NFORMATION A…

…30 CST, 23 February 1953, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hilton of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, telephone 141, who were then at approximately 42-08N/88-32W, observed a light yellow ball shaped object in the southwestern sky at an estimated distance of five miles, which they at first thought was an extra brilliant star. Object began to move to the north and gradually changed in co…