Evidence Explorer

A pilot's report from 1949 details an encounter with an unidentified light during a weather reconnaissance mission over Shemya Air Force Base. The light was observed to move at high speed and did not resemble a meteor.

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A pilot's report from 1949 detailing an encounter with an unidentified light during a weather reconnaissance mission over Shemya Air Force Base.

The document discusses a recent UFO sighting reported by a Japan Air Lines pilot, which has garnered significant public interest. The FAA is offering a comprehensive package of information about the incident for a fee, including interviews, drawings, and radar data.

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…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 re bine or exhaust flames shooting from tie device through which could be seen…

This document contains correspondence related to the Japan Air Lines (JAL) UFO sighting incident reported by Captain Kenju Terauchi on November 17, 1986. It includes requests for information from various individuals and organizations seeking details about the sighting and related FAA documentation.

…ours, South Brooksville, WO a tk a This observer, an "astronomer", heard e loud roar and with difficulty observed at 50° elevation approximately ten very light-colored obiects traveling N. | have covered 1 1/2” angular jiameter in the sky, bunched together with no reguler formtion. He caloulated that at a distance of 10 miles the objects would have a speed o…

This document contains various requests for information regarding a UFO sighting by a Japan Air Lines pilot, Captain Kenjyu Terauchi, reported on November 17, 1986. Multiple individuals express interest in obtaining FAA summaries and related materials about the incident, highlighting public curiosity and demand for transparency on UFO sightings.

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The document discusses the beliefs of the Mormon Church regarding extraterrestrial life and includes a detailed account of a UFO sighting by President Jimmy Carter in 1969. It mentions the potential use of UFOs as weapons and their impact on mental health, as well as Carter's interest in space exploration and UFO phenomena.

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This document contains correspondence regarding requests for information about the Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UFO sighting that occurred on November 17, 1986. Multiple individuals expressed interest in obtaining reports, transcripts, and other materials related to the incident from the FAA.

…omewhat like a weather balloon at about 2000 M. He kept it in sight for about an hour. He later concluded thet it was at a great height. At first it 1p had the color of a fluorescent electric light but became orange as the Sun went down and then rather suddenly beoame invisible. Both of these objects oaild well have been just what they appeared to tesemble m…

… 12 noon to 5:00 Pi, and fran 7:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. 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, …

…ith balloons launched by these Laboratories, 3. The balloons used by these Laboratories are now somewhat standardized. They are 20 feet long, plastic, white in color, and hem sphereeon-cone in shape. Nearly all launchings are made at the Holloman AFB at Alamogordo, New Mexico. Two photograph prints are in- closed showing the appearance and size of these ball…

…as rectangular in shape, approximately twenty feet high, sixty. = ifeet long and. not over two inches thick, It appeared to be made of muslin and was oa ‘aroam colored. The-sun was bright,.but.there was no reflection from the object. It. bo, jdid not seem to-have any density at all, Pree gece (was ro ae Babeg pot 2a a, ae = ‘ Be ope Hag Sn eer * 4 "4. ‘fhe o…

…e (3) miles ahead, circling to the left, When the pilot was close enough to the lead - aircraft to identify it.as a 7th Fighter Bomber Squadron aircraft by the color of the ship's nose, he suddenly noticed that it seemd to ‘be towing a target. However, he knew that their squadron was not firing aerial gunnery that day. The pilot was rapidly | elosing in on t…

… three iles: ahead, ciréling to the left. When the pilot was close enough ‘to the lead: craft’ +o identify it.as.a 7th Fighter: Bomber Squadron aircraft by the colorof ‘the ~ tol a nose, he suddenly noticed. ‘that it seemd to be towing a target. However, he * -. oe that their. squadron was. not: firing aerial gunnery that day The pilot was. rapidly osing. $n…

… 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 East - level flight - appeared to be hanging in the sir. Altitude rae Seo Lb 5] Filitght was heading West. Weether CAVD, vis. approxima…