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The FAA has initiated a mail-order service offering materials related to a UFO sighting reported by Japan Air Lines pilot Kenjyu Terauchi. The service includes interviews, drawings, and radar data for a fee.

A report clarifying that a bright flash seen in the sky by villagers in Northwest Alaska was not a UFO, but rather the result of Soviet rocket fuel being dumped from a newly launched rocket, Cosmos 1833.

A request for a price breakdown on information regarding a recent UFO sighting by a Japan Air Lines flight crew, addressed to the FAA.

…ocument is a response from the National Archives to Dr. Robert J. Lloyd regarding his inquiry about the sighting of unidentified air traffic by Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 on November 17, 1986. It includes information on how to access related materials.

… . The movement of the streamer accompan ge build of the ies that gene ht rona discharges on sharply convex surfaces of aircraft have also been observed during flight between masses o clouds strongly charged with electrical charges o : . opposite sign (positive and nesative). pares charging of the aircraft by tribo-electr and other effects during flight thro…

(a ” ami} - = ee oo ~ TECHNICAL REPORT No 102-AC 1:9/15~-100 erpgenears © oS RES FER sg RTE A ‘ gir 4 306 30 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Project "GRUDGE" —_,. a, ’ f a . ~ a = * . bAL ces eS «CA et te , August l9i)¢ HEADQUARTERS “a! Ls AIR MATERIEL COMBAND WRIGHT - PAT TERSON AER FORCE BASE wz i ie : iy ; 29 Ts Tt. DECLASSIFIED .| ol a re ae Sec. 5.4 a 0) A …

… report on AF Form 112—Part II.) 20 Observers Object was reported by 15 observers at Draughon-Miller Airport, Temple, Texas, 97°25°W 31°10°N; by 2 observers on flight near Evant, Texas, 98°10'°W 31°28'N; 2 observers at Stephensville, Texas, 98°12'W 32°13'Ns; and 1 observer in Temple, Texas, 97°20'W 31°07'N, at approximately 2045 hours 2 April 1952 for a peri…

…n in color. There was no report of sound connected with the sighting and the maneuvors were described as bobbing, going sideways but always in the same general SouthWesterly direction from the base, The first sighting was at 0715 and it could not be observed after 0730, The majority of the observers were in the squadron aréa on the base but severe] reported …

2 Ar FD ORM 112—PART f ‘aban 1 JUNE 1948 V countny | REPORT NO. ay crx ye. USA 1-53 ae bel ft eee I ne tr mt we ee a P a ra _ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT (CLASSIFICATION) é + $ 4 LF? we f : Y, qentifiled fTlyinzs o| . a ae + a ee ateage — —_ AREA REPORTED ON | FROM (Ageney) Yuma, ,rizona Ai +7 50th ARG, Yurs County Airport, Ariz, i DATE OF REPORT DAT…

…he first sighted the light. "APPHARED TO GHANGE COURSE," "ZT .watched it travel as it seemed to approach east by northeast. It apreared to change its course of flight toward Love Field." Through a pair of 7x50-power binoculars Mr. Fechenbach said the object appeared to have "Delta-type" wings (swept back like on modern jet planes) and "that it seemed to bove…

…vers notified via telephone 8/Set John De FLAHERTY, Tower operator at PIAFB of the presence of the light at 2125 hrs EST, who in turn immediately notified this Flight. According to Sgt FLAHERTY all locally based acft were on the ground at the time of sighting. Further check with the AC&W units in the area did not revealany unusual sightings on date of observ…

…ne. 9. Immediate Interception or Identification Action: The Aircraft Commander upon first sighting initiated a left turn in an effort to get out of the line of flight of the objects. As both pilots w

… AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED LIGHT ta & SUBJECT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) EASTON CENTER COMMUNITY ,ME(N46°371W67°947!') | FLIGHT 3-G, 46024 AISS, PIAFB DATE OF REPORT , DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 4 March 1953 2 March 1953 ¥-0 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE JOHN F, FARNHAM 1/LT,, USAP ‘ Mrs Henry Miller REFERENCES (Cont…

…e “OE” ae ae AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT IGETING OF UNIDENTIFIED LICHT APEA cee ‘ON. FROM (Agency) 2ASTON CENTER COMMUNITY ME(146°37$W57°47!) | FLIGHT 3-G, 46024 AISS, PIAFB DATE CF RE PORT : DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION ___ 4 Farch 1953 2 March 1953 F-O PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE JOHN F, FARNEAM 1/LT., USAF — «¢ , REFERENCES (Control eye…

…ncy) REPORT NO. 7350 BASE COMPLEMENT SQ. 014-53 PAGE 1 OF 1 PAGES I. PREAMBLE: Source, lst Lt. White, A0~1903273 was interviewed upon completion of a scheduled flight from Frankfurt to Berlin. USAF C-47 type Aircraft Number 6473 departed RHEIN/MAIN at approximately 0945Z and arrived TEMPELHOF at 11352, 23 January 1953. Altitude was 3,000 feet, Visibility thr…

…d civilian called Tinker Air Force Base long distance telephone and talked with Mre Louis B. Lackey, Civilian, Badge Noe 59063, Aircraft Dispatcher Supervisor, Flight Operations, Base Executive's Office, Tinker Air Force Base, and reported sighting three (3) objects which looked like stars with tails that glowed traveling South. Objects were sighted over Mue…

…civilian called Tinker Air Force Base long distance telephone j}and talked with Mr. Louis B. lackey, Civilian, Badge No. 3063 » Aircraft Dispatcher Supervisor, Flight Operations, Base Executive's Office, Tinker Air Force Base, and reported sighting three (3) objects which looked like stars with tails that glowed traveling South. Objects were sighted over Mue…

…. | [mies (PPPIZ9LG AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentified Flying Object In the Vicinity of Castle AF Base, California AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) FLight Service, MATS, 3000 Newark State of California Street, N.W., Washington 25, D. C. DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 25 August 1953 20 August 1953 Be? PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Ge…

…ied flying object by the left and right scanners of a TB=29 assigned to the 4th Radar Calibration Squadron, WADF, Hamilton AFB, Califomia, during the course of flight over the Mono Lake area, Valifornia, on 20 August 1953. 2. The left scanner reported making four separate sightings of the uniden~ tified object between the hours of 2105Z (1405PDT) and 2115Z (…

A Skywatch incident report detailing an encounter with a large balloon while in flight.