Evidence Explorer

Full-text search across cases, agency files, testimony, map pins, and related entities.

1,766 matching evidence objects

Ranked by relevance

Matching “Japanese Pilot's UFO Sighting” across titles, summaries, and full OCR text.

100% match

733667-002-007-0008

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
A letter from Dr. Robert J. Lloyd to Mr. Donald D. Engen of the FAA, expressing interest in the Japan Airlines UFO sighting and requesting data for research on sensory aspects of color vision.
100% match

733667-002-008-0073

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
A letter from attorney Alfred Gustinger, Jr. to the FAA requesting free items related to a November UFO sighting.
100% match

733667-002-008-0113

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
A request for information regarding a UFO sighting by Japan Airlines in November 1986, sent by Guy A. Perry to the Federal Aviation Administration.
100% match

733667-002-009-0086

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 70% Original ↗
A letter from Larry Mitchell inquiring about UFO sighting information broadcasted on Paul Harvey News & Commentary, expressing personal interest due to proximity to his hometown.
100% match

733667-002-009-0096

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
A request for information regarding a video tape of a UFO sighting by Japan Airline personnel, mentioned by radio newscaster Paul Harvey.
100% match

733667-002-005-0072

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 65% Original ↗
This document appears to be a communication from Thomas E. Wood, Ph.D., regarding materials related to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and possibly a pilot's experience involving a sighting near San Francisco.
100% match

733667-001-007-0011

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document details the account of Captain Kenju Terauchi regarding an unidentified object that followed Japan Airlines Flight 1628 during its flight on November 17, 1986. The crew reported the object maintaining formation with their aircraft and expressed concern about its intentions.
100% match

733667-001-011-0002

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document contains selected materials related to the FAA investigation of Japan Air Lines flight 1628, which reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon on November 17, 1986. It includes transcripts of interviews with the flight crew, statements from air traffic controllers, and explanations regarding uncorrelated radar signals.
100% match

733667-001-011-0064

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 70% Original ↗
This document appears to be a transcription of a conversation regarding a sighting during a night flight, discussing the characteristics of a light observed outside the cockpit.
100% match

733667-001-015-0015

Radar Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
… Japan Airlines flight 1628, discussing the flight's position and the presence of military aircraft in the vicinity. The conversation indicates a potential UAP sighting or unusual radar activity.
100% match

733667-001-018-0009

Pilot Report Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
…ng an incident involving aircraft JL1628 on November 18, 1986. The report details the communication between the aircraft and air traffic control, including the sighting of an unidentified object with white and yellow strobes.
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0349

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
Incident No. 71 — 8 or 9 October 1947, daytime, Las Vegas, Nevada. An Air Force Reserve pilot reported observing a trail appearing high in the sky at an estimated spged of 400-1000 MPH. The object producing the trail was not visible. The trail was white as a cloud, and dissipated in fifteen to twenty minutes. The object proceeded in a straight line, then it …
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0361

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
Incident No. 10 —l July 1947, 200); hours » Boise, Idaho. An airline pilot and crew watched from the air two groups,(5 and l in mumber) of objects described as thin and smooth on the bottom and rough on top, silhouetted apainst sunset and flying “loose formation." They followed them for forty-five miles; therefore, had them in sight for approximately ten min…
100% match

23857122-0463-187324-0005

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…IGENCE. INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO. / ry orce, APO. 710 INT IR-U/AC-10 S72 oY ; —s pacE 2 oo 2 PAGES - FROM (Agency) ty 2 £41, AR ng. Fil vn L By a | 5 2 the pilot: did not’ get over excited on observing the object but tried his best to overtake, observe and report it, a\ & ‘ oak. L Inels E. E. SWANK lst Lt. USAF Sketch (Petty-Sighting) Intell Req Div/Offi…
100% match

23857122-1209-480844-0002

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
é | | February 6, i953 "Sizhting of flying objects" fhe location Yuma County Airport, February 4, 19535, time 1350 M.3.T. I was using a theodolite to follow a pilot balloon, which was at 6,000 feet Mean Sea Level, I took my syes away from the eye pabee for a few seconds, _ returned “my eye to the eye piece, and the balloon was out of the field. “She readings…
100% match

23857122-1213-481193-0004

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…rnlane and + So rxro 4 £, 0 | a ] + 4 » ‘) Wd ; \4 2 a 4 observed it for approximately seventeen (17) minutes. Object remained at same angle in relationship to pilot and aircraft while aircraft was traveline at three hundred (300) miles per hour, The object also chanced color the last . n * i " “ ‘ v7] ty three (3) minutes of observation, The last fifteen (1…
100% match

23857122-1369-508761-0003

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
… no wings on it, no broken lines;. and I firmly believe that it was some kind of a disk or round object - not as a ball, however. Inasmuch as my son was a Navy pilot and instruc~ tor for four years during World War II and I also have a son-in-law who was a navigation instructor at Ellington Field, I have always had an un- usual interest in aircraft. I couldn…
100% match

23857122-1395-526479-0003

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…T I es AI aay AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) Qnd Fighter#Interceptor | REPORT NO. Squadron MeGuire AFB, Trenton,NJ Tr~2hc3¢ fae: } 2 ANE The pilot’ isa flight leader in his Squadren and has 1247 hours time in’ the aire He is Level hedded and is not ‘given to ‘dramatization. Howard R. Perry, 2nd Lt, AO 942 076, nd Ftr-Intep Sq, McGuire AFB,…
100% match

23857122-1403-531603-0002

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
rata oy, AF FORM 112—PART Il APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 Kes lel 1CTeod (CLASSIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) 5th Ftr-Intep Sq, McGAFB, N.J. PAGE REPORT NO. TR=3=53E . OF 3 PAGES 1. The following joint statement was made by Lieutenants Williantr. Hamilton and Norman W, Booth: é 4 "At approximately 1010 Zebra on 29 October 1952 while on …
100% match

23857122-1492-540779-0006

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…ltimeter reading © 30017, : Per 7 Ge (7) Bo legion] explimation for the objects, Per 7 Ge (8): Wo evidence such ss photograyha or fragummta exists Per 7 ce (9) Pilot of intercept airoraft reported sighting nothing but baa tte | “Par? ce (10) Wo Yeported local traffic in the vicinity at tine of sight- Meet, Ver AOS Detachment 19551 APO 7% | Declassification A…