Evidence Explorer

This document contains various requests for information regarding the UFO sighting by Japan Air Lines pilot Kenjyu Terauchi on November 17, 1986. The FAA offered a mail-order package with detailed information about the incident, including tapes, drawings, and radar data.

\ d) Il. Appearance Forms Spherical, rourhly globular, egjeshaped, or pear-shaped; many times with ‘dled likes streamers; or flame-like ire regular "masses of light." Appearance of outer boundary is generally hazy or illedefined. Photographs of the phenomenon may show one or several sinuous, tubular sad avation paths (trajectories taken by luminous darts), w…

(5) (6) “ ae a Jumping of gan by lightning indoors. (When lightning strikes a house, lightning streamers may jump gaps such as between pipes within the house, thus causing a brizcht flash of limited extent. After- image is generally formed on the retina and movements of eye produce apparent movements of the illuminated rection.) A cloud-to-ground lightning s…

…o estimate speed, distance and size, Recommendations The following recanmendations are offered: le Test the ability of pilots to estimate the course of a cnall lighted balloon while doing acrobatics with it at night. It is sugrested @ that several pilots try to fly pursuit curves and collision courses on such targets at night and report accurately their sens…

…at nicht. Vory few (6 only) observations were made from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M, the usual hours of sunset. 5 7» Color, Observers almost universally reported seeing a light} colored object. Tsirty observers reported "white" and twenty-five said "silver". Over 70 percent described glittering, shiny, luminescent, 4 flame~like mirror-likeg or other very bright objects…

…le ,that individuals who saw objects in daylipht were in many cases observing either the reflection of the sun on a shiny surface or else looking directly at a light source of high intensity. Aircraft themselves, when viewed against a clear sky, are seen as dark objects against a lighter background unless they are reflecting the sun's rays directly. This fac…

…imuli result chiefly from inability to estimate speed, distance and size. De RECOMMENDATIONS s lL. Test the ability of pilots to estimate the course of a small lighted balloon while doing acrobatics with it at night. It is sug cested that several pilots try to fly pursuit ourves and collision courses on such targets at night and report accurately their sensa…

Ltr, ERH, to CG, ANC, Subjs Analysis of Proj. "Grudge" Reported Incidents The description of incident No. 40 is inconsistent with the appearance of balloon flight No. 11. Also, in consideratior of the prevailing upper winds, it is very unlikely that the balloons would have gone more than a few miles westward of Alamogordo, although it must be admitted that a…

…ut a third of the stars are eliminated by this restriction. As our best known sample of space we can take a volume with the Sun at the center anda radius of 16 light years. A compilation of the |? know stars, including the Sun, within this volume is given in reference ely pages 52 to 57. *liminating according to the above discussion: Three are white dwarfs, …

…ding was 16 April 1950.) Pe Pe An te eroups coming o a or the (3) ay......-:: he saw a totel of seven west and traveling northeast and perpendicular streaks of light in photographed some of oes three groups, moving horizontally across the sky. CUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL D "AD AWENDED: ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ROOUCED IN W…

…revealed that "objects" are abrasions vr. crimps in the film in the exact position as the pictured crescent-shaped odjects. hese abrasions can be induced by a slight crimping or rough handling, usually when ilm into the reel of a film developing tank or prior to processing, The these are abrasions or crimps is substantiated by: (1) ‘The density of the film w…

…is version of the incident and the story appearing in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Mr, Maxey reports that he photographed a series of perpendicular streaks of light moving in formation across the sky. After developing the film, Mr. Maxey discovered that crescent-shaped objects, apparently trailing vapor trails or exhaust, appeared on the negatives on two of…

…ing was 16 April 1950.) (3) (2) Exposures were made at approximately 1730 hours on 9 April 1950. Maxey reports he saw a total of seven perpendicular streaks of light in three groups, moving horizontally across the sky. (3) "... in two groups coming out of the west and traveling northeast and photographed some of them," NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATIO…

…revealed that "objects" are abrasions or crimps in the film in the exact position as the pictured crescent-shaped objects. These abrasions can be induced by a slight crimping or rough handling, usually when loading film into the reel of a film developing tank or prior to processing, The fact that these are abrasions or crimps is substantiated by: (1) The den…

…ragraph. in text, of piv eport on AF Form {#2--Part Sl, ) List Paragraph ab ADCL 200=1, dated 11 Arril 19513 While flying CAP south of MPLS under GCI Control, Flight of 2 F-51's, Subway J 44M, at FIMQ 1720 at 21532 24 November 1951 saw a small white cbject, shape same A. Northrup Flying Wing, color milky white, approximately &' wing span. Heading of object E…

…Part Il,) Ths following Report is submitted in accordance with Paragraph 3b ADCL 200-1, dated 11 Arril 19513 While flying CAP south of MPLS under GCI Control, Flight of 2 F-5l's, Subway | “2 4RN, at FIMQ 1720 at 21538 24 November 1951 saw a small white cbject, shape same be Northrup Flying Wing, color milky white, approximately &' wing span. Heading of ; ; |…

…om South to HYorth as-I RR ee te abe chee faced jiast. At 3/3 of its course 3 individual balls wis ci tails broke from A ee main object and burned out tao sain light continued on at same speed and Py altitude till it faced fraa viow. a ae { ¥: he : i Characteristics: Maintained a constant speed and altitude as far AF434443 as I could deterzine, through its e…

…rt-z. Prudance, wing intelligence officer... SS we-contirmed by ist «Rey a rated officer eight years. - wers on a local instrument Air Base on 25 April 52 when light at a point about 2000 about two minutes. Speed Visibility was five to 10 miles ana However, the two officers reported they c i .Shape to the object, except it appeared to be a white circle of li…

…) Clear sky No wind 34.2 WIND (Circle One) b. Cs d. e. Hazy Scattered clouds Thick or heavy clouds Don’t remember 34.3 WEATHER (Circle One) @ Dry Fog, mist, or light rain b. Slight breeze c. Strong wind d. Don’t remember 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One) @ Cold b. Cool c. Warm d. Hot e. Don't remember cy d. e. Moderate orheavy rain Snow Don’t remember When did y…

…bject approx- imately 320° TH) The object appeared to be about five (5) thousand feet above the terrain (terrain 8,000 ft above MSL), The object traveled in a slight curve but at a constant altitude. The observer stated that the object apparently was followed by a high pitched crackling noise. The sound trailed the object by four (4) seconds, The object appe…